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The survey carried out by IRN of 130 suppliers to automakers in the US found that automakers requested price cuts averaging 3% this year on existing contracts but suppliers only cut their prices by 1.2% according to respondents.

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“We have Chinese-level increases in gasoline sales that have decoupled from economic growth. It’s been a big effort to keep the market supplied,” Sindicom’s president Alisio Vaz told journalists.

The effect of the imbalance is delivery de…

The alliance, which is being piloted over the next year, and will see mobile phones used to improve communication of supply and demand to help vaccinate more children against common infectious diseases in rural parts of Africa.

The programme will be …

The material, which the company claims is the first-of-its-kind in the UK, replaces the conventional polyethylene used in packaging for John Lewis’s bed linen and some school wear items. It contains an additive biodegrade which will break down w…

The new research by advertising trade body IPA notes that long-term (three-plus years) investment in advertising delivers double the profit of a short-term approach (less than one year), but investing in both delivers even higher returns.

The study e…

Speaking to UK newspaper Financial Times, Ms. Kux, who, it was recently announced, will be leaving the company next year when her contract expires, defended her legacy and said the Siemens would still deliver on the promised savings.

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The facilities are situated in Tianjin, China and Jaguariuna, Brazil. Employees and assets at both locations will transfer from Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google, to Flextronics after the transaction closes. The agreement also incl…

TOTE announced it has reached agreement with General Dynamics NASSCO to construct an initial pair of ships to serve Puerto Rico routes, adding that it has options for three more vessels for additional domestic service.

According to TOTE, the vessels …

The Randstad Employee Confidence Index decreased last month to 51.7, breaking a previous two-month climb in confidence. In the November Index, employees showed increased uncertainty around the availability of new jobs and in the strength of the econom…

The report shows that November new-vehicle retail sales are projected to come in at 931,900 units, which represent a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 12.9 million units. November is expected to reflect the highest retail selling rate sinc…