American provider of kidney care services DaVita HealthCare Partners kidney care arm DaVita has teamed up with Taiwanese firm Riches Healthcare (RHC) to form a new entity DaVita Taiwan. Under the joint venture terms, DaVita Taiwan will ...
The Pantry has named B Clyde Preslar as SVP and chief financial officer. Preslar joints The Pantry from RetailAmerica, where he served as finance chief since 2008. Previously he held financial positions with Cott Corp and Lance. He will ...
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Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
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Safelite Group Inc. said Friday it has purchased North Andover-based Giant Glass Co. Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The sale, rumored for more than a week, was completed Monday, ending 34 years of local ownership by Dennis Drinkwater and ...
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Unisex aprons are in great demand in the market, sought mostly by people who are looking for plain pinafores that they can use as a protection while handling food items likely to cause stains. Usually, the aprons meant for both males and ...
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Mobile pioneer Research in Motion is fast approaching a crossroads on its long-term prospects. Due early next year, the company's BlackBerry 10 OS and related devices are a potential savior for the platform, and developers vested in ...
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The rare earths business isn't unlike a Formula One race, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice-president and senior analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. Companies are speeding to reach production and find strategic partners to grease the ...
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GlasWeld has announced its promotion of Brad Plumb to director of sales and business development. Plumb previously was a project manager with GlasWeld who dealt with scratch removal contracting and consulting. GlasWeld general manager ...
IntercontinentalExchange's planned acquisition of NYSE Euronext, announced Thursday, will expand opportunities for trading between energy and equity products as well as give control of successful agricultural products to the Atlanta-based ...
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Apple has opened discussions with Foursquare, the developer of a social media application that allows users find and share location-based information, about the possibility of sharing data. The Wall Street Journal reports that talks took ...
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Three students at the Fashion Institute of Technology(FIT)have been named finalists in off-price specialty retailer Loehmann's NY Design Challenge competition,held exclusively with FIT.Ou Ma of Beijing,China;Maor Tapiro from Brooklyn,NY;and ...
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PartnerRe, a provider of diversified reinsurance services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Presidio Reinsurance Group. Presidio Reinsurance Group is a specialty accident and health reinsurance and insurance writer, ...
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UAE - UK loudspeaker manufacturer Tannoy has thrown its weight behind the Joining Jack charity campaign by sponsoring the charity's team taking part in Emirates Dubai Rugby Seven Championship in late November 2012. The charity, which ...
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Motorola Mobility is cutting 4,000 employees as the company shifts its emphasis from feature phones to focus on high-end devices, the company said late Sunday. About two-thirds of the staff reduction is set to occur outside the U.S., the ...
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Bible Publisher Crossway and digital Bible maker Immersion Digital announced today that they are coming together to launch two new apps for the iPhone and iPad that will pair the award-winning 2009 Bible of the Year (ESV Study Bible) with ...
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