Luxury and fashionable women’s lingerie brand Van de Velde announces its annual results for year 2012. - Consolidated turnover rises by 1.1%. - A decrease in wholesale turnover, a slight fall in gross margin and an important ...
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Less than a week after Microsoft began taking reservation orders for its 128GB Surface Pro tablet, the company on Thursday again slapped a sold-out sign on its website. Yesterday afternoon, Microsoft's online store displayed "Out of ...
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Even though PC giants Hewlett-Packard and Dell reported significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, started to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors ...
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There are still many unknowns about how going private will affect Dell and its customers, but company executives insist that the computer vendor will continue to pursue its latest enterprise strategy no matter what. Earlier this month, ...
Alcatel-Lucent's board has appointed Michel Combes as the company's new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen's recent resignation. It only took the Alcatel-Lucent's board two weeks to appoint a new CEO after Verwaayen's plan to step down became ...
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Despite PC giants HP and Dell reporting significant year-over-year sales declines, tech stocks, buoyed by signs of confidence from other IT vendors, began to rise again Friday after slumping for most of the week. Vendors in diverse ...
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Hewlett-Packard's CEO has dismissed persistent rumors that the company might break itself up in a move that could create more value for shareholders. "We have no plans to break up the company. I feel quite strongly that we are better and ...
Gujarat NRE Coking Coal (GNCCL), the Australian subsidiary of India-based Gujarat NRE, has announced that India-based Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) has increased its shareholding in the company from 19.46 percent to 26.75 percent as ...
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Alcatel-Lucent on Friday announced that its board of directors had appointed Michael Combes as the firm’s new CEO, following Ben Verwaayen’s resignation from the top job earlier this month. Combes’ appointment will be ...
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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and Robbins & Myers, Inc. jointly announced that National Oilwell Varco’s acquisition of Robbins & Myers is complete. Pete Miller, Chairman and CEO of NOV, remarked, “We are happy to have all of ...
The Toll Group has released its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2012. With the exception of its Global Forwarding division, the Toll Group has returned a solid half-year result. The company has benefitted from recent ...
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Houston, Texas- based National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and Robbins & Myers, Inc. jointly announced today that National Oilwell Varco's acquisition of Robbins & Myers is complete. Under the merger agreement for this transaction, Robbins & ...
Revenue for the full year to 31 December 2012 was at pound 3.3bn, a 2% rise, while underlying pre-tax profit was up 1% to pound 418bn. Graham Chipchase (pictured), Rexam’s chief executive, said: “”In 2012, we made ...
Dell has reported another quarter of declining revenue and profit as the company's CEO continues his battle to take the PC maker private. It was the fifth consecutive quarter in which Dell's profits shrank, and the fourth in which it ...
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Russian steelmaker Mechel reached an agreement with Invest Nikarom SRL to sell the five steelmaking plants in Romania for the price of US$70. The five are Otelu Rosu, Campia Turzii, Ductil Steel Buzau, Targoviste and Laminorul Braila. ...
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