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...That included a $79m charge for the sale of a data centre in Quincy, Washington, but the impact of this on net income was offset by recognised tax benefits, the company said....
...Industry leader Caterpillar’s construction machines business has fared better than its two other divisions, which supply mining equipment and generators, and turbines and compressors, for the energy and...
...The GTF has prompted a scramble of innovation in the industry as other manufacturers seek to catch up with its performance....
...Elsewhere, AIG continued to dispose of non-core assets, bringing in $4.2bn from the sale of up to 90 per cent of its aircraft-leasing division to a Chinese investor group....
...Smiths Group has unveiled plans to make £40m of cost savings a year from its troublesome detection division, which makes equipment that scans for weapons and explosives, as it grapples with the impact of...
...heavy industries, is running lower than last year....
...Although banking was an entirely different industry, he saw similarities to the restaurant business. “One is share of throat, the other is share of wallet.”...
...John Makinson, chief executive of Penguin, which like the Financial Times is owned by Pearson, said: “I don’t think it’s a device which saves an industry, but I don’t think it’s an industry in need of salvation...
...It is planning to dispatch one of its top finance executives, Bryon Rubin, to its CBS Interactive division to accelerate that effort. The moves are part of a broader restructuring of CBS Interactive....
...“Fantasy is a big business,” says Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive, whose CBS Sportsline operates one of the most popular fantasy football leagues....
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