Dell, the world's third-biggest PC vendor, is in talks that could see it taken over by private equity, according to reports. However, discussions with TPG Capital and Silver Lake are currently at a preliminary stage and financing has ...
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Cal-Maine Foods has booked a 39% drop in second-quarter earnings, as revenue growth failed to offset higher costs. The company said earnings dipped to US$14.3m in the quarter to 1 December, down from $23.3m in the comparable period of ...
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US-based health insurer WellPoint (WLP) has closed the acquisition of Amerigroup, in a bid to effectively serve the growing Medicaid population in the country. The acquirer expects the acquisition of Amerigroup to boost its core business ...
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Micron Technology announced today that it will acquire struggling Elpida Memory, the third largest producer of DRAM memory, for $750 million and will also take over $1.75 billion in Elpida's debt. Tokyo-based Elpida filed for bankruptcy ...
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Bizjournals.com reported that Titanium Metals Corp stockholders have until 5 PM today to tender their shares as part of Precision Castparts Corp's bid to acquire the company. The original expiration date was December 20th 2012 at 5 PM EST ...
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Sprint confirmed Thursday it is negotiating with Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank regarding a "potential substantial investment by Softbank in Sprint." Earlier reports from the Japanese business press said the investment ...
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It is reported that Nucor expected lower margin of bar and plate in the fourth quarter due to the cumulative impact of high import levels and global economic situation uncertainty in the given period of time. However, the company will ...
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ALJ Regional Holdings, Inc announced that the ALJ stockholders approved the previously announced sale of KES Acquisition Company, ALJ’s majority owned subsidiary to Optima Specialty Steel, Inc for USD 112.5 million in cash pursuant to ...
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Japan's Softbank, the country's third-largest carrier, is in negotiations to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint in a deal worth over $30 billion, the Japanese business newspaper Nikkei reported Thursday. The deal, in which Softbank would ...
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Champion Iron Mine Limited announced that the execution of a definitive agreement with Northfield Metals Inc in respect of its previously announced agreement whereby Northfield has been granted an option to earn a 65% interest in seven iron ...
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Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (PVH Corp.) and The Warnaco Group Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which PVH will acquire Warnaco and holders of Warnaco common stock will receive $51.75 in ...
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Apple's share price on Friday closed at an all-time high, climbing nearly $12 to just over $648 a share, a number that sets the value of the firm at more than $600 billion. Most experts attributed Apple's recent surge to investors' ...
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Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. (NAT) is pleased to announce that, the company's name will change from Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc. to Crailar Technologies Inc. Accordingly, and at the opening of trading on the TSX Venture ...
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Contrary to most reports, Apple is not yet the most valuable company of all time, according to calculations made by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). The publication, operated by the Columbia School of Journalism, called out multiple ...
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US based health insurer UnitedHealth has entered into an agreement with Brazil's Amil Participações, pursuant to which 90% of the 359 million outstanding common shares of the latter is likely to be purchased for approximately ...
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