BlackBerry shares fell for the second day in a row after a disappointing US launch for the Z10 saw investment firm Goldman Sachs downgrade its rating for the Canadian firm. The downgrading comes just days before BlackBerry is set to ...
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A deal that would have made electronics giant Foxconn a major shareholder in Japan display maker Sharp has fallen apart, though the companies remain close partners in the complex global electronics supply chain. Foxconn's Hon Hai ...
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Brazilian investment firm 3G Capital’s owner Jorge Paulo Lemann has acquired 20% stake in icecream manufacturer Diletto for BRL100m ($50.5m). The transaction was completed in January and was handled through Innova, a fund controlled ...
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c, a US-based private equity investment firm, has announced that it has made an investment in SGF Produce Holdings, the parent company of Sunrise Growers~Frozsun Foods. SGF Produce, an affiliated portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, ...
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Tripwire today said it had acquired nCircle for an undisclosed price, a deal that will meld together two longtime rivals in the security and vulnerability-management industry. Tripwire, which had been acquired by investment firm Thoma ...
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Icahn, in a letter made public by the company's board of directors, said the plan to take the company private in a $US24.4 billion ($A23.9 billion) buyout led by founder Michael Dell "is not in the best interests of Dell shareholders and ...
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PaperWorks Industries has announced the sale of its flexible packaging assets to Exopack, a $900m flexible packaging converter. PaperWorks Packaging Group sales senior vice president Lisa Pruett said in the coming months, the company ...
US investment firm Jefferies analyst Peter MiseKe said in a report released Wednesday that although a growing number of analysts and shareholders required apple to do more with the cash, but he believed the company should be handled with ...
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There are still many unknowns about how going private will affect Dell and its customers, but company executives insist that the computer vendor will continue to pursue its latest enterprise strategy no matter what. Earlier this month, ...
Brazilian food company Vigor, a subsidiary of JBS, has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in dairy cooperative Itambe for BRL410m ($208.3m). Itambe, which is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in Brazil, sources milk from ...
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Auckland-based medical device company Nexus6 has secured $3m from Australia-based life sciences investment firm BioScience Managers. Nexus6 will use the capital to support international expansion of its asthma monitoring technology and ...
IDG News Service - The growing number of shareholders voicing opposition to Dell's US$24.4 billion plan to go private appears to be putting the company increasingly on the defensive, raising questions about the terms of the deal. This is ...
Questions are being raised about the terms of Dell’s $24.4 billion buyout deal, as the number of shareholders voicing opposition to the plan appears to be growing. Dell is now increasingly on the defensive. This is not good news ...
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Costa, an Australia-based fruit and vegetables producer, marketer and exporter, in collaboration with private equity investment firm Paine & Partners, has entered into an agreement to acquire Adelaide Mushrooms for an undisclosed amount. ...
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Following weeks of speculation, Michael Dell has teamed up with investment firm Silver Lake to buy computer maker Dell, in a deal valued at around $24.4 billion. Following the transaction, Michael Dell will continue on as CEO and chairman ...
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