Despite of an overall drop of 24% in Chile market, JAC remains to see good news from the South American market. From Jan. to Aug., JAC sells 681 units of light and heavy trucks in Chile, following after Benz and Freightliner, maintaining a ...
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A consortium led by Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to acquire struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry. The proposed deal, which is supported by BlackBerry’s board of directors, values the company at US$4.7 ...
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Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, the global market share leader in point of sale technology, announced Calvin Klein, a PVH Corp. company, has selected Toshiba for a European deployment of store technology solutions led by TCxWave, a ...
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As LED lighting application matures, HVLED technology developed by Taiwanese LED manufacturer Epistar is showing fruits of success. The smaller sized HVLED has better heat dissipation and advantageous over-drive capabilities that can lower ...
USI Insurance Services (USI) has completed the acquisition of Alliance Benefit Solutions, an independent insurance company located in Shelton, Connecticut, for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002, Alliance Benefit Solutions designs ...
The propane industry has set its sights on that symbol of American middle-class achievement: the lawn mower. Blame it in part on the natural-gas drilling boom, which has left distributors scrambling to find new ways to increase demand for ...
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Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to a US$4.7bn takeover bid from a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. In a statement released today, the company has signed a letter of intent agreement under which ...
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China's food watchdog has ordered an investigation into four beverage groups after claims that their juice products were being made from rotten fruit. The announcement came after four companies based in Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used what will likely be his last meeting with Wall Street analysts to defend his tenure at the helm of the software giant. Ballmer, who recently announced he'll be stepping down in the next year, openly ...
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French carmaker Renault has partnered with PT Indomobil Sukses International to introduce its cars into Indonesian markets. As part of a collaboration agreement, Renault will first introduce Duster that will be assembled locally by ...
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Domestic cement sales in Indonesia fell 5.8% y/y to 3.3 million t in August 2013. Cement sales fell a more drastic 32% month-on-month, but it should be noted that a two-week holiday in August following Ramadan would have significantly ...
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Growing Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) or nosocomial infections are expected to drive the antibacterial glass market in the coming years. Traditional techniques of decontamination such as washing hands at periodic intervals are ...
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Microsoft still hasn't found what it's looking for in the search market – a way to beat Google – but it's not giving up just yet. Microsoft detailed on Monday a set of new and reworked features for Bing that the company hopes ...
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Eastern US miner James River Coal has cut about half of its annual Central Appalachian coal production "in response to continued weak coal markets," the company said Monday night after the close of markets. The cutbacks amount to about ...
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On September 12, 2013, a salesperson of Weichai Power discloses that in the first half year, the sales of heavy trucks grow very fast and it sells around 15,000 units of heavy truck engines, up by 22.7% over last year and holding an ...
Tags: Heavy Truck, Truck Engines