The US Army and Corps of Engineers achieved a milestone on 22 August when more than 600 interested attendees participated in the pre-proposal conference for the $7 billion Renewable and Alternative Energy Power Production for Department of ...
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Brambles has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Pallecon, a provider of intermediate bulk containers (IBC) in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, for €135 million (US$177 million). Brambles CEO Tom Gorman said: "Pallecon has ...
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When Ken Stephens, a senior vice president of Xerox Cloud Services, tried to hire a product manager from IBM recently, he had quite a shock. "I offered him a 40 percent raise," Stevens said in an interview. "But then IBM came back and gave ...
The NSW manufacturing sector will work with the NSW Government to drive improved industry/research collaboration, ease the regulatory load and create opportunities for SME to bid for billions of dollars’ worth of government ...
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Proactive Investors reported that Sirius Resources NL has provided an update to the market on the drilling and other activities at its Nova nickel copper deposit in Western Australia. Nickel copper sulphides confirmed at upper edge of ...
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Throughout history there have been many instances of alluring success that has led many people to chase a perceived golden opportunity only to end up very disappointed. In recent times there has been a genuine gold rush atmosphere when it ...
Reuters reported that the ANC Youth League will propose resolutions on the nationalization of certain minerals and strategic mining companies at the party's 53rd national conference in Mangaung. A statement ahead of the conference said ...
Tags: minerals, mining companies, iron ore, magnesium, platinum group minerals
There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
Tags: European M&A advisors, food sector, Food
IOS Health Systems (IOS), a leading innovator of web-based ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) and practice management software, announces its web-based Medios EHR system is one of the first EHR's to successfully connect to the ...
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IBM and its partner, Hands-on Systems have deployed the Flex System for retailer, Harris Farm Markets. The system will help the retailer reduce IT costs and complexity as well as support its business growth. The IBM Flex System ...
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Blue Coat has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire network security company Crossbeam Systems. The acquisition brings together two market leaders that deliver complementary technologies to scale and secure the ...
The judge who oversaw Oracle's lawsuit against Google said Monday that the search giant "has failed to comply" with an Aug. 7 order to provide the names of parties whose commentary on the suit may have been influenced by money. Last week, ...
Recent figures, compiled by the UK's largest specialist gadget insurance provider protectyourbubble, reveal that 30 something gadget owners are worryingly neglecting to forearm themselves with insurance safety nets against damages, losses ...
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In the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile developers, Apple's iOS has taken a commanding lead as businesses show concern over Android, according to a recent survey of mobile developers by Appcelerator and IDC. Does ...
Tags: Apple, app devs, Android, consumer devs, Microsoft
IDC Manufacturing Insights recently hosted a series of webinars highlighting its Top 10 Predictions for for manufacturing and the supply chain in the year ahead. The full lists are below, and IDC will be releasing a series of detailed ...
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