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...Here’s Stifel: Under the terms of Indivior's settlement, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Solutions Inc. has pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement relating to health matters in 2012....
...Time Inc wants to sell its UK magazines division, including well-known titles such as Country Life, TV Times and the NME, as part of a wider shake-up of the struggling US publishing group....
...Time Inc also said on Tuesday that it was no longer trying to sell Coastal Living, one of the titles it had been shopping around....
...While the concentration of market power has been rising in numerous industries over the past few decades, technology is a particularly stark example — Google has an 88 per cent market share in search advertising...
...I think the coastal elites have to figure out how to do that as well....
...The grocery sector has faced increasing competition as consumer preference has shifted towards natural and organic food, pressuring high-end specialty grocers like Whole Foods....
...Another type of insurance covers the cost of advertising....
...Since the Fed last raised rates in 2006, the banking landscape in the US has changed radically, with specialty finance outfits such as Ally Financial, American Express and Discover Financial Services converting...
...Moody’s, the rating agency, has warned that Nomad will need to spend heavily on advertising and new product development to protect market share....
...WebMD generates the majority of its sales and profits from advertising and sponsorship on its site, although it also supplies content for internal sites for other companies....
...Phillips Specialty Products Inc (PSPI) – a subsidiary of Phillips 66, itself a spin-off from ConocoPhillips – will cost Berkshire Hathaway slightly less than $1bn, but Mr Buffett is not paying in cash....
...UCWeb’s browser can be freely downloaded, with the company making money through advertising and games....
...The Walmart.com stores are in Los Angeles and San Diego, two coastal cities in southern California where the Walmart brand is not as visible as in many other parts of the US....
...The scars of competition show through, too, in advertising, distribution and, ultimately, landing a place in shoppers’ baskets....
...“This is very good news for ITV – the first positive month in a long time and a much better advertising performance. We think there will be significant upgrades,” predicted Liberum Capital....
...Lowell McAdam, Verizon Wireless chief executive, said the two would co-develop smartphones, PDAs, netbooks and “other specialty devices”....
...Mr Wren’s comments kicked off a reporting season for advertising groups that will be closely watched for signs of when the advertising slump might reverse....
...Olympics-related advertising by these companies could exceed $6bn. Most of this advertising is not directly promoting brand features and attributes....
.... ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Do you foresee any marked slowdown in Vietnam’s GDP growth due to inadequate infrastructure in the ports and in the rail, road, coastal shipping network?...
...Meanwhile, Warner Brothers and Fox are borrowing a page from the film industry by creating specialty labels to do more creative work on lower budgets....
...Indeed, closer to home in the scenic coastal city of Qingdao, Haier’s image has suffered from its declining dominance of a domestic white goods sector now awash with margin-slicing local competitors....
...NEC Electronics, the specialty semiconductor manufacturer, slumped 5 per cent to Y4,940 after a weekend newspaper report that it was likely to miss its forecast operating profit by 40 per cent....
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