At its annual shareholders meeting, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kramer reported the company achieved many milestones in 2013, a year that was unlike any other in its 115-year history. The ...
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Premium Lifestyle Brand, FREECULTR was awarded “Store Concept of the Year”, for its innovation in retail at the Economic Times Retail Awards, held in Mumbai on March 21, 2014. Recognized for the brand’s best practices and ...
It's a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases. Two Nigerian start-ups have tapped this—and other ...
By Steve Doherty Director of National Accounts Accruit LLC and Jeff Nelson Managing Tax Director PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP With bonus depreciation having expired at the end of 2013, many trucking companies are staring down the ...
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ORD Corporation was presented the Triangle Business Journal’s 2013 Fast 50 Award for the second consecutive year, ranking No. 21. The company finished No. 22 in 2012. This prestigious award is evaluated by PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP ...
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RSA Insurance, a UK-based general insurance company, has commenced an independent review of its financial and regulatory reporting processes and controls within its Irish operations. The move comes after the insurer suspended its CEO ...
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The takeover of Klenk by the US investment company The Carlyle Group was completed on 30 August 2013; this marks the conclusion of the M&A process involving Klenk that had been underway since autumn 2012. According to a report from ...
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Chinese exporters will continue to face increasing trade frictions in the second half of 2013 and in 2014 amid escalating trade protectionism moves and an uncertain economic recovery, said a report released on Monday by ...
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Protective Life has received insurance regulatory approvals required in order for its subsidiary Protective Life Insurance to acquire MONY Life Insurance, as well to reinsure certain policies of MONY Life Insurance Company of America ...
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Tech companies are hanging onto record amounts of cash, and industry watchers want to see more of it reinvested in the companies or distributed to shareholders. FactSet, a financial research firm, tallied all the cash and marketable ...
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China’s immigration policy was never designed to handle a huge influx of foreigners looking to stay in the country over a long period of time. Since the year 2000, the number of non-Chinese passing through airports, sea ports and ...
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The Limited announced that Diane Ellis will lead the iconic apparel retailer as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective August 26. Ellis comes to The Limited after six years as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks ...
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Hittite Microwave Corp of Chelmsford, MA, USA (which designs and supplies analog, digital and mixed-signal RF, microwave and millimeter-wave ICs, modules and subsystems as well as instrumentation) says that on 12 June its board of directors ...
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New business volume grew 16.4% in the equipment finance industry in 2012, according to the 2013 Survey of Equipment Finance Activity (SEFA) released by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. The growth in volume was on par with the ...
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London-based Stemcor, the world's largest independent steel trader, has hired Simon Freakley as chief restructuring officer, within the scope of negotiations with banks on more than $1 billion of debt, according to Bloomberg. Stemcor will ...
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