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...Last year the British regulator blocked a $5bn merger between Finnish crane manufacturers Cargotec and Konecranes, prompting the companies to ditch the transaction....
...Bunge’s strengths in processing and downstream plus Viterra’s in merchandising and handling creates a more integrated global company....
...The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has promoted Bruce Crane to head of the Asia-Pacific region, succeeding Ben Chan, who retired earlier this month....
...Only 60 per cent of workers in south-east Asia are estimated to have bank accounts, Naik said, but ecommerce in the region is growing quickly as more consumers gain access to the financial system....
...We need taller cranes, newer cranes. Unions have been highly opposed to automating in the United States,” he says....
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...“The western system works for some industries. The Japanese system works for others.”...
...He cut expenses and reduced inventory as part of a revival plan, and was credited with improving the company’s merchandising system....
...The software systems will not be given an integrated run-through until the month before opening, which seems bold, to say the least....
...A good traditional retail brand that is still hot at merchandising and offers a slick online delivery system can compete....
...But the subdued volatility across financial markets hurt profits and it was unable to persuade enough customers to use its systems....
...In April, Smiths paid French aerospace group Morpho $710m for its California-based division that makes security systems for airports, border crossings and nuclear power plants....
...It also cited the strength of the dollar, which has “more than offset” a 10 per cent reduction in revenues at John Crane, Smiths’ business that provides products such as bearings and filtration systems to...
...Revenues are forecast to reach $893m this year through advertising, ticket sales, sponsorship and merchandising....
...“They prepped beforehand — more than 25m customers accessed store maps and [promotions] through our online and mobile tools for Black Friday,” said Steve Bratspies, chief merchandising officer of Walmart...
...By creating a system where there were multiple owners, FLNG was able to tap multiple financing sources, though it also created “an incredible amount of substantive and procedural complexity”, says the firm...
...A day earlier, Chinese construction equipment maker Zoomlion confirmed it was making a formal $3.3bn takeover bid for US crane maker Terex....
...In one of the most remote spots on earth, Japanese cranes were busy re-erecting the giant stone heads on Easter Island....
...The headline says it all really – a traipse across China did not reassure one analyst who saw too many idle cranes, empty construction sites and half-finished, abandoned buildings in several cities....
...Instead, it will linger for a week because Pier 400 cannot provide enough dockworkers — the result of an antiquated system for assigning workers to the port’s terminals....
...But around it is a forest of cranes. Berlin, Germany’s capital since 1990, is a city going places. A new S-Bahn line is snaking out of the gleaming steel and glass main station....
...The government on Wednesday decided to suspend loading until a new system was put in place, said Luz Helena Sarmiento, environment minister....
...As pioneered by Amazon and then on other merchandising sites and on streaming music and video services, statistical patterns of consumer choice are broken down to extrapolate who you are and what you like...
...Colombia’s coal exports are expected to tumble by a third or more in the first few months of this year after a new law that took effect on January 1 banned the old crane and barge method of loading ships...
...Near the shore of the East China Sea, where giant cranes and piles of shipping containers mark the skyline of one of the world’s busiest ports, stands the 12-storey building at the centre of a cyber-espionage...
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