Huawei calls the Windows Phone platform weak despite using it as the foundation for some of the smartphones it makes. “[Windows Phones] are weak but still require a licence fee,” says Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer ...
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Total capital spending in 2012 for the top 100 US producers, including acquisitions, rose 18% year over year to the highest level on record at $316.6 billion, driven by development capital spending of a combined $208 billion, according to a ...
ABB has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer (in photo), head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as CEO, where he will succeed Joe Hogan beginning September 15, 2013. Hogan will continue with ABB for some months as senior advisor ...
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Twitter has bought Spindle, a search technology company that informs users about what's happening with local businesses and organizations around them. Spindle screenshot The deal, the terms of which were not disclosed, could help ...
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Chinese medical equipment maker Mindray Medical International (NYSE: MR) will meet difficulties in introducing products of ZONARE Medical Systems, Inc. into the Chinese market directly. The New York-listed firm put US-based ultrasound ...
Chinese dairy maker Yashili International Holdings Ltd. (SEHK: 1230) is said to be acquired by China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd. (SEHK: 2319). Sources said recently that it would be acquired by Mengniu and on June 13, the buyer and it each ...
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The Board of ABB has unanimously appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its Discrete Automation and Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013. ...
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The recipient of the 2013 R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award is announced as Tomas Rink, president Ritrama Group. The Label Industry Global Awards judging panel met in Munich prior to the opening FINAT’s annual Congress, to ...
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While Camelbak got its start in the mountain biking and military segments, there are additional growth segments on the horizon as it moves forward with the development of new performance hydration products. In an ideal world, Camelbak would ...
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Wall Street reacted favorably by bidding the stock to a new high on the news. There were few surprises in the presentation as VF had already set targets for TNF, Vans and Timberland but the overall picture nonetheless projected an air of ...
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Automobile manufacturer Mahindra Group has signed a contract with the Spain based auto parts manufacturer CIE Automotive to form a joint venture (JV) in order to expand operations of both the companies. Under the deal, Mahindra Group ...
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Iconix Brand Group, Inc announced the pricing of certain of its subsidiaries' (the "co-issuers") private offering of $275 million aggregate principal amount of 4.352% senior secured notes (the "notes") under its existing securitization ...
Consumer Watchdog today called on federal regulators to block Google's proposed $1 billion acquisition of Waze, developers of a mobile mapping application, on antitrust grounds. The nonprofit, nonpartisan public interest group made the ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has priced its underwritten ...
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LED lighting in buildings to reach $25bn by 2017 13 Jun 2013 Report reviews the future of emerging technologies that are "driving change in the LED value chain". Memoori of the future: The report reviews the prospects for LEDs in ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lights, Lighting