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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
