Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)plans to cut as many as 2,340 jobs,or about 20%of its workforce. The cuts are expected to be announced as early as next week,according to Bloomberg,citing an anonymous source as the plans are not yet ...
There's never a dull moment in the car industry,and 2012 proved to be another year of frenetic new-car activity and drama.So just in case you missed them–or you just want to read them again. Holden Commodore/Chevrolet SS[exclusive] ...
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Businesses are reining in their spending on hardware and software amid continued uncertainty in the global economy. Analyst group Gartner has revised down its forecast for spending on hardware and software,despite overall growth in IT ...
Board members of Ashaka Cement Plc., the Nigerian unit of Lafarge SA, have endorsed a new development programme that will increase the company s production capacity from 900,000 to 3 million tons in the near future as it plans to inject ...
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Indian automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki is considering building its first vehicle assembly plant in Africa to boost exports. Maruti Suzuki India chairman R.C. Bhargava told Bloomberg that firm is in search of new markets and Africa ...
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When Huawei was confirmed as the world's largest supplier of telecoms networking equipment in the first half of this year, it marked the culmination of a challenging decade for all the other major suppliers that had, until the emergence of ...
The fortunes of base metals producers are based primarily on one very big customer China. So it’s little wonder that most stocks associated with producing copper and other metals are stuck in no man’s land right now up from ...
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Harald Sommerer, CEO Zumtobel Zumtobel is to target annual growth in the region of 10 per cent each year for the next four years. The plans are outlined in the Group's new medium-term planning statement in which it predicts LED ...
Sustainability will continue to rise up the corporate agenda, emerging markets will become increasingly important and commodity prices will continue to rise in 2013, according to predictions from Leatherhead Food Research (LFR). Poor ...
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The global mobile phone market is showing signs of slowing, despite the continuing boom in smartphone sales. New research from IDC claimed worldwide shipments of mobiles grew by just 1.4% in 2012, which it predicts will translate to 1.7bn ...
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Google has joined US government concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International Telecommunication ...
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Solvay, world leader in Soda Ash, announced its decision to proceed with the optimization of its global industrial footprint. The Group’s strategic intent is to reinforce its positioning by adjusting its production capacities in line ...
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IDG News Service - Infosys said Monday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lodestone Holding, a management consultancy firm in Zurich with skills in the area of SAP software, as the Indian company attempts to move into ...
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Taiwan's MediaTek, a designer of mobile processors, plans to help bring Twitter to lower-end feature phones, by pre-installing the social media service on to the company's chipsets. The two companies announced the new partnership on ...
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In the final week before the Christmas and New Year break, just-food published its review of the year, which included lists of our most-read content and featured an in-depth look at the M&A, retail trends, sustainability initiatives and ...
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