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...Birmingham was taken over by US fund Knighthead in August, and brought in the former NFL superstar as an adviser and co-investor. Final Whistle As promised, here’s the Pop Tart in all its glory....
...Posco, whose chemicals subsidiary has a $33bn supply agreement with Korea’s other battery major, Samsung SDI, signed a preliminary agreement in February with Chinese mining firm Ningbo Liqin to produce nickel...
...Staged in an outdoor studio (created by living-wall specialist Biotecture Ltd), the public can watch as hosts Oliver Heath (a biophilic design expert) and journalist Sam Peters consider how sustainability...
...“As of today we are still the only product that has that natural operating range.”...
...JDMachine in the eastern city of Ningbo exports machines used to make air-conditioning units for cars to automotive parts makers in Europe and the US, generating more than $100m in foreign sales last year...
...It pioneered the sale of Fair Trade products and sells only British meat, including in sandwiches and ready meals. It is cutting its use of plastic....
...HNA executives told the Financial Times that its liquidity woes were only temporary, a product of a normal cash crunch that many Chinese companies faced at the end of the calendar year or before the lunar...
...It also co-signed a letter calling for companies to move away from short-termism....
...Here are some of the products on the horizon in 2018....
...AI has been a big theme of CES this week, showing up everywhere from washing machines and music players to hairbrushes and outdoor furniture....
...Vanke said products with lower gross profit from the cities of Changsha, Hangzhou, Wuxi, Shenyang, Chongqing, Ningbo and Xi’an – those hit hardest by market downturn in 2014 – were booked in the first half...
...While Apple Watch is fashion-conscious and Fitbit Surge is fitness-focused, Casio’s “Smart Outdoor Watch” is equipped with a sensor and compass for outdoor activities such as cycling, trekking and fishing...
...A former credit trader at TD Securities, he co-founded Markit to sell banks difficult-to-value credit data....
...Hotel (watertonparkhotel.co.uk )....
...Both are nevertheless continuing to expand and attract investment, with Ningbo Xianfeng New Material, a manufacturer of sunscreen products, announcing on May 6 that it was investing Rmb62.1m in a 20 per...
...“I call it the democratisation of premium products,” said Barry Williams, Asda’s chief merchandising officer of food. His group has expanded its more upmarket ranges....
...Ironically, it is in the military that many start using products to protect their skin from heavy exposure to sun and cold in frequent outdoor drills....
...Similarly, a second factory in Ningbo in 2000 produced “very poor product, poor quality”....
...Meanwhile, the 21st Century Business Herald newspaper reported that a small developer, Rongchen Property Development Co, had defaulted on a Rmb100m trust product that came due last August....
...In Xuzhou, Changzhou, and Ningbo, as well as Hangzhou, we generally found asking prices down by 20-30% and transactions very slow....
...CES, then, can be seen as a showcase for the innovations spurred by such sea changes – not only in terms of products, but also for entire companies....
...They include Typhoo tea, Princes, a maker of tinned food, Regatta, an outdoor clothing company, and Kingsland Wines and Spirits, which supplies supermarkets including Tesco....
...In part he used old ideas: the auction and the outdoor marketplace....
...Yet one of its most enduring industrial products is something more surprising....
...The smoking ban of 2008 and damaging beer duty rises triggered the industry’s quest for new products to sell and new gimmicks to get customers through the saloon doors....
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