Morrisons has once again booked a decline in like-for-like sales worse than the overall market, as the group struggles to maintain its share in the face of a highly price-focused consumer. According to management, the "greatest headwinds" ...
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India Inc's aspiration for manufacturing sector is to be the Germany of the East and not Factory to the west CII-BCG Manufacturing Leadership Survey 2012 During CII’s 11th Manufacturing Summit 2012, the Confederation of Indian ...
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Consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) appear cautiously optimistic about business and the marketplace in general, according to PMMI's report on the Vision 2020 focus groups it conducted during PACK EXPO International 2012. Today's ...
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Japan-based Kaneka, a solar firm that produces N-type mono-crystalline solar cell using heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) technology, has reportedly been discussing cooperation with Taiwan-based firms such as Gintech and Neo ...
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Infoworld - Nearly 15 years since the term "open source" was first applied, the trends driving the open source movement are not the same. Back then, price advantage, direct differentiation on licensing versus proprietary software, ...
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With the rapid development of furniture industry in recent years, the competition in China furniture market has entered an ultra-competition state. So we should fully realize that our former success and effective strategy and means may not ...
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1. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
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Lamina Packaging Innovations and LAFCO have entered into an agreement by which LAFCO benefits from several patents in Lamina Packaging Innovations' technology portfolio. The agreement, which includes a patent portfolio license, will give ...
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RedHat has made CloudForms generally available after a year of beta testing, but some experts think the cloud platform doesn't give enterprises all that they need. CloudForms, an open source-based hybrid cloud management platform, allows ...
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Dell announced Monday that it is buying Quest Software for $2.4 billion, following weeks of speculation over its interest in the infrastructure software vendor. The deal is expected to close later this year. Quest's products include the ...
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Oracle said Monday it has inked a deal to buy software-defined networking vendor Xsigo Systems, in a move that will support Oracle's ongoing foray into cloud computing. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close within a few ...
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Mobile pioneer Research in Motion is fast approaching a crossroads on its long-term prospects. Due early next year, the company's BlackBerry 10 OS and related devices are a potential savior for the platform, and developers vested in ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2012(to end-September),Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which manufacturers compound semiconductor-based systems for fiber-optic and solar power applications,has reported revenue of$47.5m,down 8.9%on the prior ...
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Gulf News reported that the number of nationals and national corporate bodies of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf countries who bought up real estates in another GCC member, other than their home country, increased by ...
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Nokia and Research in Motion (RIM) have settled their disputes over patent licensing, bringing a halt to numerous legal actions due in 2013. The two mobile manufacturers have a history of licensing patents to one another, signing a ...
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