Samsung remains the runaway market leader in smartphones, according to the latest figures from analysts at Gartner. It sold 71.4 million units in the second quarter to claim a commanding market share of 31.7 per cent, while Apple in ...
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Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has revealed that it will sell the Mozilla Firefox OS-powered ZTE Open on auction site eBay, retailing at a price of £59.99 [$79.99]. The device, first revealed at Mobile World Congress earlier this ...
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Timber worth almost $40m has been seized in Latin America in "Operation Lead" headed by Interpol and in national investigations based on it. According to an Interpol press report, a large proportion of this wood, 292,000 m3, was confiscated ...
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Industry veteran Crystal Nguyen has joined full line importer Coaster as product manager of case goods. Nguyen will handle case goods product development. Coaster officials said she brings a wealth of experience to the company. "Crystal ...
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Moonshining loses the bootlegger label Attaboys aplenty to California, Arizona cotton industry California cotton growers, ginners score victory This story out of Texas could be played out in California very soon. Every day we take for ...
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German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the new GLA sport utility vehicle (SUV), ahead of its global debut at the forthcoming International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt to be held during 12 to 22 September 2013. The new SUV is ...
Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI), has launched the 2014 Subaru Impreza WRX STI for the Canadian market with increased power output. The new vehicle is powered by the Subaru Boxer engine paired ...
India-based auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is planning to invest about INR5bn ($81.5m) in its trucks and bus manufacturing subsidiary Mahindra Trucks and Buses (MTBL). The company will use the investments to develop new product ...
South Korea based automaker Hyundai Motor has launched the revamped version of its Elantra sedan in the home market in order to strengthen its presence. The new vehicle is powered by the 1.6L diesel engine that generates an output ...
German carmaker Audi is planning to unveil the new 2013 Quattro Concept vehicle at the Frankfurt Motor Show that will be held in Germany. The new vehicle is expected to be powered by the 4L V-8 twin-turbo engine that would generate an ...
Nampak Glass has bolstered its leadership team with the appointment of several senior people. Fanie Vermeulen is Operations Director. He has been bottling and filling for more than 30 years. Sales director, Paul Coombe, has 23 years of ...
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Glaston adjusts its outlook for 2013. We expect 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and both the EBIT excluding non-recurring items and EBIT to be positive. (Earlier forecast: Glaston expects 2013 net sales to be on the 2012 level and ...
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Social media network Facebook has announced that it has acquired speech recognition and machine translation technologies start-up Mobile Technologies. The start-up developed the Jibbigo app, which allows users to select from more than 25 ...
Tags: Mobile, Facebook, Computer Products, Social media
The Mexican particleboard and plywood manufacturer Duraplay has followed the Chilean wood-based panels group Maderas y Sinteticos S.A. (Masisa) and Proteak in announcing an MDF investment project in Mexico. The company intends to install a ...
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Turnover and results figures at the Portuguese company Sonae Industria declined further in the second quarter of 2013. Consolidated turnover was down year on year by 5% to €324m. The EBITDA fell by 18% to €19m, while the recurrent ...
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