Sysco Corporation and US Foods today announced an agreement to merge, creating a world-class foodservice company. The total enterprise value of the transaction is approximately $8.2 billion and the combination has been approved by the Board ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, says that Dr Thomas Russell has decided to not stand for re-election to the board at the ...
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US-based Moderna Therapeutics has announced the completion of a new financing round, raising $110m to develop messenger RNA Therapeutics. In aggregate, Moderna has secured more than $415m in financing and partnerships to date from the ...
Mobile management vendors including Good Technology and MobileIron are increasing their efforts to pitch Android and iOS as alternatives to BlackBerry, thanks to improved security and management tools. On Monday, BlackBerry announced it ...
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PTT Global Chemical revealed its operating performance in the third quarter of 2013, which showed increasing profits even againt the impact of three major events which had placed constraints on its operations, the incidents included an oil ...
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), the world’s largest Polyester value chain company, saw an improvement in its business in the third quarter of 2013, with revenue climbing by 11% to US$1.9 billion from US$1.7 billion in ...
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The WhiteWave Foods Company (the "Company") today reported strong third quarter 2013 results. For the third quarter of 2013, the Company reported adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.19, a 21 percent increase compared to third ...
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Twitter's first day of trading as a public company ended successfully, as the micro-blogging social networking site saw its share value rise by 73 per cent, reaching an overall company value of $31bn (£19bn). From flotation on the ...
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Hearts must have sank at 58.com and Qunar Cayman Islands late last month when a report from short seller Muddy Waters sent shares at the US-listed Chinese firm NQ Mobile plummeting by 47%. The two firms, both based in China, planned to list ...
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A Russian business delegation went on a fact-finding tour to Vietnam's central Binh Dinh province late last week to have a better look at the Nhon Hoi Oil Refinery Complex, which will be built in the locality, state-run Vietnam News Agency ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Thursday the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Thailand. The review covered two Thai ...
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On October 16th, Mike McCarron, the well-known former owner of MSM Transportation will team up with M&A guru Doug Nix for the much anticipated session "Mergers & Acquisitions in Transportation: How big are the opportunities?" at our ...
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The transaction will end the PC maker’s 25-year stint as public company Share holders of Dell have approved chairman and CEO Michael Dell's $24.9bn buy out offer, in partnership with investment firm Silver Lake Partners, as part of ...
Facebook shares have risen to a record high, with the success of mobile advertising and expansions into new areas hailed as reasons for increased stock market confidence in the world's largest social network. Wednesday trading saw shares ...
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The Top 25 U.S. Bedding Retailers, led by a sizzling Mattress Firm now in the top spot on the list, posted a 16.3% increase in bedding revenues last year. The strong performance of the group, which featured 12 double-digit sales gainers, ...
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