If one your goals for 2013 is to expand your wine collection—maybe with a case of Shafer Vineyards' coveted Relentless Napa Valley 2008—then you may also want to invest in a new wine chiller. Uniform temperature is key to ...
A hose that reportedly fits in your pocket, a robot that cleans grills, and a gel-infused memory-foam pillow are a few of the new products and claims that Consumer Reports' staffers spotted at the preview to the International Home and ...
Tags: hose, Pocket Hose, Consumer Electronics
Front-loading washers use less water than top-loaders but have longer wash cycles—some take 100 minutes or more. That's not the end of the world, but it may be the beginning of laundry pile-up. That's one reason the Whirlpool Duet ...
US-based life insurer MetLife has inked a definitive agreement to purchase BBVA’s private pension fund administrator in Chile, AFP Provida (Provida), in a deal valued at almost $2bn. Based on the terms of the deal, the acquirer will ...
Tags: life insurer, underwriter, pension industry
Personal and corporate consultancy Jelf Group has completed acquisition of Howell Shone Insurance Brokers for an undisclosed sum. As part of the acquisition, Howell Shone will join Jelf Insurance Brokers, to bring insurance clients from ...
Tags: Insurance, healthcare, employee benefits
Pinnacle Brokers Insurance Solutions has appointed Employee Benefits insurance and consulting expert Lisa Volkov, for new business development at its Tustin California, US office. In the new role, Volkov will lead employee benefits group ...
Tags: employee benefits consulting, Insurance Solutions, service insurance
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) has given its approval to the sale of HSBC’s remaining $7.4bn stake in Ping An Insurance to Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) in Thailand. CP Group's indirect wholly-owned ...
In 2012, the global core drill market reached a plateau. And industrial players including Atlas Copco, Sandvik and Boart Longyear have been in a firm position to dominate the global market after a series of M&As, laying the foundation to ...
Tags: core drill market, China, 2012
The Australian dollar rose today following rallies on US share markets on Friday night. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.04 US cents, up from 103.99 US cents at the local close on Friday. The dollar fell as low as 103.61 ...
China's economic growth slowed down in 2012, and the growth rates of shipbuilding, construction steel structure, oil and gas pipeline industries decreased to varied extent, thus causing the weakened demand for welding & cutting equipment. ...
Tags: China, Inverter Welding and Cutting Equipment Industry, 2012
Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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Aluminium can maker Ball reported Q4 income of $60.6m, down from earnings of $77.5m, in the fourth quarter of 2011. Sales were $2.11bn in Q4, compared with sales of $2.05bn in the fourth quarter of 2011. Fourth quarter earnings were ...
Tags: US, Pack Firms, packaging segment
Pressure is mounting on the banks to pass on to customers savings from the thawing in wholesale funding markets, with retailers and mortgage brokers seizing on revelations the banks are raising money at the cheapest rates in years. Ahead ...
Tags: rate cuts, funding markets, debt markets
The sharemarket rose after a report showed falling interest rates were lifting parts of the nation's housing market, while manufacturing data from China indicated that an economic recovery remained on track. BHP Billiton, the world's ...
Tags: Stocks, economic recovery, iron ore gains
Full year 2012 earnings from continuing operations attributable to the Company were $1.12 per share (diluted), compared with a loss of $3.06 per share in 2011. Excluding certain items management considers not representative of ongoing ...
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