The world's largest dedicated toy retailer Toys R Us Inc withdrew its proposed initial public offering, according to regulatory filings. The New Jersey-based retailer, which operates stores under its namesake brand and the Babies R Us and ...
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA, a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-sapphire (SOS), says its chief financial officer (CFO), Jay Biskupski, was named San Diego's ...
Colourful internet identity Kim Dotcom is forging ahead with plans to launch his new Mega file storage website on the Australian or New Zealand stock markets. The German-born internet entrepreneur, who faces possible extradition to the US ...
Xinyi Glass Holdings (0868) is restarting efforts to spin off its solar glass business on the main board in Hong Kong. "The newly-listed entity would focus on research and development of solar glass and the construction of solar power ...
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Najran Cement, one of the newest cement companies quoted on Saudi Arabia s stock exchange, recorded a 14% decline in profit for 2012 of $53.9m (2011: $62.6m), according to newly-filed figures. The company blamed the drop on a number of ...
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Dean Foods' share price was down 9% today (13 February) after the US dairy giant issued a cautious outlook for the year. Shares in the group were down to US$16.73 in early morning US trading today, despite the firm booking earnings of ...
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The Zumtobel Group (also known as Zumtobel AG)(WBAG: ZAG) headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria is a leading European manufacturer of professional indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting management systems and lighting components as well as LED ...
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Groupon has acquired MashLogic, a company based in California that makes a simple tool called Britely to capture and collate bits of information from web pages. The announcement, posted on Britely's blog, did not disclose terms of the ...
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Till Becker was appointed executive director at Hess AG last month Hess AG and its subsidiary Hess Lichttechnik GmbH have started insolvency proceedings. Till Becker, sole member of the management board of Hess AG, filed the application ...
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Toys R Us Inc. said on Wednesday that Gerald Storch, 56, will step down as chief executive of the world's largest dedicated toy retailer, while remaining chairman. The news came just weeks after the company reported lackluster results in ...
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Kazakhstan-based mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Plc. (ENRC) has announced its operational results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2012. The miner registered a ferroalloy output of 392,000 mt in the fourth ...
An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad’s small stock exchange in one of the region’s biggest share offers in years — a sign of investor confidence in the fledgling private sector despite ...
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German automotive manufacturer Daimler has acquired 12% stake in the passenger car unit of its Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC) for $875m. The acquisition will help the company in expanding presence in the world's biggest ...
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Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is making a foray into politics next month by hosting a fundraiser for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, reports said Thursday. The event to take place in Zuckerberg's home in the California city of ...
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Natural Resource Partners L.P. reported that it has acquired (1) a 48.51% general partner interest in OCI Wyoming L.P. and (2) 20% of the common shares and all of the preferred shares of OCI Wyoming Co. from subsidiaries of Anadarko ...