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...German media giant Bertelsmann is interested in doing a deal to dramatically scale up its music business BMG, whose artists include Kylie Minogue and Rita Ora, following a series of setbacks that curbed...
...The Berlin-based music group, which counts Rita Ora and Kylie Minogue among its artists and represents back catalogues including those of Mick Jagger and Roger Waters, enjoyed the fastest growth in its history...
...Kylie Minogue, Nick Cave and Rita Ora are among those recording and releasing records with the label....
...Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, chief executive of Trumpf since 2005, says the company’s significant push towards digital connectivity is part of an effort to maintain an edge....
...Peter Leibinger, head of Trumpf laser technology, said: “Many machines on the market today are aimed more at prototype construction . . ....
...to our customers than many traditional bank representatives, we are active in the real economy and we provide for reinvestment in the German mechanical engineering sector,” Trumpf chief executive Nicola Leibinger-Kammueller...
..., Berthold Leibinger, stepped down from his position as chairman of the German tool manufacturer in 2005....
...New to the top 50 Alison Cooper (15, Imperial Tobacco); Gina Rinehart (27, Hancock Prospecting); Sara Mathew (29, Dun & Bradstreet); Debra Cafaro (39, Ventas); Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller (40, Trumpf); Maggie...
...Still, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Trumpf’s chief executive, said there was “no sign of an abrupt change like the one three years ago”....
...Ms Leibinger-Kammüller expected revenues to rise by at least a fifth to more than €1.6bn this year and come back to pre-crisis record levels – €2.14bn – in two years time “the latest”....
...“I have to say I find it admirable with how much speed they are catching up, and how clever they are in combining western technology with their own and producing it at low cost levels,” says Peter Leibinger...
...Ms Leibinger-Kammüller at Trumpf says rising credit costs “are one of the major road blocks on the way out of the crisis”....
...Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, president of Trumpf, told the Financial Times: “We still think we will grow [in sales] in the coming year, even though the rate of expansion will slow down....
...manufacturing processes in three centres around China rather than put them all in one place, it will be harder for competitors to find out about them and replicate our technical concepts,” says Nicola Kammüller-Leibinger...
...The deal could also be seen as a success for BP, which started the week badly following the announcement that hurricanes Katrina and Rita had blown a $700m hole in its profit....
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