After four years, Paul von der Heyde is stepping down as chairman of the British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the furniture industry's Government lobbying body. The new chairman is Jonathan Hindle, group managing director of KI (Krueger ...
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Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered his eight Budget today, with some of the main points outlined as such: Business - The headline rate of corporation tax, which is currently at 20%, will fall to 17% by 2020 - ...
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B&G Foods, Inc. has closed its public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock, which includes 600,000 shares issued pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option, at a public offering price of $33.55 per share. After ...
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Satoru Iwata once said "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer.” The life of Satoru Iwata was honored yesterday during the GDC Awards, where a heartfelt ...
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TARGETTI USA, the North American operations for the TARGETTI Group, has appointed Kaitlin LeSage Crawford, IESNA | LC, as Customer Service and Marketing Manager. “Since our official North American operations launch in September, our ...
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Over the past 20 years, there has been a distinct shift in food composition and food labelling laws around the world. Historically, food laws were necessary to prevent people eating unsafe food. Later, food laws were aiming to prevent ...
Fortress Paper reported 2015 fourth quarter operating EBITDA of $3.3m. The Dissolving Pulp Segment generated operating EBITDA of $1.5 million and the Security Paper Products Segment generated EBITDA of $3.9 million . Corporate costs ...
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Von Walter joins the toy giant from Best Buy where she was vice president of communications and public affairs. Toys R Us has appointed a new executive vice president of global communications and public relations in the form of Amy von ...
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‘‘As a five-time honoree, Hasbro´s commitment to leading with integrity is evidenced by its continuing commitment to corporate social responsibility initiatives and a robust risk based compliance and ethics programme." ...
Bewildering tax structures begone; Facebook is finally going straight in the UK. Facebook has agreed to pay “millions of pounds more in tax” in the UK, according to a new report. The social network giant is said to be ...
SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (an Orbotech company that manufactures etch, PVD and CVD wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LED, high-speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets) has been ...
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Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing ,one of the containerboard manufacturers in China, announced its annual results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2015. During the period, the Group recorded a total sales volume of 5.44 million tons, a ...
Kono USA – the franchisor that introduced the popular pizza-in-a-cone concept to the United States – announces a partnership with Ghirardelli that will add four exclusive treat cones to its menu. The dessert line, part of the ...
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The US Deparment of Energy (DOE) has granted $80m fund under the SuperTruck II initiative for the research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. More than $12m was also granted for three new ...
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The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015, fueled by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors ...
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