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BUSINESS News, Aug 17, 2011 (2)

S'pore firms see fast growth


AsiaOne
By Reico Wong THE global financial crisis may have limited the expansion ambitions of many companies worldwide, but firms in Singapore still delivered excellent growth results. In its latest annual analysis of the fastest-growing firms in Singapore, ...
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U.K. Banks to Be Forced to Cut More Costs: KPMG
Bloomberg
... global head of retail banking at KPMG. “Banks are looking closely at their business models to determine whether they are sustainable.” HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA)'s plan to shed 30000 roles, unveiled by the London-based firm on Aug. ...
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UPDATE 2-Global uncertainty to hurt Analog Devices' Q4
Reuters
On a conference call with analysts, Norwood, Massachusetts-based Analog Devices said it expects revenue from its industrial business -- its biggest segment -- to fall sequentially as customers in the United States and Europe reduce orders. ...
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Business news in brief | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-08-17
Philadelphia Inquirer
s residential commodity charge will increase 7 percent on Oct. 1 from 10.42 cents per kilowatt hour to 11.14 cents. The increase in the generation charge, also known as the price to compare, is slightly higher than the utility projected last month. ...
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Maersk 1H Net Profit Down 5.8%; Guidance Maintained
Wall Street Journal
By Flemming Emil Hansen Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES COPENHAGEN (Dow Jones)--Danish oil and shipping company AP Moller-Maersk A/S (MAERSK-B.KO) Wednesday reported a 5.8% decline in first-half net profit, as the weaker container shipping business couldn't be ...
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First Solar's Jens Meyerhoff leaving utility division
Bizjournals.com
Jens Meyerhoff is stepping down from First Solar Inc. 's utility business operations at the end of September. The company announced the change Tuesday afternoon. Meyerhoff, who also served as chief financial officer at the Tempe-based First Solar ...
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A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to WellPoint Inc.'s New Senior Unsecured Notes
MarketWatch (press release)
The principal methodology used in determining these ratings is Best's Credit Rating Methodology --Global Life and Non-Life Insurance Edition, which provides a comprehensive explanation of AM Best's rating process and highlights the different rating ...
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Agents' Summary of Business Conditions (August)
FXstreet.com
The Group is particularly optimistic about its underground energy storage business, where they are the global market leader. Balfour's most positive outlook is in Asia. This region has emerged most quickly and strongly from the financial crisis and is ...
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Sales veteran Claire Bilby to run Disney time shares
Orlando Sentinel
s time-share business is a veteran executive who has steered sales programs from Orlando to Paris to Hong Kong during a 23-year career with the company. Claire Bilby was appointed Monday evening to the post of senior vice president in charge of Disney...
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Orlando Sentinel
Will Google`s purchase of Motorola doom uneasy Android alliance?
동아일보
Google has provided the Android to handset manufacturers free of charge and, as a result, Android has beaten Apple's iOS and Nokia's Symbian in the market share for smartphone operating systems with 43.3 percent of the global smartphone OS market in ...
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Swizz Beatz, The Perfect Man For Lotus [Video]
AutoGuide.com
The rapper and hip-hop producer wasn't just chosen to become Lotus's spokesman—no, he is officially the vice president of Creative Design and Global Marketing, a position which comes with free coffee in the Lotus corporate break room. ...
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Lor Gold Named Global Chief Creative Officer at Schawk, Inc.
MarketWatch (press release)
"With Lor's visionary leadership and highly collaborative style, we are confident he will harness the creative energy within our global footprint to help our clients win at any point of consumer influence." Gold served as executive vice president and ...
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Fierce Winds
IndustryWeek
High quality is table stakes to gain Buley' s business. He pointed out that his company is selling a "20-year investment" to its customers. As a result, he wants suppliers to be able to provide parts that are perfect every time. ...
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Updates from Grainger, RailComm, Axion, Global Railway and RSI; Also, in ...
Progressive Rail Roading
... the business and report to Court Carruthers, senior vice president and president of Grainger International, according to Grainger. • RailComm has been selected to expand its existing yard system at BNSF Railway Co.'s mechanical facility in Memphis, ...
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Phoenix BMA teams with Arizona Technology Council on summit
Bizjournals.com
The speakers come from various high-tech companies in the Valley and across the country, including several with a global reputation. The keynote speaker is John Kennedy, vice president of corporate marketing at International Business Machines Inc. ...
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Eisai Establishes Subsidiary in Mexico
MarketWatch (press release)
Eisai Laboratorios, S. de RL de CV to Introduce Eisai's Medicines to People Living in Mexico WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ, Aug 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Eisai Inc. and its parent company Eisai Co., Ltd. today announce the establishment of a subsidiary company ...
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Panasonic claims Ka antennas not smaller or faster than Ku
Flightglobal
Panasonic's assessment comes as Inmarsat is developing a global network of Ka-band satellites for its new I-5 constellation. An aeronautical service could be available in the 2014 timeframe. "Picture 50MB/s services to a ship or aircraft and 10MB/s to ...
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Photronics Reports Record Revenues in Third Quarter of Fiscal 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
"We also continued to perform exceptionally well on the bottom-line, demonstrating the excellent leverage in our business model," said Macricostas. "We increased operating margin by 90 basis points sequentially to 16.8%, achieved record non-GAAP net ...
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Wednesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories ...
FinFacts Ireland
While a deceleration was inevitable after an exceptionally strong first quarter and as a result of a cooling global economy, the 0.1 per cent increase in gross domestic product was not consistent with business confidence still near record highs nor ...
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FinFacts Ireland
PTS, Inc. (PTSH) Addressed Pressing Merger Enquiries
Sacramento Bee
Due to its International business and agency network, there appears to be a strong interest from Navistar's global contacts. In the company's opinion this could benefit PTSH and Navistar alike. Incoming CEO John O'Brien delivered following updates on ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Urban Outfitters, Perrigo
Wall Street Journal
s (PRGO, $86.44, -$1.94, -2.20%) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 75% as the company saw strength in its consumer health-care business on new product sales, along with higher margins. Shares slipped as revenue came in lighter than expected. ...
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Corrections & Amplifications
Wall Street Journal
s takeover defense and activist advisory business. A Global Finance article in some editions Tuesday incorrectly said he would join the defense industry advisory business. Darren Clarke won this year's British Open. A sports-page article in some ...
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Iofina 's shares worth 40 pence each, says Ambrian Partners
Proactive Investors UK
“As a consequence of tightening supply on a global basis, in combination with steadily increasing multi-industry demand [predominantly for liquid crystal displays and X-ray applications], iodine prices have followed a long-term rising trend, ...
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Beacon Enterprise Solutions Announces $4 Million Contract Award With ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Beacon recently announced the execution of agreements with ICS that enabled Beacon to participate in various federal contracts awarded to ICS, which has a federal prime contractor position as an SBA (Small Business Administration) certified 8(a) and ...
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A to Z guide to Google+
Hindustan Times
Strategy) – Google doesn't want any company, business or product to have an account on Google+. Not right now, at least. They're completely clear with their strategy and currently, all the accounts are only for Homo sapiens. ...
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Hindustan Times
The impact on UK of the European and US debt crises
MyIntroducer.com
Are quantitative easing and austerity cuts enough to ensure the recovery of the UK economy in the current global economic climate, ask K2 Business Rescue. The European perspective of the ongoing debt crises in various countries seems to be somewhat ...
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The Seven Subjects I learnt at Marwari Business School (MBS)
afaqs! (blog)
All global socks manufacturers are working with the same yarn in their country; I'm sure you will find suppliers for it in India without a problem'. I looked at him, and the socks and said 'yeah, I'm doing it'. What I never realized was that I had ...
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Sphinx Virtuosi and Catalyst Quartet Return to Carnegie Hall Stage
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
The Sphinx Virtuosi at Carnegie Hall, co-presented by Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, and the Sander and Norma K. Buchman Fund, will take place on October 12, 2011 at 6 pm in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. ...
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Elgin Industries achieves Ford Q1 quality status
Search-Autoparts.com
Check the e-newsletter(s) you would like to receive. Distribution - Anyone interested in auto parts issues will enhance their business by subscribing to our Distribution newsletter from AftermarketBusiness World. Published every Tuesday and Friday. ...
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5 of Jim Cramer's Favorite Financial Stocks Are Now on Sale
Seeking Alpha
It competes with global stalwarts MasterCard, Inc. (MA) and Visa, Inc. (V). The investment thesis is the same: a growing card member spending in the future. One would just need to buy the cheaper stock. AXP is trading at 10.81 times forward earnings, ...
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BBY Free Phone Wedn. on 8/17
PhoneDog
That means that the Samsung Nexus S 4G, Motorola Atrix 4G, and Samsung Fascinate will all be available for the low price of free with a two-year contract. The offer is open to new contracts and upgrades, but it'll only be running tomorrow from 12:00 AM ...
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PhoneDog
12th Annual H. Bruce Russell Global Innovator's Award Competition Brings ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The state of Pennsylvania's approach to assisting local exporters in business development, with Peter O'Neill, Executive Director of Pennsylvania's Center for Trade Development, presenting. Greater Dubuque, Iowa, Development Corp. and its ...
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Reports Q2 Portfolio
GuruFocus.com
Liberty Global owns interests primarily in broadband distribution and content companies operating outside the continental U. Liberty Global Inc. has a market cap of $9.99 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.1 with a P/E ratio of 24.09 and P/S ...
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Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News
New York Times
Our policy bias toward home ownership by debt also feeds inequality, low savings and even globalwarming (really). The current overhang of bad mortgages limits our recovery, but resolving those problems presents the opportunity for radical reform: ...
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Samsung 512GB SATA 3.0 SSDs Announced | Samsung,512GB,SATA 3.0,512Gb SSD,SSD ...
Benchmark Reviews
Samsung's SATA 6Gb/s SSDs are available in 512GB, 256GB and 128GB densities. The new high-performance SSD line-up is targeted for use in premium OEM notebooks, and tablets. According to market research firm IDC, the global outlook for client-side SSDs ...
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Cabot Corporation
Zacks.com
Founded in 1882, the Boston-based company has a global reach, operating 39 manufacturing facilities in 20 countries. On July 26, Cabot reported its fiscal third quarter results and beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 15 cents. ...
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Qatar Airways and Brazil's Gol start Code Sharing
Arabian Aerospace (blog)
With this new agreement, Qatar Airways' customers are able to purchase a single itinerary combining flights on both carriers' global networks, affording them the ease of one-stop ticketing and through baggage check-in. Qatar Airways, the national ...
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Arabian Aerospace (blog)
CCTV News: Can China Drive Global Growth? - Business Insider
By Patrick Chovanec
Nouriel Roubini had a syndicated column yesterday that painted an awfully bleak picture of the ou...
Business Insider

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