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Learning new tricks from emerging markets
This year, India's Mahindra & Mahindra became the world's biggest tractor maker. It ran a television commercial in the U.S. to mark the moment. The aim was partly to celebrate — its relatively affordable products, which suit the tastes and...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Dartmouth College, Deere and Company, General Electric Company, Companies and Corporations
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$11.9 billion for baby food? Nestle pays up for Pfizer Nutrition
Swiss food and nutrition giant Nestle will shell out $11.9 billion to buy Pfizer’s nutrition unit, which owns baby food brands such as SMA and Promil. The division is expected to reel in $2.4 billion in sales this year and gets 85% of its revenue...
Tags: Groupe Danone, Consumers, Companies and Corporations, Consumer Confidence, Economy, Business and Finance
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Nestle to buy Pfizer nutrition unit
Swiss food and nutrition giant Nestle plans to shell out $11.9 billion to buy Pfizer's nutrition unit, whose products include baby formula brands SMA and Promil. The division is expected to reel in $2.4 billion in sales this year and gets 85% of its...Tags: Groupe Danone, Consumers, Companies and Corporations, Consumer Confidence, Abbott Laboratories
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CES 2012: Global tech device spending may hit $1 trillion
TechnologyCES: Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Global tech spending to reach $1 trillion in 2012, helped by robust growth in emerging markets for products including smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks.... -
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Cheaper Apple iPhone 4 with less storage rumored to be on the way
L.A. Times Tech BlogApple is rumored to be working on building a low cost version of the iPhone 4 that will feature 8 gigabytes of memory. Is any of this surprising? Not in the least, because Apple has already done this in the past with the iPhone 3GS.... -
China dethrones U.S. as world's largest PC market
L.A. Times Tech BlogChina passed the U.S. as the largest market for personal computers in the second quarter of the year, according to new data from a research group. The shift marks the first time in history that China has passed the U.S. as the top consumer of PCs. PC... -
Wall Street Roundup: Wall Street job losses. Soft landing for AIG boss.
Money & CompanyWall Street job losses. Analyst Meredith Whitney is estimating that securities firms may cut 10% of their workforce around the world over the next year and a half as the industry consolidates after the financial crisis. Emerging market optimism. Stock....... -
Bernanke strongly defends Fed's actions to boost economy (and says don't call it quantitative easing)
Money & CompanyFederal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Friday was in Germany -- one of the centers of international opposition to the Fed's latest attempt to boost the U.S. economic recovery -- to offer a strong defense of the actions, arguing...... -
Investors keep pinning their hopes on emerging-market stock funds
Money & CompanyThere are investment trouble spots all over the globe --from the turmoil in Ireland to the latest conflict between North and South Korea. But stock investors don’t seem worried about historically risky emerging markets –- and they’re pouring in... -
Visitors from emerging markets come to N.Y., L.A. to shop
Money & CompanyThey are coming to shop for name-brand clothes and souvenirs and they are carrying a lot of cash. Foreign visitors from countries with the fastest growing tourist markets to the U.S. are spending an average of $3,517 per trip, with...... -
Stocks gain, oil and gold fall as Egypt's Mubarak quits
Money & CompanyHow financial markets are reacting to news that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned (all data as of about 10:45 a.m. PST): --- U.S. stocks have rallied modestly after opening slightly in the red. The Dow Jones industrial average was......
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