Brazil heralded this week's auction of a huge oil field as a vindication of its state-dominant approach to its oil riches, but some industry experts say the country must modify its rules before new fields are sold for Brazil to achieve its ...
Tags: Oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
How do consumers balance the scales between promised benefits and potential risks from novel food technologies? This was one of the research questions examined by a team of Irish researchers investigating consumer and industry acceptance of ...
Tags: novel food technologies, Food
Almarai, a Saudi Arabian food company, is set to establish a new dairy facility in King Abdullah Economic City's (KAEC) industrial valley. The company has signed a deal with KAEC for the purchase of 461,703m2 land in the hub. The ...
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West Marine, Inc. , the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories in the United States, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2013. -Net revenues were $193.4 million, an increase of 0.7% ...
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Mobile broadband is becoming a key telecoms industry focus in the Middle East, as more and more investments are made into building mobile broadband infrastructures, according to Bob Cai, Vice President, Wireless Marketing Department, ...
Tags: huawei, Computer Products, software
Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, today announced revenue of US$ 391.0 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2014, ended September 29, 2013. This represents a 24% increase compared to revenue of US$ 315.8 million reported for ...
In the first three quarters of the current year, total fixed asset investments in rail, road and water transport in China came to RMB 1.4274 trillion ($234.5 billion), up 8.4 percent year on year, as announced by China's Ministry of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Transportation
For its fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ended 28 September 2013), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $310.7m, up 6% on $293m last quarter and 48.2% on $209.7m a year ago. The growth is attributed ...
Tags: RFMD, Electrical, Electronics
For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (ended 29 September 2013), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $391m, up 4% on $375m last quarter and 24% on $315.8m a year ago. Fiscal Q1/2013 ...
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"2013 has been a good year although not as good as expected, because of the difficulties in the European steel markets and the extra cost in some projects in North Africa and the Middle East" stated Gianpietro Benedetti, chairman and CEO of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
In the first nine months of 2013, the order intake grew by 1.8% to CHF 3.0 billion. This level was reached despite a slow start to the year in some businesses, in particular, in the water market and in electromechanical services. For the ...
China is planning investments and adjusting regulations which will result in very large opportunities for suppliers of flow control and treatment equipment. These opportunities are analyzed in Air/Gas/Water/Fluid Treatment and Control: ...
Tags: Treatment Equipment, Flow Control
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment and M&A organization, has announced investments in 16 new technology companies totaling US$65 million. Spanning nine countries, the investments will help drive innovations in the cloud, datacenter, ...
Tags: Intel Capital, mobile technologies
Arbor Investments, a US-based private equity firm, has completed recapitalization of PBF Pita Bread Factory. Headquartered in Burnaby, British Columbia, PBF is a manufacturer and marketer of frozen baked goods. It supplies baked goods to ...
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German automaker Daimler is planning to invest in commercial vehicle production in Brazil after winning an order for 2,884 heavy trucks from Brazilian agricultural development ministry. Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, a subsidiary of German ...
Tags: Daimler, Commercial Vehicle