Google chairman Eric Schmidt has encouraged the UK government to open up a debate about reforming international tax laws, a week after the firm had been heavily criticised for "doing evil" by the chair of the public accounts committee, ...
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Only 13.4% use unified communications within their operation About 68.9% of retail executives were not familiar with, or fully aware of, the advantages of unified communications technology, according to a new report. The new report, ...
US-based baking company Flower Foods has reported that its net earnings for the first quarter of 2013 increased to $113.2m, compared with $37.9m for the same period in 2012. The increase in net income was driven by acquisition related ...
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It’s reported that NLMK, a mining and steelmaking group in Russia announced that its net profits totaled US$38 million in the first quarter of this year, slumping by 78% year on year, affected by foreign exchange rate loss of US$27 ...
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Waitrose is considering legal action after its long-term online grocery distribution partner Ocado signed a deal with Morrisons last week. A Waitrose spokeswoman said: “We have instructed lawyers so that we can get a clear and ...
Design consultancy P4CK has launched a brand new packaging concept for takeaway fish and chips The news follows an appearance by the firm, last year, on BBC2’s Dragon’s Den and a £50,000 investment from Theo Paphitis. ...
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How do you rate the prospects for your food and drink business over the year ahead? Taking part in Food Manufacture’s 2013 exclusive State-of-the-industry survey will allow you to compare your views with other industry professionals. ...
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According to data released by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the steel enterprises in the Chinese Hebei provinces realized the aggregate gross profits of RMB9.02 billion in the first quarter of this ...
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Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
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The Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) announced that its net income was at BRL16.31 million in the first quarter of this year, slumping by 95% from BRL316.13 million in the fourth quarter of 2012 and decreasing by ...
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Reportedly, Eurofer predicted the European steel market was no sign of recovery in 2013. According to Mr. Wolfgang Eder, ceo of Voestalpine, the president of the European steelmakers' association Eurofer, the steel demand was not a great ...
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While Samsung continues to buy the majority of its components from its own subsidiaries, such as Samsung Display, increasingly it is looking elsewhere for parts such as screens, sensors and chips. Inevitably this means that the South Korean ...
Supermarket Morrisons has agreed a partnership with the online distribution business Ocado – including the acquisition of its distribution centre – in a deal that will see deliveries to customers start by January 2014. ...
In the first quarter of the current year, the aggregate gross profit of steel enterprises in China's Hebei Province totaled RMB 9.02 billion ($1.45 billion), up 34.75 percent year on year and accounting for 21.76 percent of total gross ...
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Mask-arade will be paying tribute to Aston Villa’s Stiliyan Petrov at the team’s last game of the season, by giving out 3,000 masks of the recently retired midfielder. As Aston Villa take on FA cup winners Wigan Athletic on ...
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