Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina is to cut over 200 jobs across its business in Germany. The move is being made in a bid to "improve competitiveness", the firm said today (10 December). The programme will involve the modernisation of ...
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The week's two major stories broke within hours of each other on Wednesday - Tesco admitted it was "likely" to leave the US and Germany's Intersnack snapped up United Biscuits' salty snacks business. Elsewhere, ex-Tesco CEO Terry Leahy led ...
Tags: salty snacks, Intersnack, Hula Hoops, McCoy's, Skips, dairy, pork sector
Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding has signed three technological cooperation agreements with Volvo Cars. The deals will allow Zhejiang to use some technologies Volvo plans to phase out in the next two years. As per the ...
Tags: Geely, Volvo, technological cooperation agreements, Li Shufu
USA-Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus:Stamford 2012 Professional Development Programme,a two-day programme of free educational seminars and workshops,running alongside PLASA Focus:Stamford,on 12-13 November 2012. The ...
The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, London Underground stations, mobile operators EE and Vodafone, TfL
HSG has released a Code of Conduct for alliance members. "The auto glass industry has a wide spectrum of providers,but the best in the industry are committed to a strong code of ethics—as demonstrated by this elite group of ...
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It is all done and dusted.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(Locog)has passed the baton to its Rio 2016 successor after a debriefing event to provide the Brazilian Games hosts with the lessons learned from the London ...
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As Beatrice de Damas says, "idéatrice" is the word that describes better her profession and occupation, as she is initiating creativity in education, health treatments and business. At the 2012 edition of 1,618 Sustainable Luxury ...
Tags: 1618 Sustainable Luxury, art therapy, Beatrice de Damas, Damas
Three has announced a new partnership with Huawei, giving the Chinese firm the responsibility of managing its network. Huawei will take responsibility of service management and operations surrounding Three’s core network, and will ...
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After the recent Chanel's Inside platform launch, Dior perfume maison sheds light on one of its iconic fragrance. French luxury house launches a 20-minute film dedicated to flagship J'adore fragrance. From flower harvest to the flacon's ...
TORONTO — Sleep Country Canada has become the first Canadian retailer to floor Octaspring, the high-end European all-foam spring mattress. The retailer rolled out the brand to its more than 150 stores across the country in early ...
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UK confectioner and snack maker Zetar has entered into a licensing agreement with Unilever to manufacture and sell Marmite nuts. The deal, announced this morning (13 August), will see Zetar produce Marmite nuts through its natural ...
Tags: Zetar, Unilever, Marmite nuts, food
The circumstance and manner of death are numbing:farmers hacked and mutilated by machetes,dragged to death behind vehicles,stabbed with farm tools,shot execution style,and more—much more. The death toll of white farmers murdered in ...
Tags: farmers, murder, poverty, robbery motives
The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based
Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...
Tags: Samsung, TSMC, semiconductor, 20nm process, silicon foundry, tablet PCs