Yahoo has begun talks on a possible purchase of the online video website Hulu, the Dow Jones news site AllThingsD has reported. The move comes after the French government blocked Yahoo's effort to take a controlling stake in another ...
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Paccor, Britton Group, Kobusch and Paragon Print & Packaging will merge with Luxembourg-based Exopack Holdings Sarl, Paccor announced in a statement Monday. After the merger, the combined business will have 63 plants, 8,650 employees and ...
A former portfolio manager at the now defunct Diamondback Capital Management has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for crimes related to a multimillion dollar insider trading scheme involving computer maker Dell and hardware maker ...
Apple has avoided over $9bn (£5.8bn) in US taxes through a debt deal, investors have estimated. The firm recently sold $17bn (£11bn) in Apple bonds, the largest offering of this sort in corporate history, with the idea of the ...
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European investment firm Investindustrial has completed the purchase of a stake in Aston Martin, resulting in a $277 million boost for the car maker towards the development of new products. Aston Martin confirmed the completion of the ...
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Packaging Dynamics, a portfolio company of investment firm Kohlberg & Company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Thilmany Papers business unit to a new company. The new company will be formed and controlled by investment funds ...
The Blackstone Group has pulled out of the race to buy Dell. The investment group, together with tech investors Insight Venture Partners and Francisco Partners, had made an original offer of $14.25 per share (£9.28). Further ...
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and SMCP Group, a leading ready-to-wear affordable luxury apparel retailer, announced that KKR signed a definitive agreement with SMCP’s current shareholders to acquire a majority stake in the Company ...
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Computerworld - BlackBerry's recent launch of the Z10 smartphone and the upcoming Q10 qwerty device were intended to put the company back on solid ground, but BlackBerry seems to be defending itself from a new crisis every week. In the ...
The 2013 forecast for construction-put-in-place is up 8 percent―$918 million―over 2012, according to consulting and investment firm, FMI. Even with the strong improvement, however, FMI does not expect annual construction to go ...
Hewlett-Packard's Ray Lane is giving up his role as chairman amid ongoing shareholder disapproval of HP's troubled Autonomy acquisition. Lane will remain on HP's board as a director but has given up his position as chairman, HP said ...
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It's been a turbulent decade at Hewlett-Packard, with board members and CEOs resigning or being ousted for all manner of colorful reasons, including strategic missteps, accusations of spying on journalists and alleged sexual harassment. ...
Hewlett-Packard’s Ray Lane is giving up his role as chairman amid ongoing shareholder disapproval of HP’s troubled Autonomy acquisition. Lane will remain on HP’s board as a director but has given up his position as ...
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In recognition of the invaluable benefits to be reaped by investing in energy-efficient lighting, the North West Fund for Energy and Environment has chosen to channel three-quarters of a million pounds worth of capital into a ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
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