THE sharemarket opened strongly following news China will lift controls on lending interest rates. At 10.10am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.4 points, or 0.99 per cent, at 5021.5, easing to 5,007.3 by 10.25am for a total ...
Tags: lending interest rates, china, economy
Tesco UK was performing broadly in-line with its rivals Asda and Morrison, after recovering from "the body blow to its trade caused by the horse meat contamination", said Shore Capital analysts Darren Shirley and Clive Black. "With the ...
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The Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announced that its Mold Removal Specialist (MRS) certification exam is accepted for applicants seeking mold remediation licensure in the state of Florida. The MRS ...
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The federal government is making one of the most powerful supercomputers in its computing arsenal available to any U.S. businesses that can help make the country more competitive. The system is the 5 petaflop Vulcan (one petaflop equals ...
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Omega Design Corp. now offers the LabelSync450 Vision Module, designed to capture and sync a bottle's unique serialized label with its individual line code. The machine can handle bottles 30 to 1500mL in volume at speeds up to 300 per ...
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There are two ways analysts report hiring trends in the tech: Some focus on the half-empty, others on the half-full. For the half-empty view, there is this new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., which claims that layoffs in ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT economy, telecommunications industries
US medical device company TriVascular has commenced the US Post-Approval Study (PAS) of the Ovation Prime Abdominal Stent Graft System for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The Ovation System and the Ovation Prime System ...
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The International Monetary Fund said in its Wednesday report that China should initiate another round of effective economic reforms to sustain its growth, as domestic risks to the economy grow, Reuters reported. The IMF hasn't changed its ...
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Heavy-duty transit bus manufacturer New Flyer's subsidiary NABI Bus has secured a contract to supply 654 buses to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) in the US. The deal includes a firm order for supply of 85 units ...
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INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the availability of a new report, entitled "North American Wipes Market: Trends & Forecasts 2012-2017." Brad Kalil, INDA's Director of Market Research and Statistics, said, "We ...
Industry product design and merchandising expert Jena Hall will be working with Somerton Dwelling as it undergoes a rebranding initiative. Somerton said it has retained Hall as a consultant to develop new merchandising and "integrated ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Industry product design, product design
Today, HighJump Software announced it has acquired Evenex, a provider of business-to-business integration solutions. Offering more than 25 years of experience in electronic data interchange (EDI) and trading partner connectivity, Evenex ...
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Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss. Net sales totalled a!5.70 billion (US$7.48 billion), down 24 percent year-on-year. The company ...
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Indian based pharmaceutical company Cipla has completed the acquisition of Cipla Medpro South Africa for a consideration of ZAR4.507bn ($456.43m). Commenting on the development Cipla managing director and global CEO Subhanu Saxena was ...
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The SML Group (“SML”) continues the expansion of its RFID ViziT program with the announcement that it has acquired a controlling interest in Xterprise, Carrollton, TX, USA. Xterprise now becomes a part of the SML Group. As an ...