Uber, the transportation app that has?run afoul of taxi regulators?in the States, has set its sights on global domination. Next stop: the United Arab Emirates.? The company on Tuesday announced its first Middle East outpost with?rides in ...
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Lighting is an essential and important part of the automotive shopping experience, but also one of its greatest expenses, accounting for more than 45% of a dealership’s energy costs. Hubbell Lighting today announced a new solution to ...
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Netherlands-based financial conglomerate ING has inked an agreement with Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners, to divest its South Korean insurance business, in a transaction valued at nearly KRW1.84trn (€1.24bn). Following ...
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iFabric Corp announced its financial results for the third quarter ended 30th June 2013. iFabric has a 30th September year end. Q3 HIGHLIGHTS: In the quarter ended 30th June 2013, revenues increased to $2,709,015 compared to $1,802,833 ...
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A U.S. judge has put a stamp of approval on a US$20 million fund for Facebook to settle a class-action advertising suit, despite objections from groups representing minors on the site. The ruling was issued Monday in the U.S. District ...
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Dairy Crest chief executive Mark Allen has netted £328,751, after selling shares in the firm to fund the purchase of a new family home following his recent divorce. Mark Allen earned £328,751 from the share sale to buy a new ...
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Google has bought Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry display patent portfolio as the search company ramps up its development of Google Glass. Hon Hai, a major supplier for Apple and other top IT brands, sold a portfolio of Head Mounted ...
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Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed US$8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Google was sued in October ...
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Bottled natural spring water manufacturer Nirvana Water has received a $3.2m loan from the New York Business Development. The company used the loan amount to purchase a new bottling line that has the capacity to annually produce eight ...
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $1.15m funding to a global public-private partnership (PPP), to develop a new pediatric formulation to fight schistosomiasis, commonly known as bilharzia, in preschool children. Formed in ...
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With support from the Province of Ontario, Ryerson University's Centre for Urban Energy will build a smart grid laboratory, which will serve as a hub for researchers and will provide a collaborative facility for testing and demonstrating ...
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Argex Titanium Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced $5 million non-brokered private placement with Ressources Québec Inc., a subsidiary of Investissement Québec. Argex issued a total of ...
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An early-August rally in the uranium spot price ended after the market learned that a potential deal with an investment fund for up to 1 million pounds of U308 will not close anytime soon, if at all, price publishers and market sources ...
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With support from the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF), wire and cable player Domtech is investing in "innovative technology and equipment" to produce new products and expand its existing electrical wire and cable product lines. ...
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A complaint against Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) lamp compliance scheme Recolight has been dropped by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) without a formal investigation. Manchester-based lamp recycling firm Mercury ...