Lucibel closed its €15 million (US $20.5 milllion) financing operation, started in March 2013, with an additional contribution of €9 million in bonds, convertible into shares, subscribed by Bpifrance, Aster Capital and CM CIC ...
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The Commercial Court of Lyon in southeast France has accepted a joint takeover offer for the struggling petrochemicals firm Kem One, by Alain de Krassny and Opengate Capital, the company said in a statement late Friday. Kem One, a vinyl ...
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More concern about the safety of a common anesthetic has been raised in a new study. Patients who received the anesthesia drug etomidate during surgery might be at increased risk for cardiovascular problems or death, according to the ...
Wheat:Net sales of 656,100 MT for delivery during the 2013/2014 marketing year were up 76 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior 4-week average.Increases reported for Japan(129,400 MT),Nigeria(110,000 ...
Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning. The US-based technology titan described it as the biggest ...
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Motorola will start selling a cheap smartphone in the U.S. more than a month ahead of schedule. The company says it was able to produce the Moto G phones faster than expected. The U.S. launch was initially planned for January. But it is ...
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Despite the apparent severity of the early, and not easily interpreted, statistical data, 2013 seems to be ending positively for Italy's manufacturers of hollow glass; and the forecast for 2014 is also quite rosy. Confirmation comes from ...
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After opening in Wenzhou in summer, the Spanish brand is now offering its exclusive shirt-making in Hangzhou. Credo is consolidating its presence in China with a second shop under franchise in just under a year. The chosen location is ...
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Aqua Sphere, the innovator behind premium swimwear and accessories based on comfort and high-quality technical design, is launching a revolutionary line of AquaLight water repellent swimwear - the first ever collection of water repellent ...
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An artificial heart that can give patients up to 5 years of wxtra life has been successfully implanted for the first time at Georges Pompidou Hospital in France, The Daily Telegraph of London reported. The artificial heart weighs 0.9kg - ...
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Cultivated in China to sweeten tea, Siraitia grosvenorii could rescure the U.S. soda industry valued $8 billion. Siraitia grosvenorii is an herbaceous perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family, native to southern China and ...
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Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area were unchanged in the third quarter of 2013 from the previous quarter, with growth in labour productivity (0.4%) only slightly outpacing a rise in labour compensation (0.3%). The pattern of ULCs ...
Tax revenues continue bouncing back from the low levels reported in almost all countries , at the height of the global economic crisis, according to new OECD data in the annual Revenue Statistics publication. The average tax revenue to GDP ...
Despite the transformative impact that shale gas has had on the outlook of US energy markets, the European landscape regarding shale gas is very mixed and markets should exercise caution as multiple issues may slow progress, according to a ...
Quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the G20 area grew by 0.9% in the third quarter of 2013, up from 0.8% recorded in the previous quarter, according to preliminary estimates. Among G20 economies, China recorded the strongest growth ...