Shanghai based SAIC Motor Corp China's largest publicly traded automaker reported it sold 4.49 million vehicles last year, a 12% increase from 2011. The figure includes 1.39 million units sold by Shanghai General Motors and 1.28 million ...
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WesternZagros Resources has announced the appointment of Mr.William(Bill)Jack to the position of General Manager Kurdistan,to be resident in Iraqi Kurdistan,effective February 1,2013. This appointment follows the decision by Mr.Ian ...
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Business News Americas reported that scheduled to be sent to the Brazilian congress in April 2011, the country's new mining regulatory framework is still waiting for the government to draw up three bills to regulate the sector. The report ...
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Wattayah Motors, the exclusive dealers for Volkswagen in Oman, have appointed Mr Hemant Bhat as general manager. As a part of his new role, Mr Bhat will be looking to grow Volkswagen's business in Oman by strengthening an already ...
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Fitch Ratings said that vehicle sales in Europe are likely to fall for a sixth straight year in 2013, extending damaging price wars as mass-market manufacturers seek to protect their market share. In contrast, US and Asian manufacturers ...
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Doc McStuffins has become the fastest-selling new property at the Disney Store for 2012. Toys and products based on the animated pre-school TV show include talking plush, a Lambie Mini Bean Bag and Doctor's Bag Set. Disney says extra ...
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PTI reported that General Motors India has posted a 21.82% decline in sales at 7,067 units in December 2012. GM in a statement said that the company had sold 9,039 units in the same month of 2011. Mr P Balendran VP of GM India ...
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Hewlett-Packard reduced its workforce last year by 17,800 employees, more than half way to the restructuring goal it announced last year. Most of the departures came via layoffs, though some key IT workers left unexpectedly. The company ...
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Experts said that the GCC tubes and pipes industry will invest USD 18 billion in the next 5 years in new pipelines and associated infrastructure,as the Gulf is set to add more than 21,000 kilometer to its current pipe network. According ...
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The Indian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has issued a Gazette Notification that mandates producers of packaged food to reveal the genetically-modified (GM) ingredients, in their product if used any. The new ...
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Urging garment and jute entrepreneurs in the country to reduce reliance on traditional export items, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked them to diversify their exports and tap new foreign markets where Bangladeshi products ...
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Computerworld - General Motors, which is insourcing the majority of its IT work, Friday said it is hiring 500 IT positions in Austin to staff a new "innovation center." The announcement is part of far-reaching GM plan to hire as many as ...
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Business Standard quoted Toyota as saying that it expects to sell 9.7 million vehicles globally this year,up 22%from 2011 as Japan's biggest automaker accelerates a recovery after last year's natural disasters. The figures may put Toyota ...
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Taipei, Dec.27, 2012 (CENS)-- Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp. (EVA Air) confirmed that Kuo-Wei Chang, the general manager, has been promoted to chairman to help EVA Air in modernization and globalization. The airline's parent company Evergreen ...
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Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some 38.7bn – was IT outsourcing. It is a sector that adapts to market ...
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