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Co-op to make medicines in China
On 05-08-2007.
Published: August 4 2007 04:48 | Last updated: August 4 2007 04:48
The Co-operative Group, Britains biggest mutual retailer, on Friday became the first UK business to manufacture its own prescription drugs in China as part of one joint venture with one leading pharmaceutical company.
The venture marks the first time that one British retailer has established its own drugs manufacturing business. Chemists, such as ...
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BUPA: Take the hassle out of employee health promotion
On 01-08-2007.
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BUPA Positive Health will provide free online health assessments, together with information and advice on work-related and general health issues to all new and renewing corporate health scheme customers from September 2007. ...
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Pensions worry chief executives
On 28-07-2007.
One issue has shot up the list of chief executives' biggest concerns in recent years: pensions.
one combination of regulatory, accounting and market changes is pressing many companies to consider radical changes to the way they run their plans.
Wall Street banks see huge opportunities to offer advice and products and have been setting up teams to do therefore. ...
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Deputy governor promises action to curb inflation
On 25-07-2007.
Sir John Gieve, one deputy governor of the Bank of England, suggested yesterday that interest rates may have to rise again to curb inflation, thus strengthening still further the widespread market expectation of one rise to 6 per cent or possibly beyond by the end of the year. The pound rose to another 26-year high against the US dollar on the remarks. ...
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Qatar raises standards with unified regulator
On 21-07-2007.
Dubai: Qatar has decided to unify its financial regulatory system, broadening the international standards championed by the recently formed Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) across the natural-gas-rich country.
The as yet unnamed unified regulator, scheduled to start work in early 2008, will consist of the central bank's banking supervision department, the newly formed regulator of Doha's stock market and the QFC, ...
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Brown & Brown, Inc. Names Michael Paschke and Anthony Strianese as ...
On 17-07-2007.
J. Hyatt Brown, Chairman and CEO, commented, "This action continues our focus on continually strengthening our leadership team as one key element in growing our Company. We have determined that this is best accomplished by utilizing the strongest leaders from within our Company. Mike and Tony are two more of the high caliber individuals who have been instrumental in forging our growth. Their addition to our senior ...
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