Canadian dairy processor Saputo has announced that it will close its cheese manufacturing facility in Warwick, Québec, a move which will put approximately 100 jobs at risk. Saputo noted that this decision is aimed at improving ...
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U.S. House lawmakers plan to hold a three-day series of hearings to determine how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should regulate mobile health applications. The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to begin the hearings ...
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Yeou Yih Steel, one of the major stainless steel plate makers in Taiwan announced that its sales revenue totaled NT$4.287 billion in 2012, falling by 24.31% from a year ago. In 2012, the company’s sales profits before taxes amounted ...
In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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For its fiscal third-quarter 2013 (ended 27 January), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, has reported revenue of $238.4m, a drop of almost 5% on fiscal Q3/2012's $243m a year ago but ...
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Arduino has gone mobile by offering a GPRS/GSM add-on module to the Arduino motherboard. This will allow the development platform to connect to the internet via GSM mobile phone networks. The module, or shield, was developed in ...
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The all-new Ford Fiesta ST will hit the road running in the UK, with over 600 orders taken for the baby hot-hatch before it arrives in showrooms later this month. Ford UK expects to sell at least 5000 of the 1.6-litre turbo Fiestas, ...
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The Federal Court, last month, ruled in favour of the beverage company after it argued the Northern Territory government’s 10c deposit recycling scheme – introduced in January 2012 and similar to a scheme that has been running ...
Treasury has been warned against plans to impose a higher "message tax" on high frequency traders because it will reduce liquidity and increase volatility in the sharemarket. Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre chief Mike Aitken ...
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The European Economic Advisory Group at CESifo (EEAG)* has released its twelfth Report on the European Economy today in Brussels. The international group of scholars expects world GDP to grow by 3.3 percent this year, up from 3.0 percent in ...
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Premier Foods faces six key challenges – including: managing consumer demand uncertainties, reducing its borrowing and grappling with its pension deficit – according to City analyst Investec. Commodity concern: Premier ...
US-based Pinnacle Foods has swung to a profit of $53m for the fiscal year ended 30 December 2012, compared to a loss of $47m a year ago, when the company incurred restructuring and impairment charges of $156m. The company's net revenues ...
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The 83rd International Geneva motor show is open to the public until March 17, and has delivered some of the automotive world’s biggest and most significant debuts. From revolutionary supercars like the hybrid-powered McLaren P1 and ...
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Egypt plans to increase sales taxes on six goods to raise state revenues by around EGP13bn (roughly $2bn), in a bid to curb the budget deficit to meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) preconditions for a $4.8bn loan, Ahram has reported. ...
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For full-year 2012, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany has reported revenue down by 63% to €227.8m (from €611m in 2011). But despite the dramatic fall in full-year sales, fourth-quarter revenue of ...
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