NightFood Holdings has appointed Andrew Austin to the company advisory board to weigh potential merger & acquisition transactions. Austin is the president of A.S. Austin Company, a San Diego based consulting and funding liaison firm, and ...
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The diamond industry is waking up to a new reality. Not only are the banks insisting on stricter compliance standards and pipeline integrity, but the largest mining companies and jewelry retailers are rapidly following suit. This is forcing ...
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Chinese entrepreneurs are not as confident about the macro economy as they were in the previous quarter, said a quarterly survey by China's central bank Thursday. Based on a survey of over 5,000 industrial businessmen nationwide, the ...
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Despite the recent stock market crashes around the world on the heels of China devaluing the yuan, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has said he doesn't believe that there's a financial crisis looming. "Based on what I've seen ...
A new fund that focuses on developing China's next generation of industry - so-called Industry 4.0 - through investment in German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will soon have its initial $1 billion raised, its founder says. ...
Speakers at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh’s Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) in Rajshahi said there should be emphasis on promoting more silk export from the region for making its economy vibrant. They also said boosting ...
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As China walks the economic tightrope of balancing steady growth, facilitating restructuring and combating deflation risks, Zhou said there may be room for flexibility despite consistent championing of a prudent monetary policy. Policy ...
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A number of Québec's institutional investors and bankers have announced a $470m investment, in the form of preferred units, in Agropur Cooperative, Canada's largest dairy cooperative. The transaction supports the cooperative's ...
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The World Diamond Conference that took place last week in New Delhi, India, created a buzz in the industry that, frankly, needed a bit of a pick-up considering the state of the market. It not often that two heads of state attend a diamond ...
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Hong Kong was suggested to enrich its IPO platform to attract capital from more good quality companies from overseas, a local financial advisory body said on Wednesday. Hong Kong is likely to end this year as the world's second-largest ...
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Diamond manufacturers are entering an era of fierce competition as the looming decline in rough diamond supply is expected to place additional pressure on their already razor-thin profit margins. Manufacturer always operates with a ...
US-based buyout firm Lindsay Goldberg will sell German packaging company Weener Plastik for approximately $500m (€400m), as per a report by Reuters. Reuters quotes that rival buyout firms including CD&R, Ardian, Charterhouse and ...
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Three buyout groups - BC Partners, Onex and Partners Group - will bid for Switzerland-based carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc which is owned by New Zealand’s Reynolds. SIG was acquired by New Zealand-based businessman Graeme Hart ...
LatticePower Corp of Nanchang, China, which claims to be the first company to commercialize GaN-on-silicon LED lighting, has announced an $80m initial round of Series D equity financing led by Asia Pacific Resources Development Investment ...
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FeraDyne Outdoors, LLC, the manufacturer of archery and bow hunting products and accessories, has been acquired by Snow Phipps Group, LLC, a New York-based private-equity firm. FeraDyne designs, manufactures and markets category-leading ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation