Tweet The SunChips brand, PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division’s popular line of multigrain snacks, and National Geographic announced today the five winners of the “Green Effect,” a national initiative that encourages consumers to take their own small steps toward helping the planet. After receiving consumer feedback during a two-week voting period, the SunChips “Green Effect” initiative revealed [...]
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Tweet Audi has announced that the U.S. manufacturer’s suggested retail price for the highly anticipated 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro V10 sports car will start at $146,000, with shipments to authorized Audi R8 dealerships across the country beginning this week. Audi said the MSRP for the 2010 Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro will start [...]
Continue reading …Sony Corporation Names Keki B. Dadiseth Chairman of the Board, Sony India
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Tweet Sony Corporation today announced the appointment of Keki B. Dadiseth, former Director on the Board of Unilever plc in London and Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited in India, to the position of Chairman of the Board of Sony India ptv Ltd., and Senior Advisor to Sony Group in India, effective immediately. In this role, [...]
Continue reading …Tweet ST-Ericsson, a joint venture of STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) and Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), reported financial results for the second quarter 2009. President and CEO, Alain Dutheil, commented: “During the second quarter our sales performed above normal seasonal patterns. This was due to the destocking phase in the channels being over, to the pick-up of demand in China, [...]
Continue reading …Frost & Sullivan honours Asia Pacific’s Top Transportation & Logistics Companies
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Tweet Frost & Sullivan today presented 37 awards to the best companies in the Asia Pacific transportation and logistics industry. Kavan Mukhtyar, Partner at Frost & Sullivan said that the awards seek to recognize companies for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance. “We are delighted to host the banquet for the fourth consecutive time in [...]
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Tweet Microsoft Corp. has announced revenue of $13.10 billion for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2009, a 17% decline from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $3.99 billion, $3.05 billion and $0.34 per share, which represented declines of 30%, 29% [...]
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Tweet J.D. Power and Associates announced today that the Hyundai Genesis is the highest ranked 2009 all-new or redesigned vehicle in the inaugural Vehicle Launch Index(SM)( )(VLI). This result comes after the Hyundai Genesis significantly contributed to Hyundai’s high marks in the J.D. Power and Associates’ 2009 Initial Quality Study(SM) (IQS) announced in June in [...]
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Tweet TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (BMV: TVAZTCA; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world, controlled by Ricardo Salinas, announced today financial results for the second quarter of 2009. “We were able, once again, to deliver superior results this quarter, despite the weak economic environment,” said Mario [...]
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Tweet Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) has reported second quarter 2009 sales and profit. Second quarter 2009 sales increased in local currency by 4% versus 2008, before a negative impact from foreign exchange rates of 14%. This resulted in a GAAP sales decrease of 10% compared with 2008. Chairman and CEO, Rick Goings commented, “We [...]
Continue reading …Tweet A new study released today by the Families and Work Institute (FWI) finds that in the face of recession, and at a time of cost cutting, the overwhelming majority of employers (94%) are maintaining or increasing their workplace flexibility programs. In fact a quarter of the employers (26%) specifically used flexible workplace options — [...]
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