In mid-January, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules -reached a basic agreement with the Development Bank of Japan Inc (DBJ) to establish a joint ...
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IDG News Service - Former Atari Interactive CEO Frederic Chesnais has decided to take a 25.23% stake in the company in a bid to save it from bankruptcy, Atari announced Tuesday. He will pay principle shareholder BlueBay just 400 euros for ...
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Mauritian equity firm Catalyst Principal Partners has acquired entire shareholding in Tanzania’s tea packaging company Chai Bora from investment company Transcentury. Catalyst managing director Rajal Upadhyaya said Chai Bora is ...
The Greater China LED industry went through consolidation in 2012 and many tier-two and tier-three firms exited the market due to continuous net losses. The effects of the consolidations will show in 2013. Since newcomers in China ...
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US-based equity investment company Wynnchurch Capital has completed the sale of Webex to Bertram Capital for undisclosed sum. Webex designs and manufactures precision engineered rolls, converting components and specialized machinery ...
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New Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has signed a partnership worth $291 million with the City of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province giving the city a stake in the Hong Kong-owned manufacturer. To be made in ...
National Electric Vehicles Sweden AB (NEVS), the owner of Saab Automobiles, has signed an agreement with the Chinese city of Qingdao to make and sell Electric Vehicles (EV). The company expects to manufacture electric cars for the Chinese ...
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Pro Mach's ID Technology acquires Logmatix The ID Technology division of Pro Mach Inc. has acquired Logmatix Labels & Tags Inc., a provider of identification products, services and support. With the acquisition, ID Technology aims to ...
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Bloomberg reported that Citic Trust Co a unit of China's biggest state owned investment company missed a bi annual payment to investors in one of its products after a steel company missed interest payments on the underlying loan. ...
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Cold-call phone scams have switched from traditional sales staples, such as unlisted shares in obscure companies, to novel new get-rich investment options such as land, wine, and lumps of rare earth metals. The Independent reports that ...
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Reuters reported that a strategic pipeline for the UAE's oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz could face more delay due to differences with the Chinese construction company. The pipeline will have a capacity of around 1.5 million ...
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Light weight paper and packaging solutions supplier in the US, Burrows Paper has completed the acquisition of the remaining 75% equity interest in investment company Innopak Hong Kong. Prior to the deal, Burrows owned 25% stake in the ...
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India's state-owned insurance group and investment company, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has introduced two new policies for its customers. The policies include include a unit based scheme, dubbed Flexi Plan, and the New Jeevan Nidhi, ...
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Sprint Nextel is in negotiations to acquire the remainder of Clearwire, its 4G WiMax network partner, say news reports. Sprint owns about 51 percent of Clearwire's stock and is the main wholesale customer of its national WiMax network. ...
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An investor in Clearwire has stepped up its fight to get a better price for the mobile operator, but Clearwire's alternatives to a Sprint Nextel buyout may be limited due to the nature of its spectrum and its business. Though U.S. mobile ...
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