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...“It’s going to continue to build,” says Markey....
...Authorities in Singapore have warned residents that fire hotspots could escalate from June, and are co-ordinating plans to mitigate the risk of haze returning from Indonesia and Malaysia....
...Nokia, the story goes, didn’t have enough software savvy to keep up with visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and design whizz Jony Ive....
...Jenny Chan, co-author of Dying for an iPhone, which details the lives of Foxconn workers who assemble Apple products, points out that China’s labour infrastructure is uniquely supported by the state....
...By my calculations, you could set up a simple gun-making shop with less than $100,000 in (used) machinery. With even moderate care, a gun can be perfectly functional for decades....
...“If the company monetises some of the stakes in its remaining listed subsidiaries, Hitachi Construction Machinery and Hitachi Metals . . . it would have additional liquidity to manage its total debt and...
...Japan Inc has found a new purpose for automation: business continuity in the uncertain era of Covid-19....
...Other businesses — which span machinery, food and retail — have also suffered. Local consumption in Japan fell nine consecutive months to the end of June....
...“What they are doing is tipping the scales in their favour, in a public rating,” says Rob Markey, a consultant at Bain & Company and co-creator of Net Promoter Score, a metric that helps companies measure...
...Travel bans prevented Ocme, the Italian machinery provider, from sending a team of technicians to Mexico City to carry out the work....
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...Public interest was immediately strong — more than 1,000 volunteers contacted the trial co-ordinators in a single day....
...much power’ (FT) Insurer Hastings receives takeover approach from top shareholder (FT) Aston Martin says accounting error caused it to understate 2019 loss (FT) BC Partners buys stake in €3bn Italian machinery...
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...This is a very important factor for us — the willingness to co-operate with us and how much they can support us.” Heifei Risever Machinery was founded by Mr Lai’s parents in Anhui province in 2001....
...The initiative was led by Senator Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, who co-chairs the Senate climate action task force and sits on the Senate banking committee....
...Jewellers compete fiercely for the contract each year; Tiffany & Co has made several of the rings in the past, and Barons and Herff Jones are often in the running....
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...Drew Nelson, who still runs it, co-founded the Welsh semiconductor group 30 years ago. It also isn't by any stretch the next ARM, a chip-design group bought by Softbank for £24bn two years ago....
...Claroty partners with its strategic investors to sell to customers as they buy new machinery, as well as selling directly....
...Harbin Power Equipment and Dongfang Electrical Machinery are now taking business off their European and US rivals in other countries....
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...Other principal US exports to China include soyabeans, cars, computer chips and industrial machinery....
...The addition of constantly connected sensors to a range of industrial equipment and machinery is intended to boost efficiency and aid decision making, though some have questioned whether it could also create...
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