Volcano Corporation (San Diego, CA) may be looking for a suitor as its stock has underperformed the expectations of many analysts. The company’s stock has lagged behind the S&P 500 and the Health Care Equipment & Supplies index in the ...
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A commitment to invest more than $35 billion in infrastructure over the next three years was promised by Ontario finances minister Charles Sousa. Sousa delivered his fall economic statement yesterday and outlined the Wynne ...
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Armajaro Holdings, a UK-based conglomerate, is set to sell its soft commodities trading unit to Swiss firm Ecom Agroindustrial, for an undisclosed amount. Both companies, which are engaged in coffee, sugar and cocoa commodities, have not ...
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Allianz Group, a Germany-based insurance provider, has reported a 6.3% rise in net profit to more than €1.4bn in the third quarter of 2013 compared with a year ago period. The profit increase was driven by the insurer's property and ...
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Vice president of China Life Insurance (Group) Company revealed that first insurer-controlled fund company China Life AMP Asset Management will start operation from November 6. China Life AMP Asset Management is sponsored and established ...
Global largest asset management firm Blackstone Group and ICBC International acquire stakes in SCP (SZITIC Commercial Property Group Co., Ltd.) have acquired a 40% and 6% stake respectively in SCP. According to the statement released by ...
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Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited (SEHK: 0001) under Li Ka-shing has sold off a 6.03% stake in ARA Asset Management, cashing in rich money. Target company is currently listed in Singapore, 13.87% held by Cheung Kong Holdings formerly. The ...
Brazil heralded this week's auction of a huge oil field as a vindication of its state-dominant approach to its oil riches, but some industry experts say the country must modify its rules before new fields are sold for Brazil to achieve its ...
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The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) is pleased to announce the release of the newly revised SMRP Standardized Metrics. The revisions feature the highly anticipated "best in class target values," which provide ...
A panel of intermodal experts attending the 2013 Surface Transportation Summit, held Oct. 16 by Transportation Media with Dan Goodwill & Associates, shed light on where this mode of transport is headed going into 2014. The panel, ...
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Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has selected Esri's Geographical Information System (GIS) in order to aid asset management and improve the group's growth plans. MAG is the largest UK-owned airport operator, running Manchester, London ...
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Bob Evans Farms, a US-based food company, has shut down its sausage production facility in Richardson, Texas, putting more than 100 jobs at risk. The company said that its decision will allow its BEF Foods division to better manage ...
US-based life insurer MetLife has finalized acquisition of a 64.3% stake of Chilean pension fund administrator, AFP Provida from Spanish bank BBVA, in a deal worth approximately $1.54bn. From the sale of AFP, the Spanish bank received ...
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There have long been doubts about the quality of Chinese economic data, until finally the Chinese government has admitted it. China's National Bureau of Statistics has said that a county government in Yunnan province "faked" economic data ...
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Phoenix Contact - A Strong and Reliable Partner for Cutting-edge Products and Solutions: Phoenix Contact is a global manufacturer of electrical engineering components, systems, and solutions, with over 70 subsidiary companies in 50 ...
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