Californian retailer Stater Bros. has promoted David Harris to the post of CFO. The internal appointment suggests the group was seeking continuity of management. Harris has worked at Stater Bros. since 2009, most recently as SVP of ...
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Squeezed school IT budgets The changing landscape of school IT investment The emergence of education consortia The repercussions of greater autonomy for schools The profound changes in the education sector promise to cast long ...
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Less than a year after announcing it had impacted one million people worldwide,Barefoot Power achieved its second milestone of bringing affordable lighting and phone charging products to two million people across 20 countries.In ...
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CEMAC: Entrepreneur Confidence Index Decreased in Second Quarter National Bureau of Statistics of China 2012-07-16 15:44:35 China Economic Monitoring and Analysis Center (CEMAC): The entrepreneur confidence index (ECI) reached 121.2 in the ...
UK dairy farmers this week gathered at a summit in London to air their views on recent cuts in prices to liquid milk and the implications of the cuts. In the US, PepsiCo and Müller made the much-anticipated launch of their yoghurt ...
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City streets are set to get illuminated with light-emitting diode (LED) street lights soon. The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has already completed all formalities for installation of LED in six vital roads. The pilot project for ...
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The price of milk dominated headlines in the UK this week, with farmers gathering at a summit to air their views on the implications of the cuts and discuss what can be done. Elsewhere, French retailer Carrefour sounded an upbeat note on ...
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Canon Oceania's latest sustainability report 'Embracing Change' revealed that the company last year was "significantly affected" by: Floods in Queensland which led to about 75% of the state being declared a disaster zone. The Christchurch ...
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Rural areas will need to help finance broadband roll-outs if UK schemes for better connectivity are to succeed. This was the conclusion of Conservative MP Rory Stewart, who spoke at the House of Lords' communications select committee ...
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The Board of Directors of American International Group (IAG) has elected Morris Offit as director as well as chairman of the finance and risk management committee of the board. Offit will serve as a director until the 2013 AIG's annual ...
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Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, launched a new accelerated framework "Apparel & Fashion xPress" for Oracle Retail implementations. Apparel & Fashion xPress caters to specific business functionality ...
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When the Financial Services Authority(FSA)introduces new rules,companies under its jurisdiction often have to invest in IT to enable them to adhere to the new guidelines. Because data is so important in finance companies,regulations ...
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A landmark mortgage law approved by Saudi Arabia on Monday would tackle soaring property prices, spur lending and give a strong boost to the economy but it will take time before its full results are felt, a local study said on Wednesday. ...
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Intetics again sponsored the conference and offered its technical expertise,honoring its commitment to support the growing PHP community in Belarus. On June 2nd 2012,the second PHP Development Conference,phpDev,was held in ...
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Insurance broker Brightside has formed a partnership with the high street retailer Debenhams to introduce a new car insurance product. The product will be available through the retailer's website and its UK-based call centres. ...
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