The federal government begins accepting new H-1B visa petitions today, with demand expected to be heavy. And the initial rush is going to be followed by much fury. Industry proponents of the H-1B visa will argue -- at megaphone strength ...
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US-based drug distributor AmerisourceBergen has signed an agreement to sell its contract packaging business AndersonBrecon to an investor group headed by Frazier Healthcare Ventures for $308m. According to AmerisourceBergen, the investor ...
BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
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Dell last week released a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted commercial considerations that led to the firm looking to go private, citing the financial outlook for the PC market as a primary reason. ...
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AmerisourceBergen has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian pharmaceutical distribution business, AmerisourceBergen Canada (ABCC), to Canadian-owned national full-line distributor Kohl & Frisch. The estimated sale price is ...
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Sharp Corp. is considering selling a Polish factory where it has been assembling liquid crystal display televisions for the European market as part of turnaround efforts, Kyodo News reported Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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BlackBerry's eagerly-awaited quarter four results for fiscal year 2013 have arrived and they spell rather bleak news for the company, but not without a moderately silver lining. The company achieved a revenue of $2.7bn, with a profit of ...
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Global spending on PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers would reach $718bn Global IT spending is predicted to rise 4.1% in 2013 to $3.8 trillion compared to $3.6 trillion spent in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. ...
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In his first year as Sony CEO, Kazuo Hirai has remade the company, cutting thousands of jobs, selling off large businesses and core properties, and moving divisions around the world. Now comes the hard part, selling electronics. Hirai ...
lululemon athletica inc. announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 3, 2013. For the fourth quarter ended February 3, 2013: - Net revenue for the quarter increased 31% to $485.5 million from $371.5 ...
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Iran’s handicraft exports for the current Iranian calendar year that started on March 21, 2013 is estimated to cross one billion USD, Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Yahya Rahmati said. ...
Polymer Group, Inc. reported results of operations for the year and fourth quarter ended December 29, 2012. As previously announced, Polymer Group, Inc. finalized the merger with an affiliate of the Blackstone Group, along with ...
With plans to revamp the domestic garment industry to enhance access to the western markets gaining momentum, Myanmar is set to surpass one billion USD mark in garment exports this fiscal, ElevenMyanmar reported quoting Myanmar Garment ...
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Irving, Texas-based Commercial Metals Company (CMC) announced Thursday that for its fiscal Q2 (ended February 28, 2013), net earnings were $4.6 million on net sales of $1.7 billion, down from earnings of $28.9 million on sales of $2 billion ...
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