UK-based drinks company Diageo has proposed to increase stake in Chinese spirits firm Sichuan Shuijingfang Company (SJF) and take majority control of the company. Diageo approached the board of directors of SJF with a proposal for a ...
National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC) has agreed to acquire 100% of Al Safi Danone (ASD) for an undisclosed price to consolidate its position in Saudi Arabian dairy market. ASD is a joint venture between the Saudi Arabia-based ...
Delphi Automotive's board has approved a new powertrain spin-off into a publicly traded company, Delphi Technologies. The record date will be as of the close of trading (New York City time) on Nov. 22, 2017, and the distribution date will ...
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Pioneer Food will acquire full ownership of Heinz Foods South Africa (Heinz Foods SA) by purchasing the remaining 50.1% stake in the joint venture (JV) from Kraft Heinz Company’s subsidiary Heinz SA. Financial terms of the ...
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Mars Food has completed the acquisition of Connecticut-based Preferred Brands International, a manufacturer and marketer of all-natural, ready-to-heat Indian and Asian food products sold mainly under the Tasty Bite brand. Preferred Brands ...
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Iberdrola, through its American subsidiary AVANGRID Renewables, is currently building four wind farms and a photovoltaic plant in the USA, which will add almost 600 megawatts (MW) of capacity expected to be commissioned before the end of ...
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Irish glass and metal packaging group Ardagh stated that its revenue has increased 58% to €2.02bn for the second quarter of this year, when compared to €1.3bn for the same period in 2016. Adjusted earnings before interest, ...
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Chinese paper and pulp company Anhui Shanying Paper Industry has agreed to acquire Swedish firm Nordic Paper from Special Situation Venture Partner lll and Petek. Special Situation Venture Partner lll and Petek, each hold 60% and 40% ...
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Tyson Foods has completed the acquisition of AdvancePierre Foods, a provider of ready-to-eat sandwiches, snacks and other food products, for about $4.2bn. The acquisition to expands its Tyson Foods’ portfolio of prepared foods and ...
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Chinese dairy firm Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group is preparing an $850m bid to acquire US organic yogurt business, Stonyfield, from Danone. In a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange, Yili Group mentioned that the bid for 100% of ...
Canada-based High Liner Foods has agreed to acquire Rubicon Resources, an American seafood importer, for about $107m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Rubicon primarily imports frozen shrimp products that are sustainably sourced and distributes ...
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Enterprises listed on China's NASDAQ-style board witnessed robust net profit growth in 2016, evidence of ongoing industrial upgrading and economic restructuring. Combined business revenue of 603 growth enterprises listed on the board ...
The outline for China’s 13th five-year plan isn’t exactly summer beach reading: The 65,858-character document, which lays out in broad terms how China’s leaders want the country’s economy to develop between now and ...
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China’s insurance regulator on Tuesday announced a ban on insurers acquiring listed firms in concert with non-insurance parties, in a latest move to limit insurance assets invested in equity markets. According to new rules set by ...
Sales of SSD products by Lite-On Technology in the first quarter of 2017 are expected to be affected by a tight supply of memory products, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report, citing company CEO Warrant Chen. ...
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