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...In Europe the EU is moving to curb the power of some of the digital groups that are seen as having abused their power. Google, Apple and Amazon have all been in the crosshairs of EU legislation....
...“At the end of the day we feel blessed — we’re not Beirut.”...
...He said his company has re-engineered them to provide electric heat now and gas if it becomes available in future. The cost of the necessary equipment has increased by 30-40 per cent, he said....
...Willie Walsh, head of BA’s parent company International Consolidated Airlines Group, pointed the finger of blame for the disaster on one of the UK’s busiest holiday weekends at one humble electrical engineer...
...Demand for the kind of work that he specialised in, involving the testing of communications equipment, was shipped abroad years ago....
...“We have tens of kilometres of conveyors and equipment....
...In New York, Consolidated Edison, the city’s largest electric utility, has spent $457m in the past year to repair Sandy’s damage and fortify its infrastructure against future storms, including flood walls...
...This year, the group expects revenues from its non-consolidated joint ventures to be about $44m. In a culture inundated with fakes, authenticity is key....
...You cannot hide, if you’re a confident investor, you’ll succeed.”...
...The country has by far the continent’s most developed infrastructure, but much of it is in need of repair or modernising....
...“Japanese companies get in trouble when they don’t stick to what they’re good at,” says Minoru Usui, president of Seiko Epson, the printer maker....
...and Greenbriar Equity Group, the private equity houses....
...Red lights indicated open valves or active equipment; green indicated closed valves or inactive equipment....
...While Bruno puts up new buildings, invents machines and repairs bargain-basement equipment, Veronica manages administration, supervises the team of worm packers and handles the logistics of delivery....
...And one of the things, I think, we need in this country is we’ve got a lot of infrastructure that’s in a state of ill repair, so a lot of repair and fixing of roads and bridges – in some cases expanded capacity...
...Consolidated revenue in 2008 was $15.3bn....
...” to repair the relationship between the two halves of the business....
...Mr Mittal’s status as India’s eighth richest man was consolidated by solid financials in its core business....
...The US heavy-equipment maker is offering $800m in cash and stock for Alabama-based Progress Rail, which reconditions railcars and provides a range of railroad maintenance and repair services, generating...
...Mr Burch not only has to repair the image of an entire industry, but faces the unique task of creating the UK’s first “quadruple play” entertainment and communications group, able to offer television, broadband...
...Added to an expanding presence in the Asian rail equipment market, he says: “We’re in a situation now where we can look forward to the light at the end of the tunnel.”...
...”Politicians don’t have the courage to say that they’re for price controls,” he says. “Americans don’t want to hear that word. It’s easier for them to talk about re-importation....
...We are far ahead of the rest of the world in in-car equipment; we call it in-vehicle. We have a relatively strong professional equipment sector for TV stations, video conferencing equipment....
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