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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 24 Jun 2010 (#467) For nearly 10 years, we've used this column not only to flag interesting stories in the weekly newsletters, but also to convey information about the broader industry, the economy and...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 17 Jun 2010 (#466) This week's warning about the vulnerability of smaller UK forklift players is a reminder of the differences in the pace of recovery in different markets. Coming on top of broader...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 10 Jun 2010 (#465) As if things aren't tough enough, businesses face a new threat as they increasingly embrace the internet. Forkliftaction.com was this week targeted in a hacker attack. We had gone to...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 3 Jun 2010 (#464) Secrecy only gives rise to rumour, as a visit to our Online Forums will show. We follow the tip-offs submitted to the discussions, and usually find that where there's smoke...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 27 May 2010 (#463) With enormous volatility in the global financial markets, it is encouraging to see some stability in one of the largest forklift markets - China. As we read in this week's special...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 20 May 2010 (#462) It's another week of acquisitions, mergers and large orders. Unfortunately, there's sometimes such a delay between this activity and the communication of the developments to the market that we may...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 13 May 2010 (#461) After a week of bad news, it's refreshing to hear the International Monetary Fund declaring that a recovery is under way in Europe. Of course, the good news was tempered...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 6 May 2010 (#460) One of the interesting facets of the industry's diversity is the different recovery stages we're witnessing. As we saw in last week's special report on the used forklift market, sales...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 29 Apr 2010 (#459) Last week's European airline shutdown didn't stop Irish manufacturer Combilift from its international launch of two new products. Undaunted by the air traffic woes, the company pushed on with this...

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Allan Leibowitz

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Inside the News - 22 Apr 2010 (#458) When we spoke about the calm before the storm last week, we had no idea about the volcanic cloud which was about to change the world in the days that...

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