Sainsbury's Bank, the 50/50 joint venture between the supermarket chain and Lloyds Bank, will outsource its entire banking IT platform when Sainsbury's takes complete control of the financial services organisation. Further reading ...
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Renewable energy specialist Biogen, a 50/50 joint venture between Kier and Bedfordia, has inked an agreement with the city of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils to design andc. The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant will process ...
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Samsung Electronics catapulted to the top of the optoelectronics supplier ranking in 2012 from 12th place in 2011 after it gained full ownership of Samsung LED, a 50-50 joint venture in light-emitting diodes that was created in 2009 between ...
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Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui to sign a basic agreement to commence study on Alpha Olefins production in the United States Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have signed a basic agreement to commence studies through the ...
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Kishore Biyani, the founder of India-based Future Group, and Hong Kong-based trading firm Li & Fung are planning to enter into a 50:50 joint venture for launching an import and wholesale chain. Li & Fung currently holds a 26 percent ...
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Austria's Borealis has acquired Netherlands-based DEXPlastomers from ExxonMobil Chemical Company and Royal DSM, the Austrian petrochemical company said in a statement issued Monday. No financial details were given. DEXPlastomers, founded ...
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The iconic Alpine brand is set for a complete revival with the Renault-owned brand well underway to produce its first model by 2016. Alpine, which has been around since 1954, is renowned around the world for producing such iconic cars as ...
Jason Stamper summarises the most recent technology results and deals announcements. Of those reporting in this period it is Cisco that's the bellwether, and its results should give a little encouragement to the sector as a whole. But not ...
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US-based pork processor Smithfield Foods has entered into an agreement to form 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage, including its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, as a part of its plan to strengthen its packaged meats business. ...
Global BOPP and cellulose films producer Innovia Films has signed an agreement with 50/50 joint venture partner Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to buy its 50% share in note-printing subsidiary, Securency International for $67m. According ...
Geely Automobile's Hong Kong-based subsidiary Shanghai Maple Guorun has signed a deal with Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles to set up a 50-50 joint venture (JV) in China. The new JV to be called Zhejiang Kandi Electric Vehicles Investment (JV ...
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BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) have completed a joint feasibility study and taken the next steps in the establishment of a world-scale isononanol (INA) plant in Maoming, Guangdong, China. Under the terms of the ...
Semi-conductors supplier ST-Ericsson last night unveiled a mobile device chipset that it says will add five hours to the battery life of smartphones once adopted by industry. The Swiss based company, which supplies chipsets and ...
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BASF has begun production of chemicals for water treatment and paper manufacturing at the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in Nanjing, China. BASF adds that these wholly-owned, world-scale production plants for quaternized cationic monomers ...
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South Korea's oil refiners are likely to face tougher challenges in coming years as President-elect Park Geun-Hye vows consumer-focused policies and tighter business regulations under her economic democratization platform. Park, from ...
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