IDG News Service - A year-long investigation by a U.S. congressional committee has reportedly concluded that Chinese telecommunication equipment vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE pose a security threat to the nation, and the committee is ...
China's leading technology firms Huawei and ZTE pose a threat to national security,warns a draft report by a US Congress committee. The report by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence concludes that both companies should be ...
Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics (CEPEA) reports that in late September, concerns regarding the world economy and cotton demand to absorb the international surplus were again in the spotlight in the cotton market. In Brazil, ...
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Malaysian industrial packaging manufacturer Scientex's (SB) wholly-owned subsidiary Scientex Packaging Film (SPF) will acquire the core businesses of GW Plastics for MYR283.2m ($93m). The businesses include Great Wall Plastic Industries and ...
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UK-based Premier Foods has appointed Geoff Eaton as the chief operating officer and executive director to speed up transformation of the debt-laden company. Geoff Eaton was formerly the CEO of former puddings maker Uniq. During his ...
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Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman says she won't be able to say whether she has completely turned this company around until 2016. That was Whitman's message Tuesday to financial analysts in a presentation that was part history lesson,part ...
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Google has added to its list of acquisitions with the$45m(£28m)purchase of Ukrainian company Viewdle,while at the same time closing a number of unpopular services that have failed to catch on. Viewdle is a developer of facial ...
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Oracle president Mark Hurd has stated that his firm is focusing on the banking sector,which he said has a combination of extremely large IT budgets,and often outmoded systems and applications. "One of the core assets of banks is ...
Alphatec Holdings has entered into an agreement to buy spine implant business of US-based Phygen for $15.2m, following the approval from board of directors. Alphatec Spine CEO Les Cross said the company's growth strategy for 2012 and ...
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The Silicon Valley dream of the sixties,seventies and eighties is no longer an option for modern IT startups,current financial and technological realities meaning new companies would be better selling up than branching out. This is the ...
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,has appointed Bruce Yung as managing director ...
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Gautam Singhania-led Rs. 4,200-crore textile giant Raymond Group is planning a major expansion in its engineering business. Raymond is targeting a five-fold growth in its engineering division's turnover to Rs. 3,000 crore from the current ...
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Ennis Inc.reported financial results for the three and six months ended August 31,2012. Financial Overview Our consolidated net sales were$138.3 million for the second quarter ended August 31,2012 compared to$130.4 million for the ...
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The U.S.Federal Communications Commission needs to be a"cop on the beat"to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country,the agency's chairman said Tuesday. The FCC must resist calls for the agency to phase out nearly all ...
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It has been an eventful few years for the glass and glazing industry,with more changes to come as it emerges from the downturn.Mergers and acquisitions,increased expectations from the building community,technological developments and ...
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