Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
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The system uses SolarOne's LB800 light bar with Needham,MA.SolarOne has announced the launch of the new Solo Stand Alone Lighting System for commercial pathways and residential roadways. The Solo platform is SolarOne's answer to the ...
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Ernst & Young has said regional companies have raised a total of $1.29bn through five initial public offerings (IPOs) in the second quarter of 2012, Oman Daily Observer has reported. A total of $1.37bn was raised in the IPO markets by ...
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Reuters reported that Southern Province Cement reported 9.6% rise in quarterly profits citing the start up a second production line at one of its plants and increased demand from local markets. Saudi Arabia s biggest cement producer by ...
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Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers,according to KPMG. More than three quarters of organisations in the Forbes 2000 are leaking data,potentially creating ...
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Acer is offering a free upgrade to Windows 8 on some ultrabook models, saying it will refund the upgrade fee being charged by Microsoft on certain Windows 7 PC models purchased by buyers. Acer will refund consumers who purchase the Aspire ...
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Sudan has opened its much-delayed$1bn sugar plant in White Nile state,as part of its effort to achieve self-sufficiency and boost sugar exports. The new plant,known as White Nile Sugar,has an initial white sugar output of 150,000 tons ...
A landmark mortgage law approved by Saudi Arabia on Monday would tackle soaring property prices, spur lending and give a strong boost to the economy but it will take time before its full results are felt, a local study said on Wednesday. ...
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Intermolecular Inc of San Jose,CA,USA has announced an ongoing project with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)for the enhancement of copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGS)thin-film photovoltaic(PV)manufacturing ...
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Torishima is to supply 30 boiler feed pumps and 20 condensate pumps for the SWCC Ras Al Khair Power and Desalination Plant, Phase I - package P project in Saudi Arabia. The 2400 MW combined cycle power plant, under construction in Ras Al ...
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Smartphones running Google's Android operating system(OS)have been hijacked by a botnet,according to a Microsoft researcher. Researcher Terry Zink said he had come across spam being sent from Yahoo e-mail servers by Android ...
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San Diego-based medical device company SpectraScience has begun initial shipments of its WavSTAT4 Optical Biopsy System to Pentax Europe under the exclusive, five-year distribution agreement announced earlier this month. The agreement ...
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In recent years, the Saudi government has put greater emphasis on the development of healthcare, education and public services, resulting in a massive drive to develop the underlying infrastructure. The government has also announced the ...
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Pentax has entered into an agreement to distribute SpectraScience's WavSTAT Optical Biopsy system for use in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis. Under the agreement, Pentax gained rights to provide WavSTAT system for minimum ...
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Recently,the solar street light project in Saudi Arabia streets is finished and starts working successfully.The solar street lights are from Spark optoelectronics company,combined solar renewable advantage with high efficiency,energy ...
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