Barclays has inked a long-term partnership agreement with Allianz Commercial for provision of commercial insurance packages for its small and medium enterprises (SME) customer base across the UK. As part of the agreement, Allianz will ...
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Ireland-based food ingredients and flavors group Kerry has completed the acquisition of South Africa-based sweet ingredient solutions supplier Orley Foods for an undisclosed sum. Kerry noted that this acquisition is in line with its plan ...
The French Atlas Copco subsidiary Exlair S.A.S has acquired Air et Techniques Energies Provence (ATEP), a distributor of industrial compressors and related products based in Aix-en-Provence, France. ATEP was established in 1991 and has ...
Cereplast launches Algaeplast bioplastics subsidiary Cereplast Inc., a manufacturer of biobased, compostable and sustainable bioplastics, has launched Algaeplast Inc., The subsidiary will focus on development and manufacture of ...
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra and Dutch firm A-ware Food have announced a partnership to set up a new cheese facility and dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Fonterra chief executive officer ...
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Tesco is to step up its assault in the e-commerce space with the launch of two specialist websites for e-books and music later this year. The firm has hired Facebook's head of retail for EMEA, Gavin Sathianathan, to lead Blinkboxbooks, ...
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As part of its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 earnings announcement, Gap Inc. announced that it plans to open as many as 20 more Old Navy stores in Japan in 2013. Old Navy opened its first store outside of North America in Tokyo in ...
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Sony Mobile will provide an experimental version of the Firefox OS on one of its smartphones so that advanced developers can try it out and start working on applications. Earlier this week, Sony said it is evaluating the Firefox OS ...
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Beijing plant will supply panel makers on the China mainland Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today hosted a grand opening ceremony for a new liquid crystal display (LCD) glass substrate manufacturing facility in the People's Republic of ...
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Tax refunds - or the lack thereof - was a popular topic among exhibitors here Wednesday as the Tupelo Furniture Market got off to a fast start on its unofficial opening day. Many exhibitors said the slow beginning to "tax season" - the ...
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US-based packaging conversion company Printpack has announced plans to invest $66m to expand its local processing facilities on the Villa Rica campus. Printpack vice president of supply chain Michael Verbeten said the company has four ...
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Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad for attacks on other organizations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company sells a ...
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Qtel Group has announced that all of its operating companies in emerging markets across MENA and South-East Asia will now adopt the brand Ooredoo. These companies, in which Ooredoo already has a controlling interest, include brands such ...
US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
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The continuing horsemeat scandal could benefit premium food retailers at the expense of value outlets, according to city analyst Shore Captial. Value brands could prove a casualty of the horsemeat scandal Analysts Clive Black and ...
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