A GfK survey on the performance of leading automotive brands on social media

Nuremberg, 25 January 2013 – The internet drastically changes brand communications. It becomes livelier, more complex, richer in content and increasingly opaque. GfK’s comprehensive analysis of social media in the automotive sector demonstrates the way in which leading automotive brands are perceived online. Which subjects are addressed on social media sites? Which automotive brands are …

Smartphone Shipments Exceed 200 Million in Q4 2012, as Samsung Accounted for One in Three Shipments for the Year

  Samsung continues phenomenal growth, shipping 63 million smartphones in Q4 Apple sells a record 47.8 million iPhones, but faces big challenges 671 million smartphones shipped worldwide in 2012 Hampshire, UK – 25th January 2013: Leading mobile analyst firm Juniper Research estimates that the number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200 million in Q4 2012, with …

UK Government Joins Global Initiative for Cyber Resilience

United Kingdom becomes latest signatory of World Economic Forum’s Partnering for Cyber Resilience initiative, which aims to build secure, resilient digital networks Initiative, launched in 2012, has now attracted signatures of over 70 companies and government bodies from 15 sectors and 25 countries Find out more about  Partnering for Cyber Resilience The theme of the 43rd …

BEAM INCREASES DIVIDEND 10%

Company Boosts Indicated Annual Rate to $0.90 from $0.82, Declares Regular Dividend Deerfield, Illinois, January 25, 2013 – Beam Inc. (NYSE: BEAM), a leading global premium spirits company, today announced that its board of directors approved a 10% increase in the indicated annual dividend rate on the company’s common stock. The dividend will increase 8 …

World Becoming “Ungovernable”, Says Peres

Global corporations are replacing the role of governments Corporations are answering the younger generations’ call for individuality The theme of the 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is Resilient Dynamism. For more information, visit http://wef.ch/Davos Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 24 January 2013 – Speaking this afternoon at the 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Shimon Peres, President of Israel, said the …

Outotec submitted application for summons against Outokumpu Oyj in a patent dispute regarding a new invention in ferroalloys technology

 Outotec submitted application for summons against Outokumpu Oyj in a patent dispute regarding a new invention in ferroalloys technology Outotec has submitted the Helsinki district court an application for summons requesting the district court to confirm Outotec’s rights to a new invention relating to ferroalloys technology, for which Outokumpu has applied for a patent without …

Outokumpu and Outotec enter into a legal dispute over invention rights

Outokumpu Oyj and Outotec Oyj have entered into a legal dispute over invention rights related to a ferrochrome production method. Outokumpu has made the invention and has filed the patent applications related to this invention regarding the production of ferrochrome nickel. Outotec is alleging to have rights to the invention and has submitted an application …