Argos is to cut up to 10% of its 750 stores in a move to reposition itself from a catalogue-led business to a digital retailer. A spokeswoman from Argos said the store would wind down the existing branches as their leases expire over the ...
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Juniper Networks profits plummeted 80% in the last three months, according to the company's latest financial results. In its third quarter results announcement, Juniper blamed the drastic decline from $83.7m to $16.8m on "restructuring," ...
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The Department of Health's plan for enabling the public to access their patient medical records online from 2015 needs to take into account the possibility of security being breached,and should include tough sanctions against those who fail ...
The Administrative Board of PUMA SE unanimously elected Jean-François Palus as Chairman of the Administrative Board,with effect from 1 December 2012,following the announcement of Jochen Zeitz's resignation on 15 October 2012. ...
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Allegro Diagnostics has presented positive results from a clinical trial of its BronchoGen genomic test, designed for the early detection of lung cancer in current and former smokers. Using the company's PCR molecular testing platform ...
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Nestlé USA's Pizza Division factory in Little Chute, Wisconsin has reduced its water usage by 7.4 million gallons per year by increasing the performance and efficiency of its cooling towers using GE's advanced water-treatment ...
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India's Concord Enviro Systems Pvt Ltd has signed an exclusive global licence agreement to use Memsys membrane distillation technology to treat molasses wastewater from the sugar industry. The Memsys patented thermal energy-based ...
Tridonic has launched the new generation TALEXXengine STARK SLE LED, a sophisticated energy saving system for use with LED downlights and spotlights in general lighting systems. Compared with previous versions, the new STARK SLE boasts ...
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UK-Entertainment lighting specialist White Light has recently become the exclusive distributer of Altman Lighting products in the UK.Altman,innovators of theatrical,architectural,film and video lighting,will join the family of exclusive ...
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After McAfee CTO Michael Fey yesterday pledged a multivendor future for the company as part of its dedication to stepping up real-time,global threat reporting in its software,Computing caught up with some partners and customers for their ...
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Billabong International Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.Howard Mowlem to the Board of Directors. Howard Mowlem will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Billabong International Limited at a board meeting to ...
The young American actor and singer Zac Efron has made a dashing appearance in the latest campaign of the famous Brazilian clothing brand John John Denim. The 25-year-old actor,who is the new face of the denim label,has been seen taking ...
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Billings at architecture firms in September increased at their fastest pace since late 2010.As a leading economic indicator of construction activity,the Architecture Billings Index(ABI)reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic(PV)modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing engineering,procurement and construction(EPC)services,and energy services provider MidAmerican Solar ...
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Marimekko began building its e-commerce in the United States last year.The second stage of this is now complete and online retailing in Finland starts.International e-commerce augments Marimekko's other distribution channels and is part of ...
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