Google has struck a deal with US authorities to pay a $US7 million fine for collecting people's personal data without authorization as it combed neighborhoods for its Street View service. In a legal settlement with 38 US States, the ...
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IDG News Service - A long-running legal dispute between Marin County, Calif., Deloitte Consulting and SAP over a troubled software project has concluded in a legal settlement this week that will reportedly net the county far less money than ...
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Bloomberg reported that Titanium Metals Corp has reached a settlement with an investor group that claimed the company's USD 2.9 billion acquisition by Portland's Precision Castparts Corp.was an attempt to avoid disclosing owner Harold ...
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US grocer The Fresh Market has upped its full-year profit forecast after an increase in first-half earnings. The retailer raised its full-year outlook to earnings of $1.33 to $1.38 per share with 5.5% to 6.5% same-store sales growth. That ...
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US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
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UK own-label firm Bakkavor has reported an "improvement" in its revenue and margins in a set of mixed half-year numbers. The company booked a 3% increase in like-for-like revenue for the first six months of 2012 to GBP853.3m (US$1.34bn), ...
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Crawford & Company has reported that its second quarter 2012 consolidated revenues before reimbursements summed up to $293.8m, with an increase of 1% from $291.7m during the year ago period. Second quarter 2012 net income attributable to ...
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