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Business news briefs Published May 4, 2012 08:05PM MDT SLC Hilton unveils $10M renovation Hilton Salt Lake City Center has announced plans for a multimillion-dollar renovation project that will modernize 479 guest rooms and 20 suites with new furnishings and fixtures. The corridors on all guest floors will be updated with new carpeting and wall coverings. The renovation is part of a three-year …
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Chinese tech major Lenovo Group Ltd. is considering outsourcing some of its personal-computer production to Japanese joint-venture partner NEC Corp. , Lenovo Chief Executive Officer Yang Yuanqing said in an interview with the Nikkei business news daily, published Friday. While all Lenovo products sold in Japan are currently produced in China, some production for …
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Seul Lee is the owner of Osaka Restaurant at 700 Kiowa St. in Leavenworth.
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The company, guided by its soft-spoken chairman, German native Adolf Hertrich, has cultivated extraordinary ties in a nation that has often frustrated conventional U.S. exporters.
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SEOUL – Early Friday, Japan successfully launched a South Korean satellite. The historical accomplishment puts the Japanese in the same arena as European and Russian entities in the lucrative commercial space launch business. The roar of the H-2A launch vehicle shattered the early morning silence On the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima. The space center was illuminated as the liquid …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it aims to more than double its annual operating profit in three years to $5.6 billion, by expanding its social infrastructure business and boosting sales of electronics devices. The electronics conglomerate, whose television sales have been sliding along with those of rivals Sony Corp , Panasonic Corp and Sharp Corp , has been buoyed by …
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TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HAPPINET CORPORATION Records Strong Earnings Growth in FY3/12, Estimates Call for Profits to Decline despite Slightly Higher Sales in FY3/13
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A CLUB which has championed business ties between Wales and Japan has celebrated its 30th anniversary
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