the WFCA and MDNVAFCA is sponsoring a seminar focusing on enhancing the customer experience to grow your bottom line. Customer experience is the independent retailer's key point of differentiation. It is not just a business strategy, ...
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CSC Scientific Company, Inc. has added the Fungilab Master Series Rotational Viscometer to their product line. The new product marks CSC Scientific's expansion into a new testing area - viscosity. One of the most popular posts on the ...
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BlackBerry's co-founders, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin, are considering weighing in with a counter-bid for the ailing smartphone maker, according to a financial filing made on Thursday. A bid by the pair would represent an ...
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Fairfax Financial Holdings has completed the acquisition of Bermuda-based specialty insurance company American Safety Insurance (ASI). Under the terms of the transaction, for each common share of American Safety its shareholders will ...
BlackBerry’s messenger app for Android and iPhone will not roll out this week as the company struggles to block an unreleased version of the Android app that affected its system. The smartphone maker said Saturday it had paused the ...
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A consortium led by Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to acquire struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry. The proposed deal, which is supported by BlackBerry’s board of directors, values the company at US$4.7 ...
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Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to a US$4.7bn takeover bid from a consortium led by its biggest shareholder, Fairfax Financial. In a statement released today, the company has signed a letter of intent agreement under which ...
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The sale of BlackBerry is in danger of descending into a dismemberment as the buyers that have so far indicated an interest in the company are only interested in purchasing parts of the smartphone maker. According to Reuters, interest in ...
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BlackBerry's biggest shareholder is reportedly preparing a bid for the troubled smartphone maker. Fairfax Holdings, an insurer run by Toronto, Ontario-based investor Prem Watsa, holds a stake of around 9.9 per cent in BlackBerry, having ...
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The shareholders of American Safety Insurance Holdings (ASI) have approved the agreement and plan of merger of the company with Fairfax Bermuda Holdings. The agreement was signed on 2 June 2013, whereas it was amended on 7 August 2013. ...
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Bermuda-based global diversified insurance and reinsurance holding company Tower Group International (TWGP) has terminated its agreement to acquire American Safety Reinsurance (ASRe), from Fairfax Financial. Without disclosing reasons for ...
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FoxFury Lighting Solutions will display its portable, rechargeable Nomad LED area lights at the College and University Police and Investigators Conference (CUPIC) from August 6-8 in Fairfax, VA. The Nomad area lights and spotlights assist ...
Official car sales figures released today suggest Volkswagen sales in Australia have been affected by recent negative media coverage that led to a recall. VW registered a drop of nearly 20 per cent compared with this time last year, ...
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China credit crunch fears sent the stockmarket tumbling almost 1.5 per cent lower, with investors fleeing materials as China called on its banks to control credit expansion risks and declared liquidity in its financial system was at "a ...
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Tower Group International (TWGP) has inked a deal to purchase American Safety Reinsurance (ASRe), the Bermuda-based reinsurance firm, from Fairfax Financial, at a total consideration of nearly $59m. After completion of the transaction, ...
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