Buckeye Technologies Inc. and Georgia-Pacific LLC announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies' common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The ...
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Sharp Electronics Corporation, the U.S. subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, launched a new portfolio of high quality digital LED lighting products for commercial, industrial, retail and hospitality applications. Sharp's initial offering ...
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In a deal involving two Top 15 bedding brands, Symbol Mattress has agreed to acquire Englander licensee Fraenkel in an asset purchase agreement subject to the completion of due diligence, Symbol officials said. They said the ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Power Products Inc. (a U.S. affiliate of Mitsubishi Electric Corp.) opened its $200-million, 350,000-sf North American transformer factory in Memphis, Tenn. Kenichiro Yamanishi, president and CEO of Mitsubishi Electric ...
To see what Facebook has become, look no further than the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer. Sometime last year, people began sharing tongue-in-cheek online reviews of the banana-shaped piece of yellow plastic with their Facebook friends. Then ...
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DELL'S financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker before two of them emerged to challenge a proposed $24.4 billion deal with the company's founder, according to ...
Cotton Council International (CCI) — the Washington-based export promotion arm of The National Cotton Council, Memphis, Tenn. — has announced it will promote U.S. cotton and cotton textiles through its Cotton USA Sourcing ...
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Global packaging and paper products company International Paper (IP) has inked a deal with US-based Highwoods Properties to expand its headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, through construction of a new $56m office tower. As part of the ...
At the Lingotto Exhibitions in Turin, from the 26th of February to the 6th of March 2011, is showing Expocasa again, the main event of the sector in the North-West addressed to most people: a single, large showroom where visitors have free ...
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A Casa Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno, from 25th June to 26th September, an exhibition shows for the first time the phenomenon of Radical design from the '60s to today. The exhibition, curated by Gianni Pettena, is organized by the ...
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The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
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PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will exhibit an expanded line of Durastar coil coatings and a new line of Duraform coil coatings in booth 629 at the 2013 Frame Building Expo in Memphis, Tennessee, Feb. 22-24. PPG ...
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In his first headlining tour, American Country Music Award-winner Luke Bryan is already selling out venues throughout the United States on the "Dirt Road Diaries Tour". Out on the road with the tour, FadeUp Design Group lighting designer ...
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A new research study is underway at Portland State University to measure the impact of protected bike lanes or “green lanes. The study is collecting quantitative data to examine ridership, safety and the economic impact of green lanes ...
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Southeastern Asset Management, Dell's biggest external shareholder, has written a letter to Dell's board of directors to express its "extreme disappointment" at the company's $24.4bn (£15.54bn) buyout deal, claiming that it "grossly ...