Outsourcing is on the rise; according to an article at SME Web, UK businesses have increased their spending on freelancers by 134% this year. This makes UK businesses the second largest employers of freelancers worldwide. Some business ...
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G&K Services Inc. reported operating results for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2013, which ended on September 29, 2012. First quarter revenue grew by 6.1 percent to $222.4 million, up from $209.7 million in last year's first quarter, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)has granted 510(k)clearance to Ascendx Spine's minimally invasive Ascendx VCF Repair system,designed for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures(VCFs). The VCF Repair system,unlike the ...
Dialight plc ("Dialight") announces that its US subsidiary, Dialight Corporation, has completed the acquisition of the assets of Airinet Inc ("Airinet"), a lighting controls company, for upfront consideration of $2.6m with additional sums ...
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BTU International, Inc., a leading supplier of advanced thermal processing equipment for the alternative energy and electronics manufacturing markets, announces that PRUF LED has installed a PYRAMAX™ 125A at its new cutting-edge, ...
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Richard Compton comes to Sytel from Azzurri Communications to take on sales for EMEA and market research. Sytel Limited,a global supplier of contact center solutions,today announced the appointment of Richard Compton as VP Sales for ...
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UK confectioner Thorntons has sounded a cautious note ahead of the Christmas period as it booked a drop in first-quarter sales. In the 14 weeks to 6 October, sales fell 1% to GBP46m (US$73.6m), mainly due to the effect of the closure of ...
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Saudi Polymers Company JV between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and National Petrochemical Company has started commercial production. Mr Mike Zeglin executive president of Saudi Polymers Company said that "This is an exciting time ...
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Tsurumi Europe has acquired its Spanish and Portuguese dealerships,giving the company direct access to customers in these two markets. The two dealerships will continue to operate under their current names but will be wholly-owned ...
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A brand new stationary bike trainer brand being launched by a long-time LeMond Fitness executive is focusing on consumer direct sales in its first season. Cascade Health & Fitness launched a line of three trainers last month. Because ...
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Aushon is planning to launch its new multiplex protein biomarker platform, which the company says incorporates several engineering breakthroughs to deliver ELISA-level performance. Aushon's microarray printing, novel assay design, ...
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) congratulates Saudi Polymers Company (SPCo) and its joint venture partner, National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem), as the joint venture’s manufacturing facility ...
The direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, and service and will report to CEO Gary Tolman. In his new role, Pitchford will be responsible for the newly combined sales and service areas and will enable Esurance to meet the ...
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Premier, a healthcare group purchasing organization, has awarded a contract to Masimo to supply Masimo's SedLine brain function monitoring system, designed to help improve care of patients under anesthesia or sedation. The system, which ...
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Nordstrom Inc. reported net earnings of $146 million for the third quarter ended October 27, 2012. This represented an increase of 15.0 percent compared with earnings of $127 million for the same quarter last year. Earnings per diluted ...
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