Xylem Inc. announced the election of Robert F. Friel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), to its Board of Directors. His appointment to Xylem’s board is effective immediately. Friel, 57, ...
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Colleges and universities are moving swiftly to create advanced degree programs in analytics to manage big data. The schools have all seen the McKinsey Co. report warning of a mega shortage in analytical talent of as many as 190,000 ...
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With so many moving variables in the rare earth space, how can investors evaluate investment opportunities? Siddharth Rajeev of Fundamental Research Corp. finds his top prospects by zeroing in on a specific material and tracking its growth ...
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Dr Anil Sharma president and chief executive officer of GMS has been selected by Lloyd's List amongst the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry for the year 2012. For the third year in a row, Dr Sharma has been featured ...
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Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks on Thursday released the Syria Files, a database of more than 2.4 million emails to and from Syrian political figures, ministries and associated companies, dating from August 2006 to March 2012. The ...
The Indonesia Anti-Dumping Committee said that it will ask the government to impose antidumping duties of up to 68% on imported cold rolled coil and sheet steel to stop dumping. Steel imports from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and ...
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Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited is a pedigreed Indian institution with a mandate to sponsor, develop and commercialize infrastructure projects and to provide value added financial services. IL&FS stakeholders are ...
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According to EC Harris, the global consultancy, tender prices for construction work in the UAE fell by 3% during 2011 and are expected to remain at the same level this year. Over the 12 months up to December, the price of nearly all ...
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Equity investing is squarely in a risk-off phase and few sectors have been hit harder than junior mining. Rare earth elements equities are no exception, but most of the materials themselves have not dropped nearly as much. The Critical ...
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After last night's presidential debate, the possible fate of Big Bird is now known. But the rival candidates gave no insight into the possible fate of exascale systems, the next generation of supercomputers. In the 90-minute debate ...
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The probability of natural gas arriving from the Tamar field in May 2013 is very high but if technical problems force disruption to supplies Israel will be worse off than in the past year, the chairman of Israel Electric Corp. said Tuesday. ...
Respect Your Universe, Inc. announces two new board members. Steven Eklund and Bill Marcus bring with them a breadth of experience in the sports apparel and equipment industries, as well as finance, sales and business development. "Steven ...
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Braskem Idesa has announced the successful signing of key documents for securing US$ 3.2 billion financing for developing the Ethylene XXI project, a petrochemical complex for the production of ethylene and polyethylene in the state of ...
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Merit Medical Systems has purchased GE Healthcare's Thomas Medical Products for $167m in cash. The finance for the purchase was based on the expansion of Merit's existing credit facility to $275m, which Wells Fargo Bank provided in a ...
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Mr Eivind Kallevik has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA. The appointment of Kallevik, currently head of Finance in Hydro's Bauxite & Alumina business ...
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