September 2nd 2013, Beijing, China. The hot weather cannot defeat the Fuelwatch players' passion and spirits. After more than five-month intense competition, the 2013 Volvo Trucks Fuelwatch Competition China Final concluded today. 21 ...
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White-box tablet shipments reached only 15.9 million units in the second quarter of 2013, down 26.3% sequentially due to weakening tablet demand in May and June. Many smaller white-box players were also forced to quit the market, according ...
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Packaging systems specialist Ishida Europe is set to conduct a special event, where the latest innovations in food safety and quality control will be showcased, at its UK headquarters in Woodgate, Birmingham from 21 October to 6 November. ...
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The Co-operative Bank has written down £148.4m after deciding not to go ahead with the implementation of a new core banking platform. The bank revealed the write down as part of its financial results for the six months to 30 June ...
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC, SEHK: 1398, and SHSE: 601398) revealed net profit attributable to parent shareholders of CNY 138.347 billion in the first half of 2013, rising 12.33% year on year, ranking number one in ...
Dairy giant Arla has doubled profits for the first half of its financial year, amid news the two mergers it undertook in 2012 were paying off. Arla delivered capacity cost savings of £57M on an annual basis Arla announced its ...
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China-based PV module makers have asked Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to decrease prices to the same level offered by China-based makers, but the Taiwan makers do not plan to accept mainly because the cost of silver ...
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As announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics on August 27, in the first seven months this year the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China reached RMB 3.00322 trillion ($490.5 billion), ...
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Mongolia-based Chinese miner Mongolian Mining Corporation (MMC) has announced its financial results for the first half of 2013. In the first half, MMC registered a net loss of $25.2 million, compared to a net profit of $31 million in the ...
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Middle East Rating and Investors Service (MERIS) has announced that it has downgraded the credit rating of Egypt-based steelmaker Ezz Steel to B+ from BB+, with the outlook being negative. According to MERIS, Ezz Steel is facing critical ...
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Major Chinese industrial firms saw their combined profits rise 11.6 percent year on year in July, quickening from the 6.3-percent rate seen in June that points to further evidence of a firming economy, official data showed on Tuesday. The ...
PV market 'reaches turning point' thanks to Asia demand 22 Aug 2013 Solarbuzz sees demand in China and Japan doubling in the second half of the year. PV demand in the Asia-Pacific region PV demand from the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region ...
Emerging markets are set to offer Australian businesses opportunities for growth over the coming year, according to research conducted by CFO Research in collaboration with American Express. According to the survey, almost a quarter (22%) ...
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Motorola Solutions, a leading provider of communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers, has announced the results of a research study that details shifts in the plans of warehouse professionals across several ...
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Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed US$8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Google was sued in October ...
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