According to a new Ernst & Young survey, responding to frequently changing regulations and managing the effect on business and stakeholders are now the biggest concerns for power and utilities executives around the world—up from 2011. ...
The redundancies will be at the company’s Boronia site, which employs 363 people. GSK said that it is estimated that 120 jobs will be lost through the transformation. However, it also said that any redundancy will not come into ...
Vodafone's revenue dropped 4.2 percent for its fiscal year to March 31, because of tough economic conditions, particularly in Southern Europe. The operator's group revenue dropped to APS44.4 billion (US$67.8 billion) for the year ended ...
Israel-based flavor and fragrance company Frutarom has reported that its net earnings increased 3.8% to $14m for the first quarter of 2013, compared with $13.5m for the same period in 2012. For the quarter, net sales increased 0.6% to ...
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Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3. "Windows 8 has been, from our standpoint, not necessarily the catalyst to drive accelerated growth that we had ...
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South African financial services group Sanlam has concluded the acquisition of a 49% stake in Malaysian niche short-term insurer, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad (POI), for nearly MYR270m ($89.m). Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM), ...
European textile and clothing companies are looking further afield for growth. The main causes are weak demand in the supply chain and cutbacks by retail buyers and consumers stemming from the eurozone crisis and fiscal tightening by EU ...
The annual BlackBerry Live conference was kicked off Tuesday with the launch of a new 3.1-in. qwerty smartphone, the BlackBerry Q5, that's slated to go on sale this summer in emerging markets, but not in the U.S. Blackberry's qwerty Q5 ...
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At BlackBerry Live, senior executives from BlackBerry and special guests from Asia, Latin America and Africa discussed mobile-led innovation in the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets. The emerging economies in Africa, Asia, ...
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At BlackBerry Live, senior executives from BlackBerry and special guests from Asia, Latin America and Africa discussed mobile-led innovation in the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets. The emerging economies in Africa, Asia, ...
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BlackBerry's free Messenger service is being expanded to work with iOS and Android devices. Analysts regarded the move -- announced today at BlackBerry Live -- as mostly positive, since it could help an improving BlackBerry expand its ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry is to port its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) tool to Android and iOS. It will be available on all three platforms by the summer, claims the company, and crucially will be free. Further reading Analysis: ...
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Research In Motion has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets, and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Messenger service on iPhones and devices running Google's Android software. CEO Thorsten ...
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“In a disturbing report, the Federal Reserve announced that U.S. industrial production (manufacturing, mining, and utilities) contracted by 0.6 percent after strong gains in February and March,” said Cliff Waldman, senior ...
Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face significant transition and data storage challenges as the regional cloud market continues to grow, according to a report from IDC. Indeed, it is the rate at which the ...
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