China's oil and gas companies could lift their total overseas equity production to 3 million b/d by 2015, the executive director of the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. "Chinese national oil companies are present everywhere in ...
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HEWLETT-PACKARD says it is selling its webOS mobile operating system to South Korean consumer electronics titan LG to use in internet-connected televisions. "The open and transparent webOS technology offers a compelling user experience ...
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Samsung was by far the 300mm capacity leader in 2012 having about 61% more 300mm capacity than second-place SK Hynix, says IC Insights. Intel was the only other company that held a double-digit share of 300mm capacity at the end of 2012. ...
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Spring is just weeks away, and with the new season comes the dream of warm weather and open-road romance for top-down driving. It just so happens we have two German roadsters for sale from our test program that fit this bill. Last ...
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Swiss bakery giant Aryzta is to buy German peer Klemme in a bid to expand its business with the country's retailers. Aryzta said the EUR280m (US$376m) deal, which remains subject to Germany's competition authorities, would make it a ...
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Last year was packed with surprises for the food and drink manufacturing sector, according to business guru Paul Wilkinson. Paul Wilkinson reviewed a year of food and drink manufacturing surprises Here we capture the highlights of his ...
Berlin Packaging has completed its amalgamation of a US-based distributor of industrial and rigid packaging, United States Container (USCC) after acquiring the company in October 2012. All the USCC sales and warehouse locations in Los ...
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Browser developer Opera Software will acquire Skyfire Labs, which develops technology to speed video delivery over mobile networks, the companies said Friday. The deal is valued at $155 million, which includes a mix of cash and stock and ...
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OfficeMax Australia has made the first move to extend its business model beyond the confines of a traditional office products supplier with the acquisition of private print management businesses Complete Print Solutions (CPS) and Foxprint ...
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Orange County-based race promoter Over the Hump Mountain Bike Race Series has signed its first licensing deal, adding a new midweek summertime race series in neighboring Los Angeles County. Dirty Racing Inc., which produces the Red Bull ...
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Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. The company's focus is on creating great products, and it will not make a smartphone that ...
Groupon has acquired MashLogic, a company based in California that makes a simple tool called Britely to capture and collate bits of information from web pages. The announcement, posted on Britely's blog, did not disclose terms of the ...
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Owners and developers looking to build or upgrade self-storage facilities are deluged with details, decisions, permits and many other concerns. To be successful they are rethinking their operation and overall facility design, and looking ...
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Virginia's The Hilb Group (THG) has completed the acquisition of Crofton-based mid-market insurance broker The Pennoyer Group. The deal came into effect from 31 January 2013, after receiving approval from its shareholders. Established ...
An industry group called the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP) has claimed that Google's dominant position in online search and advertising was generated as a result of a "broad-ranging and illegal network of ...