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...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...“The pipe doesn’t do anything if it doesn’t have great stuff going through it. ” He is excited about new distribution technology....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...Ralph Roberts, the 94-year-old co-founder of Comcast, was seriously ill last year, spending 85 days in bed after being stricken by double pneumonia....
...It has paid millions of dollars to conserve and improve its own water supplies, including $6m to upgrade pipes and other equipment at one of its plants in Tanzania affected by deteriorating water quality...
...Europe fears breakdown in aerospace co-operation The decision by Russia to target parts of the US space programme is being closely watched in Europe, where more than the supply of one type of rocket engine...
...They demand complex equipment such as drilling rigs, specialised materials such as sophisticated steel pipes, and highly-skilled engineers, all of which are in limited supply....
...He describes the experience as a fast-track management course, including the tricky issue of family relations....
...Since February, Rosneft has announced deals to buy a major chain of petrol stations, supply fuel to the airport in the southern city of Osh, and take a controlling stake in the country’s main airport for...
...You don’t see big billboards in Beverly Hills. They market to people who don’t have money.” I ask him why he thinks companies do that. “Aspiration....
...CA Inc climbed 9.6 per cent to $25.02 as the software developer easily beat analyst expectations....
...Mr Kotick said Activision may not have enough supplies of the new game to meet holiday demand....
...Duflo is wearing trousers and a V-necked magenta sweater, with a thin gold chain around her neck. As she speaks, she sometimes thrusts her hands into the opposing sleeves, as if wearing muffs....
...The anti-tax message in that 1992 decision, Quill v North Dakota, is not as clear-cut as Amazon’s friends let on....
...The regional supply chain spend is about £1bn a year....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Related links: The Greek bailout, according to Paris and Berlin [updated] - FT Alphaville Portugal v Greece on sovereign risk – FT Alphaville Greece, the IMF, and the ECB – FT Money Supply...
...In the US, the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing activity for December expanded at its fastest pace of growth since April 2006....
...operations that would supply them....
...The Italian aerospace and defence company has a contract to supply parts of the fuselage for the aircraft, which is due to enter service next year....
..."The world is relying more on national oil companies for future oil supply growth, which carries more risk for [Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development] countries," says Mr Birol....
...Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and co-author Stephen J....
...Mintel concludes that accommodation providers have stimulated the demand for short breaks: supply is indeed increasing demand....
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