American ride-hailing firm Uber has raised $3.5bn from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. This is the first time that Uber secured such a huge funding from a single investor. The investment will not affect the company's ...
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Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...
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Olam International has entered into a $175m five-year loan agreement with IFC, a World Bank Group unit, to fund its working capital and capital expenditure requirements for four of its food processing facilities in Nigeria and India. The ...
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Packaging products supplier Crown's subsidiary Crown Aerosols & Speciality Packaging Europe has partnered with Nestlé Professional to create a new packaging format for the Nescafé range of coffee brands in the UK. Crown, ...
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Crown Beverage Packaging Mexico has introduced two new beverage can sizes to better serve beverage companies in the Latin American region. Two additional beverage can sizes, including 9.1 oz. sleek style and 11 oz. standard format, have ...
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Crown has brought its unique combination of stability, manoeuvrability, durability, advanced technology and task-focused ergonomics to the electric, sit-down counterbalance lift truck category with the launch of the all-new SC 6000 Series. ...
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Everything you need to know about the Apple Watch 2 Want to know everything about the upcoming Apple Watch 2?Here’s what we know so far, including the expected Apple Watch 2 release date, new Apple Watch 2 features, and the latest ...
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Crown, a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, has published its third Sustainability Report. Titled 'Perpetual Progress,' the 2015 report documents Crown's continued advancement in the economic, environmental and social ...
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced on Friday that passenger car sales totaled 2.2 million units in January, 9.3 percent more than a year earlier, and the production of new-energy vehicles surged by 144 percent. ...
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Canon has announced the Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II, thus continuing its battle with Sony for the premium point-and-shoot crown. The follow-up to 2014's Canon PowerShot G7 X sports the same 20.1-megapixel 1-inch CMOS sensor, but adds a ...
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The line features Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens alongside Yoda, Darth Vader, C3PO and R2D2. Hallmark has partnered with Disney to develop a new line of Itty Bitty collectables based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. ...
An Australian farmer has struck purple gold selling beetroot juice to a Dubai prince looking for a secret weapon to feed his racing horses. Speaking to The Weekly Times about his lucky turn of events, Victorian farmer Sean Croft said he ...
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UK Government has selected four cities to receive £40m funds to promote green vehicle technology. The cities include Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London which have been selected in the Go Ultra Low City Scheme, launched by ...
Singapore food and beverage company Fraser and Neave has expressed interest in acquiring South Africa's SABMiller's Peroni and Grolsch beer brands in Europe. The expression of interest is occurring whilst beverage giant Anheuser-Busch ...
Crown Asia Chemicals has reportedly invested in new equipment to increase plastic compounding capacity in Philippines by around 10%. The company equipped its facility in Guiguinto, Bulacan with a new polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounding ...