Global producer of aluminum rolled products Novelis has completed the sale of three European aluminum foil and packaging plants to American Industrial Acquisition's (AIAC) unit Eurofoil. The transaction includes foil rolling operations in ...
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Business, engineering students took part in water management case competition Grundfos hosted a first-ever US competition to give business and engineering students the opportunity to design solutions for managing the world's scarce water ...
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Mitsubishi and PSA Peugeot Citroen are planning to borrow EUR320m to triple the production capacity of their Russian Joint Venture (JV). In June 2012, both the companies will extract seven-year loans valuing EUR170m from the European Bank ...
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Aspen Insurance Holdings has reshaped the management of its insurance segment in order to hold a firm grip in the underwriting industry. The company has appointed its current co-CEO Rupert Villers as chairman of Aspen Insurance and ...
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Prudential Group Insurance, a business of Prudential Financial, has named Andrew Sullivan as the new head of its disability business, with immediate effect. Sullivan, currently spearheading the underwriter's small market business segment, ...
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UK-based cider giant Westons has acquired World Brands Australia (WBA), an Australian drinks distributor, as part of further expansion of its international business. For several years Westons has had business relationship with WBA that ...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc,the leading retailer and distributor of branded sportswear,fashionwear and outdoor clothing and equipment,releases the following Interim Management Statement for the period to 20 November 2012. The Group's interim ...
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Guy Carpenter & Company has introduced an integrated portfolio management tool, GC ProfitPoint+, aimed to assist insurance companies in enhancing profitability, underwriting performance and drive growth. Guy Carpenter US Operations CEO ...
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PORTLAND, OR (BRAIN) — Whether it’s dealing in used bikes, specializing in parts and accessories, or serving up beer and coffee and hosting cycling-related events, retailers visited on the first day of the BRAIN Portland Dealer ...
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Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), announced today that its new furnace in its Gous-Khroustalny, Russia, glass reinforcements facility is operational. This is the latest step the company has taken to increase its global capacity to produce composite ...
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Japan's Sharp,a major supplier of LCD displays to Apple and other manufacturers,has warned that it may not survive if it can't turn around its business,an admission that caught few off guard. The Osaka-based manufacture said there ...
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Harris Teeter Supermarkets,Inc.(NYSE:HTSI)(the"Company")today reported that sales for the 52 weeks ended October 2,2012 increased by 5.8%to$4.54 billion from$4.29 billion in fiscal 2011.Sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 increased ...
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Otsuka Medical Devices and Pioneer have joined forces to develop a minimally invasive medical endoscope to reduce patients' physical burden from surgery. For the development of a camera unit of medical endoscope, Pioneer will use its ...
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IDG News Service-Vivekenand Venugopal,VP&GM,Hitachi Data Systems,talks about the firm's storage strategy,its BlueArc acquisition,big data,and in the process,takes a dig at the competition. CW:Why does every storage company talk about ...
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Computerworld-SANTA CLARA,CALIF.--Prior to instituting a change management program,the IT group at financial and tax preparation software company Intuit took eight weeks to complete a business developer's service ticket. As in many ...
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