The government could see an exodus of IT contractors, as guidelines out next month will force freelancers earning more than 220 a day onto departmental payrolls. News site Exaro has obtained a copy of draft “assurance ...
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Business Line reported that Reliance Industries, which acquired BP Plc’s Malaysian petrochemical oil and gas processing plant in Kuantan for USD 230 million in September, is bullish about its prospects in the South East Asian nation. ...
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Reuters quoted Anglo American Plc as saying that an injunction blocking installation of an electricity transmission line at its Minas-Rio iron ore project in Brazil has been lifted, clearing the final hurdle for the project. A ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ...
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Siemens has announced that it plans to publicly list its Osram subsidiary in the autumn of 2011. The parent company has said it will continue to retain a minority stake in the lighting brand and that it will continue as a long-term ...
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Commodity trader Glencore has said it wants to be a "true leader" in global grain trading after completing its acquisition of Viterra in a deal worth US$6bn. Glencore said this week its completion of the deal hands it "immediate critical ...
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At the Western Mail/Institute of Welsh Affairs Business Awards in Cardiff City Hall on 9 November, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK was named ‘Company of the Year’ in the category for large ...
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Tata Power Company renamed its solar-energy venture and appointed a new chief executive for the unit. Tata BP Solar India Ltd.will now be called Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd.,the country's largest private power company by capacity said in ...
Experian has announced an international partnership with iovation, the Device Reputation Authority, to further enhance Experian's global fraud prevention capabilities. Iovation's advanced device recognition software, dynamic referencing and ...
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Bloomberg reported that the cost of iron ore shipped to China exceeded the average price of locally mined supplies for the first time in 5 months, ending a price arbitrage that helped push November imports to the second biggest on record. ...
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Reuters reported that Kazakhmys Plc plans to boost copper cathode output to 500,000 tonnes in 2017 when two new large scale projects come onstream. Mr Oleg Novachuk CEO of Kazakhmys Plc said that the company's copper production is ...
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There were, despite continued economic uncertainty in many Western markets and concerns over slowing growth in the East, signs that M&A activity rebounded in the food sector this year. Data for the whole of 2012 has not yet been published ...
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Berson has supplied an InLine+ UV disinfection system to a supernatant recycling system used in the filtration plant of Bathurst Regional Council’s recycling system in New South Wales, Australia. Supplied by Berson’s ...
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On 19-21 November 2012 the twenty partners involved in an EU funded research programme held their kick-off meeting in Wageningen,The Netherlands.Led by Wageningen UR Food&Biobased Research,the 4-year project has the goal to develop a new ...
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Royal Dutch Shell plc released its third quarter results and third quarter interim dividend announcement for 2012. Highlights: • Royal Dutch Shell's third quarter 2012 earnings, on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis, ...
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