LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has appointed Mike McDevitt as executive VP & chief financial officer (CFO). McDevitt has more than two decades of finance and operations leadership and has been VP & ...
Many of us carry on love affairs with our smartphone and tablet devices, and now KeyPoint Technologies gives Android users a distinctive way to show their affection -- with a Valentine's Day-themed version of Adaptxt . The keyboard theme ...
After much time spent negotiating with investors who failed to find a rescue plan for integrator and reseller 2e2, the firm entered administration, and now its customers are looking to jump ship. Hundreds of jobs on the line as 2e2 ...
Tags: FTI consulting, outsourcing, SAP
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
Microsoft has released five free apps for the new Office 365 Home Premium suite. The vendor said that the new apps make it easier to insert images and information from Bing into documents. Office 365 is the subscription version of Office ...
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According to the customs statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron and steel product exports in December 2012 amounted to 3.87 million metric tons, increasing by 23.5 percent compared to the same month of 2011 ...
Tags: steel exports, steel, steel product
Pakistan government has ratified the $1.5 billion Iran pipeline project, which will bring around 750,000 Mcf/day of gas to the energy-starved country by January 2015, an official from petroleum ministry said Thursday. The federal ...
Tags: Iran, pipeline project, petroleum
Barco Lighting Systems and AED group have confirmed a new partnership that will enable AED Distribution to serve as a 'master distributor' of High End Systems' products throughout the UK, France and BeNeLux. Effective immediately, this ...
Tags: AED, Barco Lighting Systems, partnership
Watson, IBM's supercomputer that came to fame besting a Jeopardy champion, is going to college to hone its skills. IBM said Wednesday that it will provide a modified version of an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in ...
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Michael Dell will launch his private-equity-backed plan to take Dell, the company he started in 1984, private as early as next week. The founder and CEO of the PC vendor is expected to offer $24bn (£15.3bn) or more with the backing ...
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The deal is part of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) initiative run by the EIB and the European Commission to promote R&D in the European Union. The funds will be available from 2013 to 2014 as loans to finance the R&D in areas like ...
Tags: Risk Sharing Finance Facility, European Commission, water treatment
Plymouth’s street light plan proposes LED adoption Plymouth City Council’s street-lighting bill could be cut by 70 per cent, if proposals to use LEDs in all street lights, go ahead. The city’s 28,000 high-pressure ...
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It seems counterintuitive, but last year, Aberdeen Group found that the costs for a company with 1,000 mobile devices go up by $170,000, on average, when they adopt BYOD. Why? Hidden costs. Premiums go up because employees no longer have ...
Tags: BYOD, VMware, Aberdeen Group
Hornby has seen its debt fall as it restructures its board. Plus, the majority of its discounted branded Olympics products have now been sold. Net debt as of December 31st, 2012, was £3 million, an improvement of £5.5 ...
Tags: Hornby, net debt, Board Restructures
Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao said Wednesday the proportion of ethanol added to gasoline would be increased from 20% to 25% on May 1. Speaking to reporters in Brasilia following a meeting with Finance Minister Guido ...