Mobile operators in the UK are not known for being the best of friends. Be it fighting for the latest exclusive handset or threatening court action over 4G rollouts, the big guns have never been at the top of each other's Christmas lists. ...
In third-quarter 2012,global mobile phone market shipments were 444.5 million mobile phones,up 2.4%on 434.1 million units in Q3/2011,according to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker of market research firm International Data ...
Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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Carrefour announced sales of the third quarter and nine months of financial year. Q3 2012 Highlights Sales:€22.6 bn,+2.1%,driven notably by Latin America.The quarter showed an improvement in France,but Southern Europe remained ...
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Australian Paper has been under "intense competitive pressure"from cheap imported papers and its export markets have been significantly impact as a result, according to the company's CEO Jim Henneberry. Releasing the company's 2011 ...
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19.09.2012− The pressure to consolidate in the surfaces industry has long been mounting due to tight margins.Now it is increasingly translating into tangible changes.Several transactions have been agreed upon since the end of ...
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Turnover of the Swiss plastics industry declined by 1.8% to CHF 15.5bn (€12.9bn) in 2011, alongside a 1.6% reduction in the number of employees in the industry to 34,530, it was announced on 28 June by the industry’s trade ...
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Dropbox, the most popular consumer online storage service, announced Tuesday that it is doubling the capacity of its plans but keeping its prices the same. The company is also now offering a new 500GB service plan. Dropbox's service plans ...
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Taiwan-based LED makers have lost in competition with fellow China-based makers for supplying LED street lamps for Thailand-based Kanthawichit Engineering, with China-based competitor Elec-Tech International has finally won a supply ...
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Songwon Industrial Group finished 2011 on a high note having announced a number of key events that demonstrate how growth is at the heart of its success now and in the future. Capacity at its state- of-the-art Maeam plant was increased ...
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As production of sapphire wafers by China-based makers will gradually increase, prices for the product in the second quarter of 2012 are expected to remain at current levels, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Taiwan-based makers have ...
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Valve and actuator end users are operating with tighter budgets and deadlines than ever before, which means increasing challenges in the distribution channels. The last time a panel of distributors spoke before the Valve Manufacturers ...
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The majority of softwood sawmills in the Baltic States was able to maintain cutting activities more or less at previous levels into November, in spite of a gradual softening in demand. Production is to continue at the same pace for the time ...
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PlasticsEurope Deutschland says its members were 'positively surprised’ in 2010, as production volume, turnover and exports and imports all increased during the year. At a briefing at the annual conference, the association reported ...
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