Wells Fargo Insurance is growing its International Specialty Group by forming three new teams exclusively devoted to serving the insurance and risk management requirements of the US multinational companies. Based in Atlanta, New York ...
Sensing a need among its customers for faster software development, IBM has acquired UrbanCode, a provider of tools suited for the emerging practice of rapid software development called devops. UrbanCode's application release automation ...
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IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses. Caleris' message could not be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa, with ...
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The US door manufacturer Masonite has submitted an application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for Stock Exchange listing. The application is in connection with the planned initial public offering (IPO) of the ordinary shares, ...
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Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Company, has appointed Richard Colton as the new head of its mergers and acquisitions (M&A) industry practice operations. Having 30 years of industry expertise, Colton will work closely with ...
NYMEX April natural gas futures settled 6 cents higher at $3.872/MMBtu Friday on forecasts for below-normal temperatures through the end of March and higher-than-normal nuclear outages, analysts said. The contract has gained 22.7 cents ...
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Cytec Industries Inc. announced, in connection with its currently pending offers to purchase for cash up to $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its notes, including up to $125,000,000 of its 6.0% Notes due October 1, 2015 (the "2015 ...
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In the most recent meeting between the Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, Tanner Glass was part of a Gordie Howe hat trick. Just not quite the way he would have wanted. Glass, a Penguins fourth-line left winger, fought Flyers winger Wayne ...
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Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
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Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account details. On its own technology blog, NBC released a statement saying, "We've identified ...
Optical component, module and subsystem maker Oclaro of San Jose, CA, USA has announced financial results for its fiscal second-quarter 2013 (ended 29 December 2012), which includes the first full quarter of operating results from Opnext ...
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Union bosses are seeking urgent meetings with the new owners of Heinz after it was snapped up by a consortium led by US investor Warren Buffett in a shock pound 18bn deal. In the can: Warren Buffet’s consortium has snapped up the ...
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Using a smartphone to pay for purchases in lieu of a physical debit or credit card may become a US$1 trillion business by 2015, and some ancillary technologies for consumer engagement could help to make that happen. Shopping for products ...
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Investment firms Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital have entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire American food company HJ Heinz for $28bn in cash, including the assumption of Heinz’s outstanding debt. ...
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Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year. High demand for hotels and retail projects have the commercial sector ...
Tags: Nonresidential Construction, nonresidential construction industry