The Chinese government has been busy probing Western firms this week. On Monday, the country announced it would investigate EU wine dumping into the Chinese market, an action that could see prices hiked on imported wine this year. On ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Financial representatives are attempting to forge a sale of some or all of chilled food firm Bakkavr’s UK facilities to 2 Sisters Food Group, according to a source within 2 Sisters. 2 Sisters has been highly acquisitive recently ...
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Dutch financial services firm ING has completed the sale of approximately 7.9% direct stake in Brazil-based insurance provider Sul América to International Finance Corporation (IFC). The sale follows the agreement that ING entered ...
Arthur J Gallagher & Co, an Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, is gearing up to acquire Bollinger, a New Jersey-based brokerage firm with over $100m in revenue. Sources close to the deal were quoted by ...
Exor, the main shareholder in Italian carmaker Fiat, has sold 15% stake in its Swiss inspection services firm, SGS, to Belgian investment firm Groupe Bruxelles Lambert’s subsidiary, Serena of (GBL) for about EUR2bn. The move frees ...
Tags: Fiat Owner, SGS Stake
DDoS attackers attempted to bring down an unnamed financial services firm earlier this week using one of the largest traffic bombardments ever recorded, mitigation firm Prolexic has reported. The 167 Gbps peak attack hit what is being ...
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IT services firm Atos has opened a new development and innovation centre in Moray, Scotland, which it says will create 50 "high value" jobs, with a further 200 to follow. The 20,000 sq.ft. centre, based in the Forres Enterprise Park, is ...
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International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm c has completed the acquisition of Garza Long Group (GLG), which is based in Weslaco, Texas, for an undisclosed amount. Financial details of the transaction were not ...
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Each year an estimated 100,000 people directly benefit from the time and expertise that Architecture for Humanity provides for community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and ...
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced its 2013-2014 president, vice president, and four board members during the ACI Spring 2013 Convention in Minneapolis, Minn. last month. Anne M. Ellis was elected to serve as president of ...
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The stalled initial public offering market has shown signs of life after Virtus Health was priced at the top of the range, raising $339 million in the biggest private equity float since KFC franchisor Collins Foods in 2011. After strong ...
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Arthur J Gallagher & Co, a US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, has purchased UK–based Property & Commercial Limited from Barbon Insurance Group, in a bid to further strengthen its operation in the country. ...
David Corporation has signed a partnership agreement with Franco Signor to offer Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance products and services to self insured organizations. As part of the agreement, the companies using David's NavRisk ...
IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses. Caleris' message could not be clearer. The company is competing from rural Iowa, with ...
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US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has complete purchase of Advanced Benefit Advisors (ABA) for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2005, ABA is a provider of employee benefit brokerage ...
Tags: insurance brokerage, insurance