Drinks giant Diageo is reportedly planning to slash around 400 jobs at its London office in order to boost profits and reduce expenditures. The move from the company is seen to be a part of a three-year initiative designed to save ...
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American food processing company Heinz has announced job cuts at its Kitt Green site in Wigan, UK, as part of a restructuring process. According to the company, almost 71 roles will be axed at its baked beans factory where some of the ...
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Peugeot Citroen is planning to cut around 20% of its workforce from Warwickshire facilities which include workers from its Pinley House and Tile Hill facilities in UK. The company cited that it is restructuring operation and planning to ...
U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years. The disappointing gain ends 2013 on a weak note and could raise questions about the economy's recent strength. The Labor Department says the unemployment ...
Faced with slumping sales, Solta Medical (Hayward, CA) may be looking for a suitor. The aesthetic medical device manufacturer may cut jobs or put itself up for sale in an effort to improve its finances. Solta focuses on devices for skin ...
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Dow Chemical Co. said its third-quarter profit rose 17% as the chemical company's performance plastics segment helped drive higher revenue and prices. However, shares of the company declined as results fell below analyst expectations. ...
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Systems management software vendor BMC Software has finally completed the deal that will take into private ownership. The $6.4bn deal will see BMC fall into the hands of private equity companies Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital. ...
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The Australian share market has again nudged above the 5,000 point mark but fell away in afternoon trade to end only slightly higher. Financial and energy stocks were the best performers, with other sectors mixed. Energy giant Woodside ...
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Aviva, a UK-based insurance group, is planning to reduce its offices from 30 to 17 over the next two years and cut about 80 jobs. The company made the decision, on the basis of feedback from its brokers, to expand its Broker Onsite ...
Concerns about the global economy and political unrest in Canberra are cruelling appetite for takeovers, with some of the nation's top dealmakers tipping companies to remain on the sidelines until economic clouds clear. In a sign of the ...
US social game developer Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) will cut 520 jobs globally before this August. It said on June 4 that it would lay off about 520 staff globally before August this year and the staff accounted for about 18 percent of the ...
The denim manufacturers of the US are planning to relocate production base to Mexico since the European Union has tripled the import tariffs on ‘Made in US’ women’s denim trousers. Last Month, European Commission ...
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The sharemarket has closed 0.7 per cent lower, with concerns about global economic growth pulling down resources stocks. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 36.2 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 5130.0 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...
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Shares were punished yesterday as investors worried about resources stocks being hit by global economic concerns, and the dollar was also sharply lower on the increased likelihood of an imminent cut in the official cash rate. The ...
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Spanish steelmaker Grupo Alfonso Gallardo has announced its intention to launch a workforce reduction program within the scope of its efforts to trim output levels in line with slack local demand for long steel products. In detail, the ...
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