Gamma, a division of the Far East Global Group Limited (HKEx 830.HK) and ranking among the largest curtain wall, window wall and recladding construction companies in North America and the world, announced today a series of strategic ...
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Reuters reported that South Africa is drawing up laws to force platinum and iron ore miners to sell "small amounts" of production to local processors at a discount to diversify its economy. Mr Lionel October director general of the ...
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"O'zbekyengilsanoat" State Joint Stock Company will complete 28 investment projects until the end of 2012. The announcement was made during a press conference at the National Press Center of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. Cotton yarn, fabrics, ...
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Prima system is implemented at Mulberry Somerset factory. Following its recent extension of The Rookery, Mulberry's Somerset based UK factory, the luxury leather goods provider has further boosted its commitment to UK manufacturing with the ...
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Automotive batteries supplier,Johnson Controls has opened a new $150m automotive battery recycling plant in South Carolina, US. The new Florence Recycling Center is expected to recycle 132,000 metric tons per year, or the equivalent of ...
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Cornwall County Council has voted in support of an IT outsourcing and telehealth partnership with BT after rejecting a controversial plan to privatise a much broader range of council services. After councillors threw out their executive's ...
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And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
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IT professionals and teachers have expressed concerns over the government’s decision to remove ICT from the school curriculum for two years while a new computer science curriculum is devised. During the Reviewing the ICT Curriculum ...
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US-based dairy company Chobani has opened a $450m yogurt manufacturing facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, US. The 1000, 000ft2 facility will enable the company to boost the production of its Chobani branded yogurt and strengthen its ability ...
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When Ken Stephens, a senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services, tried to hire a product manager from IBM recently, he had quite a shock. "I offered him a 40 percent raise," Stevens said in an interview. "But then IBM came back and gave ...
Packaging manufacturer for the food service industry Anchor Packaging has announced plans to invest more than $7.6m in order to establish operations in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, US, creating 150 new jobs. According to the company, the ...
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Motorola Mobility is cutting 4,000 employees as the company shifts its emphasis from feature phones to focus on high-end devices, the company said late Sunday. About two-thirds of the staff reduction is set to occur outside the U.S., the ...
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When the recession hit in 2008, Congress put the idea of a "skills shortage" and a need for more H-1B visas in a closet. That didn't mean, however, that interest in raising the H-1B cap went away for everyone. New York City Mayor ...
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US-based nutrition company Herbalife has entered into an agreement to acquire a manufacturing facility in Winston Salem,North Carolina for$22.2m. This move is line with the company's strategy to increase the self-manufacturing of its ...
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2 Sisters'dispute with workers at its West Midlands sites is now over and the strike planned for tomorrow(December 21)has been cancelled. Workers first voted to strike over pay,working conditions and an alleged culture of bullying and ...