Private equity (PE) activities have increased substantially in the Chinese market over the past decade. PE funds invested in China rose to USD 15 billion in 2012, from below USD 1 billion in 2000. China now represents approximately 10% of ...
Tags: global investment, economy
Finance segments experienced some growth, driven by emerging markets, but the capital markets and commercial banking remained cautious, according to the latest study by the Financial Services Competence Center at Roland Berger Strategy ...
Tags: economy, Finance segments
Switzerland-based Roche has introduced new Progastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP) test, Elecsys ProGRP, for precise differentiation of small cell (SCLC) and non-small cell (NSCLC) lung cancer and diagnosis of early-stage SCLC. Used with ...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Peptide Test
Chinese have been using the green and leafy andrographis paniculata to treat inflammation, fever and pain for decades, with its cultivation dating back to at least the 1950s in the southern province of Guangdong. The plant, better known ...
Tags: Chinese Medicine, Medicine
Switzerland-based pharmaceuticals and diagnostics developer Roche has purchased US-based Constitution Medical Investors (CMI) for $220m, as part of its strategy to strengthen its hematology testing portfolio. CMI is a hematology testing ...
Tags: pharmaceuticals, diagnostics
Swiss food company Nestlé is set to open two facilities in China next month, in order to take advantage of the increasing demand in the country. Greater China chairman and chief executive officer Roland Decorvet was quoted by the ...
Tags: Nestl, Agriculture, Food
Japan has had a tough time in recent years,with some of its major companies posting significant losses or profit warnings.The domestic market is stagnating and shows limited growth potential:local demand is sluggish and the current ...
Tags: Industrial Models, Full Competitiveness, profit warnings, domestic market
Nike announced that Charlie Denson, NIKE Brand President since 2006 and a 34-year veteran of the brand, will retire in January 2014. In conjunction with Denson’s decision to retire, the Company also announced strategic changes in its ...
Tags: America, Apparel&Accessories, Nike
Birmingham electrical services contractor JT Hawkes has brought renewable energy to thousands of homes in Dorset and the Isle of Wight after fitting out three solar farms. The environmental specialist battled successfully against the ...
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The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. ...
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Pressures from increasingly challenging market and economic conditions in China, which are exacerbated by a regulatory environment that continues to be demanding and at times discriminatory, have led to a clear downturn in profitability and ...
For the second time, Voith has been awarded a contract for a hydropower project in Africa: the company will modernize Inga I hydropower station in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project on the River Congo, led by Voith in a ...
Tags: Modernizes Generators, Voith
Dr. Roland W. Koch recently join Italed as Director Sales and Marketing. The task of Dr. Koch is to bring Italed not only as a LED driver and Lighting Electronics company on the global market but the aim of Italed is to become a complete ...
Tags: Director Sales, Lighting
Saks Fifth Avenue recently introduced another innovative element to its recruiting approach, specifically using video to target top merchandise and demand planning talent. Roland Hearns, Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Saks ...
Tags: Apparel, Saks Fifth Avenue
The international sports industry is subject to continual change. As a result, professional further training offers are essential for industry and retail stores to compete successfully in the long term. ISPO Academy is now offering this ...
Tags: Apparel, sport Apparel