Dick Smith released its first set of results to the ASX today under its new owners, with the company posting better than expected sales, earnings and profit figures. Today's figures come just over two years after the retailer was placed ...
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E-commerce took off in the steel sector in 2013 as the ailing industry competes to cut costs, Dong Baoqing, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a -forum in Shanghai on Sa-turday. ...
Tags: Steel Firms, Mineral
With a bid to revive the emaciated handloom sector of the south Indian state of Kerala, The People’s Company, a social entrepreneurship start-up and the state government together have launched a clothing line crafted entirely from ...
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HP is to axe 1,124 UK jobs at the start of 2014 in a move that union Unite claimed was a result of "a long-term addiction to a culture of job cuts". The systems giant is cutting 29,000 jobs worldwide - some eight per cent of its workforce ...
Optimistic about the long-term outcome of Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff’s recent visit to the US, former regional chairman of All Pakistan Textile Processing Association (APTMA), M Arif Lakhani believes this would ensure open roads for ...
Senior executives at ailing smartphone maker BlackBerry met with Facebook executives to find out whether the social media company might be interested in bidding for the Canadian firm. News of the meeting was reported in the Wall Street ...
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General Motors will consider developing new Opel products on its own in a bid to stem European losses that have totalled more than $19.6 billion over the past 13 years. The company says it doesn’t need the help of France’s ...
Tags: Opels, GM Scaling
PSA Peugeot Citroen is preparing a three billion euro ($4.3 billion) capital increase that would give Chinese firm Dongfeng Motor Corp and the French government matching stakes in the ailing car maker. French Government officials are in ...
BlackBerry's co-founders, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, are considering weighing in with a counter-bid for the ailing smartphone maker, according to a financial filing made on Thursday. A bid by the pair would represent an ...
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More Asian citrus psyllids found in Tulare County Growers spurred to do more to slow ACP spread EPA challenged on waters jurisdiction rulemaking With little explanation other than to feign concern over the state budget, California Gov. ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used what will likely be his last meeting with Wall Street analysts to defend his tenure at the helm of the software giant. Ballmer, who recently announced he'll be stepping down in the next year, openly ...
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Dell founder Michael Dell and investor Silver Lake Management have had their proposed $24.9bn buyout of ailing PC maker Dell approved by holders of the voting shares. The buyout, which is the largest of its kind since 2007, has been ...
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Mobile management company MobileIron has announced its Anyware enterprise mobility management platform, and the product's integration with Salesforce.com's existing AppExchange platform. Following an IDC report stating that one billion ...
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The textile sector in Africa is one of the ancient textile industries in the world with highly skilled workers but the industry lost its pride due to several reasons and currently it is faced with several challenges. The textile and apparel ...
Lenovo’s sales of tablets and smartphones were higher than that of PCs in its fiscal first quarter, reflecting the company’s efforts to reduce its dependence on the ailing PC business. The company reported on Thursday that net ...
Tags: Smartphone, Tablets