BASF announced that its U.S. affiliate, BASF Corporation, is commencing a tender offer for the acquisition of Verenium Corporation, San Diego, California, at a cash offer price of US$4.00 for each Verenium share. The offer period is ...
Steve Madden, Ltd., a leading designer and marketer of fashion footwear and cfor women, men and children, announced that its Board of Directors has fixed October 1, 2013 as the new distribution date for the previously announced ...
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The transaction will end the PC maker’s 25-year stint as public company Share holders of Dell have approved chairman and CEO Michael Dell's $24.9bn buy out offer, in partnership with investment firm Silver Lake Partners, as part of ...
Dell founder Michael Dell and investor Silver Lake Management have had their proposed $24.9bn buyout of ailing PC maker Dell approved by holders of the voting shares. The buyout, which is the largest of its kind since 2007, has been ...
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Tech companies are hanging onto record amounts of cash, and industry watchers want to see more of it reinvested in the companies or distributed to shareholders. FactSet, a financial research firm, tallied all the cash and marketable ...
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Isostatic graphite as a kind of high-tech core basic raw material has a wide range of applications in photovoltaic, electrical discharge machining, optical fiber manufacturing, new nuclear power and other fields. After 2006, the rapid rise ...
Northwest European rebar producers have raised their prices on low supply, no imports, higher costs and seasonal restocking, local market sources said this week. According to them, mills don't have large availability and delivery times are ...
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Will the deal between Apollo Tyres Ltd. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. go through? We will find out Sept. 30, 2013, when Cooper holds a special meeting of stockholders to consider and vote on the previously announced merger. Cooper ...
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Biotechnology company Amgen has reached a deal to buy all outstanding shares of California-based Onyx Pharmaceuticals for $125 per share in cash. The purchase price of the transaction that is expected to be closed by the beginning of ...
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Ross Stores, Inc. announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per common share, payable on September 30, 2013 to stockholders of record as of September 6, 2013. Ross Stores, Inc. is ...
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Vacuum and exhaust- abatement equipment maker Edwards Ltd of Crawley, UK and Atlas Copco Group, a Sweden-based provider of industrial productivity solutions, have entered into a definitive merger agreement in a transaction valued at up to ...
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Software giant Microsoft is being sued by a group of stockholders who claim the company misled them over the true parlous state of Surface RT tablet computer sales. They claim the company had led shareholders to believe that the launch of ...
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US-based Dole Food has entered into an agreement to be taken private by the company's chairman of the board and CEO David H Murdock, in a deal valued at $1.2bn. Under the agreement, Murdock will pay $13.50 in cash for each share for all ...
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced a series of actions related to its Board of Directors. First, William A. Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management has resigned from the Board effective Aug. 12, 2013. The Company also announced ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company announced a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share on common stock, payable Sept. 30, 2013. The dividend will be payable to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 5, 2013. The company ...
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