Suntory to buy Beam for $16 billion
Suntory Holdings Limited announced that it is to buy all outstanding shares in Beam Inc. for $83.50 per share in cash, i.e. it is...
Call centers need to have customer patience
Call centers can sometimes try our patience, especially when we are in a hurry, anxious for an answer to a problem, and all we...
Biofuels – just yields versus the big picture
As far as biofuels are concerned, corn is the leader in the category of biomass yield, but concentrating just on yield comes at a...
787 Dreamliner battery problems come back to haunt Boeing in 2014
Just as Boeing thought its 787 Dreamliner battery problems and other glitches had died in 2013, Japan Airlines reports it has grounded an aircraft...
Premium chocolate – how do I know it is really premium?
How can we be sure that the premium chocolate we have bought really is what we have paid for? For many people there is...
Global deflation is rising risk, says IMF’s Christine Lagarde
Even though things look promising for the world economy, global inflation is a rising risk, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned in Washington D.C....
World’s fastest organic transistor paves way for new generation of cheap, high-res screens
Engineers in the US have found a way to vastly speed up the performance of organic transistors, bringing closer the day when these thin,...
Union members vote in favor of Boeing contract extension offer
Members of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 751 (IAM) voted 51% in favor of the Boeing contract extension offer.
Under the...
Eurozone inflation fell to 0.8% in December
The Eurozone’s inflation rate dropped to 0.8% in December, 2013, from 0.9% the month before, according to Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency.
This...
UK new car sales 2013 best in 6 years
UK new car sales for 2013 were the best since 2007, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief...