The Prudential Insurance Company of America has closed the acquisition of The Hartford’s individual life insurance business through a reinsurance transaction, valued at $615m in cash. The acquirer is expected to receive nearly $7bn ...
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The global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to reach 3.8 million by 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. Pike Research senior research analyst Dave Hurst said that sales of EVs have not lived up to automakers' ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (BRAIN) — Shimano Latin America announced a new UCI Continental team on Wednesday to be based on Buenos Aires and led by Walter Perez, gold medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a prolific Argentine ...
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Demand for solar energy across Latin America and the Caribbean is poised for explosive growth through 2017, with a forecast compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45%, according to NPD Solarbuzz. According to Chris Sunsong, analyst at NPD ...
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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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A unique 3D spin on the classic "match three" arcade experience, this addicting game charges players to go against an uber monster cube made of smaller multi-colored monster cubes. Monster Juice, an established mobile game developer, is ...
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BLU Products, one of the fastest growing mobile phone manufacturers in the world, announced the new VIVO 4.65 HD, as a big brother to the already popular and bestselling VIVO 4.3 which launched earlier this year. Improvements on the VIVO ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong-General Electric(GE),founded 125 years ago,is one of the USA's iconic corporations.The firm has 300,000 employees working in areas ranging from aviation,healthcare,transportation,financials,and energy.The firm ...
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The outlook for the Latin American metals and mining sector in 2013 is mostly stable,although ratings agency Standard&Poor's is expecting metals prices to continue to drop. According to the agency,the prospects for slower global economic ...
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APPLE will likely have to pay a Brazilian company for the right to use the iPhone brand in Latin America's biggest country, a Brazilian telecommunications analyst says. Brazil's Gradiente SA started selling Android smartphones with ...
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According to Maplecroft's principal Latin America analyst James Lockhart-Smith,Venezuela has its eye on becoming a major minerals producer,though its capacity to do so is in question. Mr Lockhart-Smith told BNamericas that"Specifically ...
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CINCINNATI, May 23, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- LSI Industries Inc. announced that it is partnering with The University of Arkansas athletic department to provide a new video display to the north end zone scoreboard inside Donald W. ...
Theresa Caragol,VP, Global Channels, Extreme Networks, has revamped the company's channel approach. CW: You masterminded the channel program at your previous company, Ciena. How different is it to work with a company that already has a ...
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Fitch Ratings Director Jay Djemal said that Latin American Metals and Mining observed that higher operating costs remain entrenched. The report said that “Higher operating costs will continue in 2013 for metals and mining. Cost ...
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Riverwood Capital Leads New Round of Funding for One of the World's Leading Makers of LED lighting Products to Help it Meet Growing Product Demand SATELLITE BEACH, Fla., May 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- lighting Science Group Corporation, ...
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