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BUSINESS News, Aug 21, 2011


Sibling's proposed sale not expected to affect Motorola Solutions
Chicago Tribune
Brown said 60 to 65 percent of Solutions' business is from global governments. A major competitor is Harris Corp., McCourt said. The rest of Solutions' business is in the global enterprise business, where it competes with Intermec Inc. and Honeywell...
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Chicago Tribune
BlackBerry maker may seek to form alliance
The News Journal
The company's share of the global smartphone market fell to 12 percent in the second quarter, from 19 percent a year earlier, according to Gartner. Android became the world's leading mobile-phone operating system over the same period, ...
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Microsoft: Davenport Says Hold; HP Disrupts Already Weak PC Market
Barron's (blog)
s Drake Johnstone late Friday cut his rating on shares of Microsoft (MSFT) to Neutral from Buy, and eliminated his $35 price target, writing that global PC sales growth this year may come in below an expected 4% to 5% as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) looks to ...
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Business Bulletin Board
LubbockOnline.com
Bruce E. Wolfe, the managing director of the program's founding sponsor, Allianz Global Investors, will present the honor. In addition, Williams and Finke's award-winning paper, “Determining Optimal Withdrawal Rates: An Economic Approach,” will be ...
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Hard-hit in 2008, Iceland set to weather storm
AsiaOne
By Agnes Valdimarsdottir REYKJAVIK - Iceland, all but devastated by the 2008 globalfinancial crisis, cannot escape the growing storm which has savaged markets in recent weeks but it has done enough since then to at least weather the worst. ...
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AsiaOne
Job help, networking events: Business calendar
Plain Dealer
How to Write a Business Plan: 3 to 5:30 pm at the Akron Global Business Accelerator, 526 S. Main St., Mezzanine Floor (ninth floor) in Akron. Free. Must register. Email info@akronsbdc.org or call 330-375-2111. GIS Users of Northern Ohio, "Creating Web ...
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People in business
Houston Chronicle
Protiviti, a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has promoted Daniel Fowler to manager in the Information Technology Effectiveness and Control solution and Ashley Pope to manager in the Internal Audit and Financial Controls solution. ...
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Telecommunication sales pushes revenue growth for Samsung in second quarter 2011
AME Info
This quarter we launched our premium flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S II in all Gulf markets and we expect it to perform in line with the global response we have received," said Ashraf Fawakherji, General Manager of Samsung Gulf Electronics ...
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Northeast Ohio's Quasar Energy, Vadxx Energy and Polyflow aim to make fuel ...
Plain Dealer
Rockwell, headquartered in Milwaukee, is a global company with the kind of expertise that a start-up like Quasar does not typically employ, not without the kind of networking provided by NorTech. Quasar's programmable logic control system was designed ...
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Plain Dealer
Moving up
Arizona Daily Star
He graduated with a bachelor's of science in finance from Northern Illinois University. Send notices of hirings and promotions for Moving Up to Business, Arizona Daily Star, 4850 S. Park Ave., Tucson AZ 85714, business@azstarnet.com or fax 573-4144. ...
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Projecturf Offers SMB’s A Drag and Drop Gantt Chart, Vimeo and Youtube ...
RedOrbit
Using different colors makes it easy to decipher which project a task or subtask is associated with on the global Gantt chart. SMB’s and freelancers are given several ways to manage their projects with these project management tool features and ...
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State media censors Tony Tan's $59 billion loss while harping on Tan Kin ...
The Temasek Review
“In the case of UBS, they have a worldwide global wealth management business which is something not replicable by any bank. Citigroup has an international worldwide consumer business which is also unique…,” Tony Tan said in an interview with the ...
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Dubai Chamber organizes first roundtable discussion about fashion industry issues
AME Info
They agreed that the city with its business-friendly environment provides huge potential for new designers looking to start a brand. Yet many smaller, local designers face challenges to compete with global brands. The designers stated that a society's ...
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A once cautious bank takes a bold leap across the border
Globe and Mail
s main branch in downtown Milwaukee displays a few basic ground rules for doingbusiness at an American bank: “No hats, no hoods, no sunglasses – no guns.” The man responsible for enforcing such conditions, particularly the one about brandishing ...
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Globe and Mail
HP, Microsoft, Apple and the future of the PC
TechFlash (blog)
Hewlett-Packard’s announcement this week that it’s discontinuing its TouchPad line and intends to spin off its PC business is another sign of how rapidly the market for personal computers is being destabilized by tablets and smartphones. ...
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Weekly Guru Bargains Highlights: RCL, FCE.A, TCK, DHR, X
GuruFocus.com
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Royal Celebrity Tours. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has a market cap of $4.9 billion; its shares were traded at around ...
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Dow Solar, Dow Corning sponsor separate solar competitions
Midland Daily News
"Education, research and development, and manufacturing are part of a cycle that allows the United States to compete in a fast-paced global market," Dow Corning President and CEO Robert D. Hansen said in a news release. "Our participation in this ...
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Dodge & Cox Finds Value in Tech: Microsoft and HP
GuruFocus.com
Hewlett Packard is one of the leading global providers of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home. The company is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. ...
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'ASEAN's robust growth less likely to be affected by US, EU credit woes'
Philippine Star
KUALA LUMPUR (Xinhua) - As global stock markets tumbled over the week in response to the US credit woes and the Europe debt crisis, Malaysia's Securities Commission chairman, Zarinah Anwar holds a positive view that markets in Southeast Asia is strong ...
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Is Today's News Unreliable? No, There's Just a Lot More of It
Student Operated Press
When we had a vibrant local press it was somewhat less vulnerable to this kind ofglobal advertiser pressure, because it depended more on the local car dealership and less on tycoons like the Koch Brothers. Second, the idea that the Internet is an ...
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Student Operated Press
Weekly News Roundup: McDonald's Corp. (NYSE:MCD)
StocksandShares.TV
I'm confident that his strong management and operations experience, his deep working knowledge of our business, and his subject matter expertise will bolster his leadership of McDonalds Corp. (NYSE:MCD) Europe”. McDonalds Corp. (NYSE:MCD)'s has ...
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UPA's credibility is now history
Daily Pioneer
Nilekani could, perhaps, have been less global with his choice of metaphors to state his astonishment with Team Anna's certitudes. Yet, if Twitter is any indication, he was berated for allowing himself to become a “mouthpiece” for the Government. ...
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MORE ON THE STORY
RT
With global markets in a sea of red on Friday amidst heavy falls in the US overnight and Asia in the morning, Business RT spoke with Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist at Saxo Bank. With financial markets continuing to slide on renewed economic turmoil ...
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Global govt s await ET to enter western banks Nilesh Shah
Moneycontrol.com
Right now don't really look at sectors but look at companies, look at their valuations, look at their management and look at their business and then start building on that. From a sector point of view after going wrong for the last three years, ...
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Moneycontrol.com
Create a Memorial
Tulsa World
In an effort to honor those who have donated either organs, eyes or tissue, the Tulsa World is participating in the "Circle of Life" campaign sponsored by the Global Organization for Organ Donation (GOOD). If your loved one was a donor, please inform ...
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The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management Accredited in Australia and the UK
Zawya (subscription) (press release)
The Emirates Academy of HospitalityEmirates Academy of Hospitality management is a leading provider of University-level business education in the Middle East; it offers both undergraduate and post-graduate degrees designed to develop the hospitality ...
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Zawya (subscription) (press release)
At time of global transition, UN more necessary than ever to tackle challenges ...
Spero News
"Periods of global transition present huge challenges but also tremendous opportunities for advancing humanity"s progress. Together, no challenge is too large. Together, nothing is impossible," he tells the 66th General Assembly in his annual report on ...
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Arab Revolutions: Illusions Of Hope And Delusions Of Possibility
CounterCurrents.org
That is, a conclusion with fundamental and far reaching change to the political system(s) in the Arab world which effectively fosters opportunity and possibility within its societies; a revolution is defined by its outcomes rather than its processes. ...
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Gold price touches new peak | China business news
By CBN
Gold spiked to another all-time high this week as slumping global stock markets sent investors fleeing for the safe-haven precious metal while industrial commodities dived on the back of a weak demand outlook. World equities took another beating on ... The bank said a slow European response to the eurozone`s mounting sovereign debt problems and the US political battle over raising its debt ceiling had hit financial markets and eroded both business and consumer confidence. ...
China business news
Rwanda targets global hotel brands to boost tourism ...
By In2EastAfrica
Rwanda's drive to become a regional tourism hub is gaining impetus with the entry of two global hotel brands into the country. Marriot Group of Hotels and Rezidor Hotel Group, owners of the Radission brand, are expected to open shop next year, ... The demand for hotel space is being pushed up by an increasing number of expatriates and businesses seeking regional expansion. Due to a shortage of high end accommodation, Kigali lacks the capacity to host a major conference, ...
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