Sumitomo Life Insurance of Japan has reached an agreement to acquire 40% stake in PT Bank Negara Indonesia's life insurance business for nearly JPY36.2bn ($354m). Sumitomo Life said in a statement that the partnership with BNI and BNI ...
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Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has said that it could face a legal challenge from French dairy major Danone over an infant formula contamination scare. The company had discovered a potentially fatal ingredient in a ...
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Data will be extracted from GP practices as early as March next year for the NHS's controversial Care.data programme. The scheme will allow primary care data from GP practices to be shared with the new Health and Social Care Information ...
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An Iranian deputy minister of petroleum has said that administration of Hassan Rouhani welcomes Japanese and European firms’ investment in Iran’s oil industry. Speaking to Yomiuri Shimbun, Ali Majedi said that the ...
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OPEC should realize the reality that higher oil prices are unnatural and the result of geopolitical issues including imposing sanctions on Iran, a situation that will not be helpful to the organization. Former Iran’s governor for ...
First it was leaky battery damage. Now it is pressure sensor calibration drift. For the second time this year, the FDA has classified a Hospira recall of its GemStar Infusion System as Class I, which means there is potential for ...
Although one of the most typical uses of lengthy latex safety gloves is going to be in a health care sector, there are actually a variety of different scenarios where these latex gloves can be used widely. For instance painting, medical ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it plans to divest its Italian steel plant Terni (Acciai Speciali Terni) and its high performance alloy unit VDM. Outokumpu has signed a binding agreement with ThyssenKrupp ...
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Volvo Car Australia is recalling 474 diesel-powered vehicles over a fault relating to the cars’ auxiliary belt tensioner. Affecting 2011-built Volvo S60, XC70 and XC60 models powered by the 2.4-litre five-cylinder turbo-diesel ...
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The Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) says all of the country's largest shopping centre companies have now joined its campaign to promote away from home recycling program following the recent decision by Colonial First State Global Asset ...
On November 28, Gansu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Jiuquan Iron and Steel Group Co. (JISCO) announced that it plans to issue medium-term notes worth RMB 3.8 billion ($622.9 million) on December 5. This will be the company’s first ...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc (the "Group"), the leading retailer and distributor of sportswear, fashionwear and outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment, releases the following Interim Management Statement for the period to 23 November 2013. In ...
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The British Fashion Council announces that Kate Moss will receive a Special Recognition Award at the British Fashion Awards for her remarkable 25 year-long career and continued influence on the fashion industry as the fashion icon of her ...
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Males that expect sex -- and don't get it -- experience serious health consequences and age faster, at least in fruit flies, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Scott D. Pletcher, a professor at the University of Michigan Medical School ...
Ryder Canada was recently presented with an Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) safety achievement award, for recording an injury rate in its Canadian warehouses that was 25% lower than the industry average for three ...
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