Noel Perry of FTR Associates is holding up four fingers and one thumb. He had asked a room full of Ontario trucking executives, rhetorically, “how many dry van carriers or reefer carriers have the capability to bid - in a big way - on ...
Pfizer has secured regular approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xalkori (crizotinib) capsules to treat patients with metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The approval was based on ...
UK-based life insurance group Resolution is, reportedly, negotiating with prospective buyers to divest its Luxembourg-based Lombard division, which markets tax-efficient insurance products to high net-worth individuals. The business that ...
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Sainsbury’s, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Taste the Difference Goats' Cheese and Beetroot Bakes with Roast Beetroot Salsa, as they may contain a product with egg as an ingredient which is not mentioned on the label. ...
Italian insurer Generali Group has inked an agreement with Cattolica to divest 100% of the capital of Fata Assicurazioni Danni, in a transaction valued at nearly €179m. Generali noted that the transaction will enable it to further ...
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Gastar Exploration, Inc. ("Gastar") (NYSE MKT: GST) announced today that its subsidiary, Gastar Exploration USA, Inc. ("Gastar USA"), closed its acquisition of Mid-Continent assets from Lime Rock Resources II-A, L.P. and Lime Rock Resources ...
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March 2014 sees the return of two prominent home textile shows held during China’s peak spring sourcing period. Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition will take place from 3 – 5 March 2014 at the Shanghai ...
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Pasinex Resources Limited (CNSX: PSE) (FSE: PNX) is pleased to announce that is has initiated a ground magnetics survey of the entire Golcuk licence. Figure 1 below shows the extent of the survey already completed, together with the ...
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Qualcomm wants to make tablets and smartphones more perceptive by giving the devices a “silicon brain,” company CEO Paul Jacobs said Wednesday. The company wants to load mobile devices with its Zeroth processor, which is ...
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SAP has been slapped with a lawsuit by California’s state controller over a payroll software implementation that cost taxpayers vast sums, but has never worked correctly. The suit, filed Thursday in Sacramento County District ...
HARKAND has increased its presence in the burgeoning Asia Pacific region by securing a clutch of multi-million dollar contracts for execution in 2013/14. Under a deal with PTSC Offshore Services, the ROV support vessel Harkand Harmony has ...
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling its progress toward wider acceptance. Bitcoin has battled concerns about volatility, ...
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Aker Solutions ASA secured a two-year option agreement extension valued at NOK 3 billion from Statoil ASA to provide maintenance and modifications work offshore Norway. The option is part of a 2010 framework agreement to provide ...
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The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...
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Medical device giant Johnson & Johnson has reportedly negotiated a settlement that will bring an end to over 7,500 lawsuits from patients who received the company’s all-metal hip implants. For many of these patients, complications ...
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