18 October 2012 Smartphone population tops 1 billion in Q3/2012 The number of smartphones in use worldwide surpassed the 1 billion-unit mark for the first time ever in the third-quarter 2012,according to the report'Global Smartphone ...
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Saffron Philippines Inc. (Saffron) has installed 8 sets Fong's Industries Group's TEC series within 8 months. The 4th shipment will be taken on or before end of 2012. Saffron Philippines Inc, one of dyeing and finishing, printing and ...
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Commentary:Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity Nuying Huang,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Monday 15 October 2012]The continuous feed-in-tariff(FIT)cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing ...
Tags: China, solar industry, new business model, grid parity
Growing demand from emerging markets drove an increase in sales during the first nine months of the year,Swiss flavours and fragrances group Givaudan has indicated. The company booked an 8.8%increase in sales during the period,which rose ...
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Trade barriers bad for solar industry:Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES,Taipei[Friday 12 October 2012]The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy ...
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Burberry Group plc announces first half trading update. First half highlights Total revenue £883m, up 8% underlying Retail revenue £577m, up 10% underlying Comparable store sales growth 3% (Q1: 6%; Q2: 1%) Q2 ...
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Carrefour announced sales of the third quarter and nine months of financial year. Q3 2012 Highlights Sales:€22.6 bn,+2.1%,driven notably by Latin America.The quarter showed an improvement in France,but Southern Europe remained ...
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For the 14th Time the business newspaper sought together with the KSV1870 PwC and the successful companies in Austria. When it comes to ALC good performance over the years the whole idea is not to short-term numbers. For the current ...
Tags: Fibre, Lenzing AG, green products
UK food ingredients group Tate & Lyle plc has said its first-half profits remained flat year-on-year, with growth expected to pick up in the second half. "Overall, we expect to report adjusted operating profit for the group for the first ...
Tags: food, bulk ingredients, liquid sweeteners, ethanol, corn crops
Taiwan government to extend subsidies for procuring LED light bulbs Siu Han,Taipei;Jackie Chang,DIGITIMES[Friday 28 September 2012]The Taiwan government plans to increase 2012 energy-saving subsidies from the original NT$700 million(US$23 ...
Research In Motion's stock price jumped more than 6%Wednesday after CEO Thorsten Heins addressed developers and said,among other things,that BlackBerry subscriptions had climbed to 80 million,up from 78 million in the second quarter. ...
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response to the influx of hot money into Asia following the rollout of the third-round quantitative easing policy(QE3)of the U.S.,the Central Bank of China(CBC)has included 20 U.S.and European investors with frequent funding movement into a ...
Tags: CBC, Speculative Foreign Funds, QE3, hot money
Nokia unveiled Tuesday two new models in its Asha Touch family which it claimed as its most affordable capacitive touchscreen devices. The company also debuted Nokia Life+, a free Web application, which provides content on education, ...
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Japan’s Toshiba Machine Co. Ltd. is buying one of India’s largest injection molding machine producers, L&T Plastics Machinery Ltd., in a move that will significantly expand its presence in a market of growing importance to ...
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China’s Haitian International Holdings Ltd. has seen its annual sales more than double in recent years to about US$1 billion, joining the ranks of the world’s biggest injection molding machinery suppliers. Now the firm said ...
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