Smartphone manufacturers Apple and HTC have settled their patent dispute, which began in March 2010. The firms have also signed a 10-year licensing agreement that "extends to current and future patents held by both parties", according to ...
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MPs have called for an end to above-inflation beer tax to protect the brewing industry and stop Britain's pubs going out of business. Under the current beer duty escalator tax,prices rise annually by 2%plus inflation,which means the price ...
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Australia’s only remaining solar PV panel manufacturer, the Adelaide-based Tindo Solar, has called on the federal government to enforce anti-dumping legislation to stop the flood of cut-price panels from China. The Tindo Solar ...
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WINCHESTER, Va. --- Henkel Harris, a longtime manufacturer specializing in high-end 18th and 19th century case goods, plans to close its doors later this year, according to a report on the Winchester Star.com. The newspaper said Tuesday ...
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Being no more in a condition to stand the losses stemming from severe power shortage, Andhra Pradesh (AP) ginning mills plan to cease operations from November 5. Power crisis in the state have reached to their zenith, making it ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center For Drug Evaluation and Research has issued new guidelines for the packaging of test batches manufactured for Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA), Abbreviated Antibiotic Applications ...
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Acquisition of Hawick-based cashmere firm Barrie Knitwear by French fashion house Chanel is now official. Announcing the acquisition, Chanel’s Fashion President Bruno Pavlovsky said the acquisition is a reiteration of their ...
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Supervalu Inc has booked a jump in second-quarter losses, driven by charges related to the supermarket group's turnaround plan. The company said its second-quarter net loss totalled US$111m in the three months, up from $60m in the ...
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Mothercare plc, the leading international mother and baby retailer, announces its pre-close statement for the first half of the year covering 28 weeks to 13 October 2012. Simon Calver, Chief Executive of Mothercare plc, ...
Tags: mother and baby retailer, group sales, UK
The government has launched gov.uk as part of its Digital by Default agenda, to provide a single point of access to government information and services. The site, which has replaced the Directgov and Business Link services, forms a key ...
Patterson Pump Co will provide pumps to a joint venture construction group for a flood control project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Permanent Canal Closure and Pumps (PCCP) project, which is funded and administered by the US Army Corps of ...
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Shahzad Ali Khan, Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab, has rejected outrightly the load management plan by the Energy Management Cell (EMC), putting textile industry on six hours a day load shedding while giving a ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation,the world's leading maternity apparel retailer,reported sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ended September 30,2012,and announced that it expects its fourth quarter fiscal 2012 earnings to exceed ...
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Multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra plans to close its century-old Cororooke facility,near Colac in south-west Victoria,Australia,by June 2013 as it is too expensive to be upgraded. The closure will be carried out in a phased manner ...
Tags: upgrade, closure, phased manner, jobs
Howrah-based Delta Jute Mill has shut operations rendering around 3,500 employees working at the mill jobless. The company said it had to suspend work owing to low production. The jute mill was reopened only nine months earlier. ...
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