Japan's Sojitz Corp. and the government of Papua New Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding for a feasibility study on a gas chemical project in Papua New Guinea using locally sourced natural gas as feedstock, the company ...
At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign ...
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India-based pharmaceutical packaging firm Cogent Glass has announced that US-based investment firm Oaktree Capital Management acquired a majority stake of 60% in the company for INR2bn ($34.06m). Oaktree's investment in Cogent will enable ...
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Metallurgical Corp. of China Ltd. (MCC, SHSE: 601618 and SEHK: 1618) is said to sell a majority stake in west Australia-based Lamber iron ore project. People close to it disclosed in an interview recently that it was busy looking for ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
German-based Bayer has bought majority stake in Conceptus, a birth control manufacturer, and expects the purchase of the entire Californian firm for $1.1bn to close soon. According to Bayer, over 96% of the company's outstanding shares ...
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Government panel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given its approval for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a $20 billion deal. CFIUS "found that there are ...
Yahoo pressed on with its shopping spree overnight with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers. Word that Yahoo has bought Northern California-based PlayerScale came ...
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SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, the companies announced. On Thursday, California Public Utilities Commission voted to ...
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British baking firm Warburtons has acquired garlic bread producer Giles Foods in a deal estimated to be valued at more than c, as a part of its effort to widen its product range outside the traditional bread market. Giles Foods, based in ...
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French dairy firm Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of over 90% in Happy Family, a leading firm in the US baby food market, for an undisclosed amount. Happy Family, established in 2006, holds more than 4% ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, baby food
Georg Fischer announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Hakan Plastik A.S. in Cerkezk?y (Istanbul, Turkey). Hakan Plastik is the leading provider of plastic piping systems in the building technology and water infrastructure markets ...
Yahoo has acquired Astrid, a to-do list and personal assistant mobile app, and the developers behind it for an undisclosed sum. The Internet company has acquired both the talent and the technology in the deal, a spokeswoman said in an ...
Bormioli Rocco has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Italian glass manufacturer Neubor Glass for an undisclosed value. The operation is expected to increase Bormioli Rocco's production volume with the construction of a new ...
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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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Ares Life Sciences, a Switzerland-based healthcare-focused investment group, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the complete share capital of Planet Biopharmaceuticals. The agreement also includes the acquisition of Planet ...
Tags: Ares Life Sciences, Medicine