A TV report into the lives of migrant workers employed at Amazon.com distribution centers in Germany has prompted the government to call for an investigation, and is pushing other companies to change their practices. German TV channel ARD ...
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Global food group Nestle said 2013 looks every bit as "challenging" as 2012, a year when profits increased but underlying sales growth slowed. The Swiss food giant reported a 11.8% increase in earnings of CHF10.61bn (US$12.02bn) in 2012. ...
What will be the trend of the distribution market in 2013? The lines between engineering and purchasing will continue to blur, validating the importance of a next generation distribution model. This next generation approach is less ...
Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar hears cautious but positive forecasts. Growth in global sales of lasers and laser systems this year will range from flat to only a modest improvement of a few percentage points, according to ...
Unipetrol recorded 10% increase of revenues at CZK 107bn in 2012. EBIT excluding one-off impairment reached positive result of CZK 372m in 2012. The volume of crude oil processed 3927 kt in 2012 similar to volume of 2011. EBIT negatively ...
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IT spending growth in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to slow as countries including China and India grapple with emerging economic issues as a result of the world economic crisis, according to research firm Forrester. Spending by ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal and coke sales for the first quarter of 2013. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price of ...
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It was reported on Tuesday that Google is planning to consolidate its United Kingdom offices in a brand new development near London’s King’s Cross Station. The new development is worth a reported pound 1 billion. The ...
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GSX Solutions, the global leader in proactive, consolidated monitoring and reporting of enterprise collaboration environments, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) and IBM Notes, is offering ...
Google will move its UK headquarters to King's Cross following a $1bn (£628m) property deal. The 2.4-acre brownfield site between King's Cross and St Pancras stations in central London will be home to a seven-floor building and ...
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Christian Schwarz, who had been CEO of the Swedspan Group owned by the Ikea concern since August 2008, left the group with effect from 9 January 2013. Jörgen Lindquist, who had been appointed as CFO of the Swedspan Group in September ...
Increased level of internationality on the visitor side: 67 percent of trade buyers came from outside Germany Messe Frankfurt to expand portfolio of events with the launch of Heimtextil India in June 2014 With 2,658 exhibitors from 62 ...
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New World Resources expects a decline in its average agreed thermal coal price in 2013, and pricing pressure to persist in the coking coal market in the near term, the Amsterdam-based coal producer said Monday in an updated company outlook. ...
Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced its operating results for the fourth quarter and 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2012, total coal output decreased slightly to 2.58 million mt, compared to 2.6 million ...
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Skoda Auto has reported a 6.8% increase in global sales to 939,200 units in 2012 compared to the 879,200 units sold in 2011. In December 2012, the company delivered about 66,200 vehicles an increase of 6.1% against the same month of the ...
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