US-based Critical Diagnostics has unveiled its Aspect-LF ST2 test, a point-of-care version of its lab-based Presage ST2 Assay. Aspect-LF will be made available throughout Europe and select Asia-Pacific countries later 2013. Aspect-LF is ...
Global specialty property and casualty insurer and reinsurer, Catlin Group has chosen Guidewire InsuranceSuite as its new platform for rating, underwriting and policy administration, claims management, and billing. As part of a plan to ...
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Zurich Insurance Company South Africa, a subsidiary of the Zurich Insurance Group, has inked an agreement to purchase 100% ownership of BnB SURE Proprietary, for an undisclosed sum. The current announcement stems up from a development in ...
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NOV Mono Industrial has announced the appointment of Dave Johnson as the new Managing Director for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Islands, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The appointment marks the ...
Rapid LED price drops for LED bulbs have driven up penetration rates, according to the latest CLSA Asia- Pacific Markets report . Chinese LED lighting market penetration rates for 2014 are expected to increase to 15 percent from 3 percent ...
Envirogen announces sucess at Nevada industrial site. Envirogen Technologies has announced the successful start of a large-scale fluidized bed bioreactor (FBR) system for American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), to achieve the biodegradation ...
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In the first half, total revenue increased by 14% underlying, with retail growth of 17%, wholesale down 7% and licensing up 2% (both adjusted for Beauty). Adjusted PBT for the six months to 30 September 2013 is now expected to be around the ...
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The Volkswagen Group grew worldwide deliveries in the first three quarters of this year by 4.8 percent, handing over 7.03 (January-September 2012: 6.71) million vehicles to customers. There was a 7.0 percent rise in September deliveries, ...
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The photo-op session at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (AEPC) meeting in Nusa Dua saw politicos wearing shirts made of indigenous Indonesian fabric Endek, handed out by the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. ...
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Bosideng International Holdings Limited is pleased to announce that it acquired 96% of the issued share capital of Greenwoods Menswear Limited (“Greenwoods”) through the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Pacific ...
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Japan and Canada formally cemented a bilateral pact Friday to stimulate trade and investment opportunities in oil and LNG by sharing information and creating a forum to deal with energy issues. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister ...
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The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
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Energy services provider MidAmerican Solar of Phoenix, AZ (a subsidiary of MidAmerican Renewables LLC) and cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA say that the five millionth solar ...
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American wine and spirits company Brown-Forman is set to restructure its Asia Pacific (APAC) area into two new regions, beginning 1 November 2013. Under the new plan, the company's existing APAC region will be divided into the Australia, ...
Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has agreed to acquire Del Monte Foods' Consumer Products business in a $1.67bn deal. DMPL owns the Del Monte brand in the Philippines and is the exclusive licensee for ...
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