Agri-business giant Syngenta has put multi-sourced IT at the heart of its ambitious plan to double its revenues in the next eight years. It has moved from having thousands of suppliers across the world to a selected few who it has close ...
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3M's proposed acquisition of Avery Dennison's office and consumer products division has been scuttled. Earlier in September, both companies declared that the arrangement was still on despite a statement from the US Department of Justice ...
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It was looking like it would be this time next year before mobile operators other than EE – formerly Everything Everywhere – were able to offer 4G. The merger between T-Mobile and Orange was the only brand to receive a ...
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The Labour Party is to call on the government to spend the funds it raises from auctioning off 4G spectrum on building affordable housing. The opposition will kick off its annual conference with the proposal later today, when shadow ...
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In a bid to cut tension between mobile operators in the battle to bring 4G to the UK,communications regulator Ofcom and Culture Secretary Maria Miller are holding peace talks with the networks today that could result in 4G services becoming ...
Auralisation - designing with sound will be the theme of this year's Reproduced Sound conference, which takes place on 14-16 November at the Thistle Hotel, Brighton. Paul Malpas, event chairman, said, "Having explored the role of the ...
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Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.announced the completion of its acquisition pursuant to the previously announced merger agreement under which Kenneth D.Cole,Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of the Company and beneficial holder of ...
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Will U.S.regulators balk over Japan-based SoftBank becoming a 70%owner of Sprint,based in Overland Park,Kansas.? On the surface,analysts say the foreign ownership issue is unlikely to derail the$20.1 billion deal. Sprint and others ...
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IDE Technologies Ltd. Has appointed Mark Lambert as chief executive officer of IDE Americas. With more than 30 years of experience as a senior-level executive and expertise in the water, renewable energy and environmental services ...
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Two of the longest established names in the fibre and fabric processing industry have merged to create a new UK-based business providing complete downstream machinery solutions to the international performance textiles, automotive and ...
IDG News Service - T-Mobile USA will officially start a new chapter when a new CEO, John Legere, takes over later this week. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier, and the biggest operator without an iPhone, T-Mobile is starting to aggressively ...
19.09.2012− The pressure to consolidate in the surfaces industry has long been mounting due to tight margins.Now it is increasingly translating into tangible changes.Several transactions have been agreed upon since the end of ...
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Lextar Electronics and Wellypower will merge LED and lighting businesses 17 Sep 2012 Lextar Electronics and Wellypower Optronics have announced plans to merge effective February 1,2013 and the combined LED manufacturing capacity will create ...
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Lextar Electronics Corp. and Wellypower Optronics Corp. yesterday announced their combination into one, with Lextar being the surviving company. Both companies are mostly held by LCD maker AU Optronics Corp. (AUO). Industry executives ...
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PITTSBURGH,Sept.12,2012–PPG Industries(NYSE:PPG)announced today that it is increasing its precipitated silica production capacity at the Lake Charles,La.,manufacturing location by more than 22,000 tons per year in response to growing ...
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