The Wet Seal, Inc. a leading specialty retailer to young women, announced a corporate workforce reduction and certain other cost-saving and investment initiatives. The Company also announced the resignation of President and Chief Operating ...
KDDI, which runs one of Japan's largest mobile networks, is considering selling smartphones based on the new Firefox operating system from Mozilla. Company president Takashi Tanaka has indicated that KDDI is examining various options ...
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It's reported that Korean Hyundai Steel mulls to raise its export prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) by US$40~US$50/ton for February and March. It's analyzed that the price rise was supported by the firm steel prices international market and ...
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Major Latin American PVC producer Mexichem continued to conduct internal discussions in efforts to respond to a force majeure announced last week by its feedstock VCM supplier PPG in the US, a Mexichem source said Wednesday. "We're ...
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Eastman Kodak has told a bankruptcy court that it is exploring alternatives to the auction of its digital imaging patents, including keeping the patents and setting up a licensing company to repay creditors. Kodak filed in June a motion ...
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Mandatory risk management for social networks could form part of a European Commission legislative proposal on network and information security, it was revealed as a public consultation on the issue was announced on Monday. Europe's law ...
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Apple is considering licensing a custom radio streaming service similar to Pandora, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The company recently started negotiations with record labels for such a service, which would still take ...
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The Japanese government on Wednesday hosted a panel in Tokyo on allowing emergency "911" calls to be placed through social networks such as Twitter during natural disasters. The national Fire and Disaster Management Agency held the event ...
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Samsung is exploring the possibility of filing a lawsuit against Apple over the next iPhone, potentially arguing that the device infringes on Samsung's LTE wireless patents, according to unnamed industry sources quoted by the The Korea ...
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HP this week will unveil a software-defined networking portfolio that spans infrastructure, control plane operations and applications in an effort to lead the emerging SDN market. HP will roll out its own SDN controller, a separate ...
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Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing that the company publicising the issue is seeking to put its competitors in an unfavourable light. ...
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PTI cited a senior company official as saying that Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, is mulling setting up of a cement plant as part of its plans to dispose byproducts such as slag and fly ash. RINL may also ...
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Oman Daily Observers reported that Oman Gas Company is studying a number of initiatives designed to add value to the country's gas resources. Mr Maktoom al Matani GM of Engineering and Technical Services OGC said that the proposed ...
Sources inform''Globes''that,following the failure,so far,of the plan to make money by buying Suny Electronics Ltd.(TASE:SUNY)bonds,and possibly use them to take over Partner Communications Ltd.(Nasdaq:PTNR;TASE:PTNR),Yaakov Luxembourg is ...
Tags: Phoenicia Flat Glass, Suny Electronics Ltd., glassmaker
Ahold today (4 September) admitted it is weighing up the options for its stake in ICA, the Sweden-based retailer. The Dutch retail giant owns 60% of ICA, which has stores in Sweden, Norway and the Baltic states. Ahold said it wanted to ...
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