Archive for June 21st, 2012

UK Manufacturing

UK manufacturers cautiously optimistic

Orders and confidence in the UK’s manufacturing sector have improved slightly in June, the CBI reported today. The business organisation said that 27% of manufacturers expect to increase their volume of output over the next three months while 19% expect …

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UK retail sales up 1.4% in May

UK retail sales volumes increased by 1.4% in May from April, and by 2.4% year-on-year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced today. The news was welcomed by the

Outsourcing Global

Indian outsourcing firm WNS acquires BGL’s South African unit

India-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm WNS (Holdings) Ltd (NYSE:WNS) said on Thursday it had taken over South African peer Fusion Outsourcing Services (Pty) Ltd from a

Engineers and workers

UK engineering firm Invensys terminates talks with potential buyers

British engineering group Invensys Plc (LON:ISYS) confirmed on Thursday it had been in very early talks with third parties interested in buying it, including US Emerson Electric Co

Blackberry keyboard

Dutch KPN terminates sale of German mobile unit E-Plus

Dutch telecommunications and ICT services provider Royal KPN NV (AMS:KPN) said it had ended talks to sell its German mobile business E-Plus as "adverse" financial markets conditions made

Elderly healthcare

Sun Healthcare agrees to acquisition by rival Genesis

US healthcare services company Sun Healthcare Group Inc (NASDAQ:SUNH) said it had entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Genesis HealthCare Corporation for about USD275m (EUR216m)

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