Today announced it has won a contract with the Corps of Engineers U.S. Army (Corps of Engineers, USACE) District of Philadelphia to serve as a provider of electric power generation emergency in Afghanistan. KBR will provide the electric power generation in support of military operations in the United States in Afghanistan on forward operating bases. The contract [...]
Nov 8 2011 | Posted in
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HIGH TECH – The world of Internet sales in stores bet that a launch of its Kindle reading light will allow him to break into a French e-book market that is slow to take off again … The Virgin Megastore retail chain said Tuesday it would distribute exclusively in France, the e-book reader from Amazon [...]
Nov 8 2011 | Posted in
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L’Oreal has managed to maintain the same in the third quarter growth rate in the second, the dynamics of the division of luxury goods offsetting the slowdown in the consumer products. The world of cosmetics, owner of L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Lancome and Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, saw its sales scrounge 0.7% to 4.94 billion euros [...]
Nov 7 2011 | Posted in
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The German court on Friday ordered a ban on the sale of iPhone and of iPad in Germany, following the complaint filed by Motorola Mobility for patent infringement. The case concerned two similar patents: patent EP (European Patent), 1,010,336 (B1) on the transfer of data equivalent to the United States Patent No. 6,359,898 , and the secondEP (European Patent), [...]
Nov 7 2011 | Posted in
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HIGH TECH – For 79 dollars a year, Kindle owners can borrow one book per month among the 5000 currently provides that the virtual library of the retail giant … Amazon continues its foray into e-book. After having started in publishing , now the retail giant wants to compete with the online library. The U.S. company launched [...]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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Hermes has revised up its growth forecast for the whole of 2011. The group, however, suffered a sharp slowdown in sales in France. In addition, Hermes will be holding her to counter the appetites of LVMH “before Christmas” The saddle on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, in which LVMH acquired a 21% in the third quarter has seen [...]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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Jon Corzine, the CEO of bankrupt broker MF Global Holdings, resigned Friday, four days after the bankruptcy of the group, including its paris cast of European sovereign debt. Jon Corzine, 64, had led Goldman Sachs from 1994 to 1999 before turning to a political career that led him to the Senate and for governor of [...]
Nov 4 2011 | Posted in
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The airline Senegal resumed on Wednesday afternoon flights to Conakry. The day before, Senegal had closed its airspace to Guinea following a dispute over royalty payments. The conflict will actually not last more than 24 hours. From Tuesday night’s plane Senegal Airlines , which had been immobilized in Conakry Monday, returned home. And Wednesday afternoon, Senegal has reopened its [...]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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The wins Adidas Action modest 0.86% to 51.83 euros after the new increase in 2011 sales targets of the second global manufacturer of sporting goods. The firm is now targeting the three bands has increased 12% excluding foreign exchange impact, against 10% previously, due to demand from emerging markets and expanding its distribution network. The operating margin, [...]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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Kraft Foods has issued a net profit up 22% in the third quarter thanks to rising prices of its products. The giant U.S. food has made a net profit of $ 922 million, or 52 cents per share. Excluding special items, EPS stood at 58 cents above the consensus of 55 cents. Turnover rose 12% to $ 13.2 [...]
Nov 3 2011 | Posted in
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