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Global real estate advisor, CBRE, noted that, while demand and rents for industrial space are expected to be broadly flat through 2013, requirements to support multichannel retail strategies is a bright spot.

Both occupational and investment mar…

With electric and electrically-assisted vehicles now available in the mainstream market, the fundamental question is no longer if there is a market; rather, the question is how fast that market will grow, according to a new report from Pike Research.
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Suppliers to Honda, Nissan and Toyota such as Denso and Sumitomo Electric were investigated in 2010 following raids on manufacturing facilities by US, EU and Japanese authorities and led to fines totalling almost $1bn being dished out in the US and Ja…

The lawsuit was filed by Whirlpool on 24 January against US-based Core Systems at the Ohio Northern District Court and is seeking to recover tooling equipment owned by the company.

It alleges that during a period of 10-weeks, Core failed to meet…

The lawsuit was filed by Whirlpool on 24 January against US-based Core Systems at the Ohio Northern District Court and is seeking to recover tooling equipment owned by the company.

It alleges that during a period of 10-weeks, Core failed to meet…

The technology, which enables organisations to identify those customers that are most likely to purchase a certain product or service based on their data and to tailor marketing campaigns exactly to those customers has created a difficult situation fo…

According to Gartner, social technologies will change the way that sourcing organisations interact with suppliers and customers, from requirements definition, through contract negotiation and vendor performance evaluation.

The consultants have urged …

The company formerly known as RIM, but now rebranded BlackBerry unveiled the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen-only device and BlackBerry Q10, which incorporates a physical keyboard, at events held simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Duba…

As per the terms of the two-year extension of this exclusive agreement, Vector, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, provides Air Greenland with fixed and rotary wing aircraft engine repa…

Boeing’s suppliers are feeling the impact after a fleet of 787 aircraft was grounded earlier in January following a number of technical problems with the aircraft, problems which caused a battery to become charred on an Air Nippon flight and for…