INSIGHT-Making France work again
-Confection du Boischaut Nord (CBN) is a small miracle of manufacturing: it is one of the few firms in Indre’s once-buoyant…
RPT-INSIGHT: Electric car revolution brightens outlook for a medley of metals
-Electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf may be paving the way for a revolution in the market for metals…
RPT-INSIGHT – US manufacturers battle back from “China shock”
-The furniture production industry that had sustained a North Carolinan community for generations, was abandoned at the start of the century…
PE deals hit as banks curb lending for leveraged buyouts
-For KKR & Co LP, the private equity firm behind some of the world’s largest leveraged buyouts, the acquisition of…
RPT-INSIGHT-How Pfizer has shifted U.S. profits overseas for years
-Pfizer and Allergan are in talks to create the world’s biggest drug company by market value. The problem with this…
Wal-Mart puts the squeeze on suppliers to share its pain as earnings sag
-Reuters reports that suppliers of everything from groceries to sports equipment are being squeezed for price cuts and cost sharing…
In Toshiba scandal, the ‘tough as nails’ target setter
-Tom Scott, a former U.S. executive at Toshiba Corp, remembers his former boss Atsutoshi Nishida as an aggressive leader. “He gave…
Boeing uses its clout to control supplier consolidation
-Reuters reports how Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s $37 billion deal for aerospace supplier Precision Castparts Corp is encouraging investors to consolidate…
INSIGHT-Apple, BMW in courtship with an eye on car collaboration
-A courtship by BMW and Apple, previously put on hold, may rekindle after an precursory visit by executives of the world’s…
Cuba Inc. open to foreign capitalists, but within limits
-As Reuters reports, communist Cuba’s newfound interest in foreign capital does have its limits. French doctor Philippe Pouletty is working to develop a…
Amazon, Google race to get your DNA into the cloud
-As Reuters reports, Amazon.com is in a race against Google to store data on human DNA. Inherently, academic institutions and…
The jumbo jet faces a make or break year at Boeing, Airbus
-Reuters reports on the jumbo jet, which for many years have been known as the workhorse of modern air travel,…
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