Berlin Packaging, a US-based supplier of plastic, glass, metal containers and closures has managed a double-digit year-over-year growth in both sales and earnings and revenues close to $800m. According to the company, it continued to ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week stable to slightly lower on Friday, amid a pick up in fixture activity, even as the market continues to be weighed down ...
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IDG News Service - Starting with Java 8, to be released in September, the development team behind the widely used programming language plans to release a new version of Java every two years -- and stick to that schedule. The idea is to ...
Infoworld - If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never ...
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George Adams is President of SA Recycling,located in Anaheim,California,and he has been in the family-owned scrap metal business(Adams Steel)since 1977.Originally started by George's father 35 years ago as a single scrap metal facility,SA ...
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Australian markets got off to a roaring start to 2013 yesterday, with the avoidance of the January 1 US fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts combining with rising iron ore prices to send the stockmarket on its biggest one-day ...
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Retailers have had another rocky year with more high street closures piling up, while online spend continued to enjoy double digit growth. As consumer spending remained stagnant, companies looked to their digital channels to bolster sales. ...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 23, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Tracker Corp, trackercorp, developer of the most innovative Form I-9 & E-Verify compliance software and immigration managemaent system (IMS) trusted by more Fortune 500 employers than ...
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Parts of New York City received mandatory evacuation notices from the mayor's office as Hurricane Sandy moved toward shore Monday. Along with other businesses in the city's financial district, the New York Stock Exchange voluntarily shut ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Inoxum,the stainless steel unit of the German steel giant ThyssenKrupp.The new Outokumpu starts operations on December 29,2012,with a ...
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Businesses in the EU and the wider world are grossly ill-prepared for a potential collapse of the eurozone, wrongly expecting that they will have plenty of time to prepare for the conversion of one or more countries to a new national ...
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The UK beverage packaging market is experiencing a breakdown in pre-conceptions of the packaging formats for certain drinks. Brands and packaging designers are applying the latest technology across a range of materials in order to meet ...
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Labor problems and low prices have platinum mines closing up shop in South Africa, and the potential for acquisitions is ripening. Senior Mining Analyst and Managing Director at Stifel Nicolaus in Toronto, George Topping believes that ...
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Taipei, Dec. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s unemployment rate reached 4.27% in November, a five-month low, dispelling the concern over the deterioration of the unemployment problem amid the sluggish economy, reported the Directorate ...
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The Netherlands-based packaging manufacturer Plasticum Group has been acquired by private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition that has been fully financed with own equity capital was approved by competition ...
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