Archive for August, 2009

EB Prepares For Offshore Europe (OilandGasOnline)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

From multi-million pound complex design and fabrication tasks to trenching equipment; new integrated vessel R&D work to engineering support work, IHC Engineering Business (EB), and its parent company IHC Merwede, will have much to discuss with visitors at Offshore Europe 2009 (Stand 1154 - Aberdeen, 8-11 September).

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Europe Stocks Weaker; L’Oreal Shares Slip Weaker (Fox News)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Europe Stocks Weaker; L’Oreal Shares Slip Weaker

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Business Software Alliance wants in on three-strikes action (Ars Technica)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The Business Software Alliance exists to fight software piracy, and the group has thrown its weight behind the “graduated response” method of dealing with online copyright infringement. But, in a sign that Big Content has heard the public’s complaints about lack of due process and disproportionate penalties , the BSA goes out of its way to talk up the need for an appeals process and judicial …

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Societe Generale Expects to Double Commodity Financing Business (Bloomberg)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Societe Generale SA , France’s second largest bank by market value, expects to double the size of its commodity trade financing business in Asia next year on the region’s appetite for oil and metals, company officials said.

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Siemens pushing water treatment business in RP (BusinessWorld Online)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

WARNING OF an impending water shortage, the local unit of Siemens, Inc., Europe’s largest engineering company, is calling for more water and wastewater treatment facilities for industries and municipalities to sustain the supply of clean water.

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Eldersburg firm recognized as a ‘Best of Local Business’ (Carroll County Times)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Space may be the next frontier for an Eldersburg business’ asset tracking technology.

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*vwd/BUSINESS WIRE: Fiat Punto Evo to Feature Blue&Me TomTom: The New Integrated Infotainment System for Fiat Drivers … (vwd.de)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

MITTEILUNG UEBERMITTELT VON BUSINESS WIRE. FUER DEN INHALT IST ALLEIN DAS BERICHTENDE UNTERNEHMEN VERANTWORTLICH.

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Deutsche Post Lowered to ‘Hold’ at Commerzbank; Shares Decline (Bloomberg)

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Aug. 31 (Bloomberg) — Deutsche Post AG, Europe’s largest mail carrier, was cut to “hold” from “add” at Commerzbank AG, which cited “downside risks to longer-term earnings potential in the important mail business.” The brokerage has a share-price estimate of 12 euros.

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Business › Japan automakers find it tough in Europe (Japan Today)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Battered by the global economic downturn, Japan’s automobile makers are finding life difficult in Europe as competitors old and new pile on the pressure, according…

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Business : Luxury Brands Target Gulf States (Khaleej Times)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

DUBAI — Dealers of luxury brands operating in the Dubai Airport Freezone have changed their business strategies by increasing sales in the oil-rich Gulf states to escape the negative impacts caused by the global financial crisis.

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