China-based GCL-Poly Energy Holdings has quit production of sapphire ingots and will sell two factories together with production equipment in eastern China to Taiwan-based sapphire wafer maker Tera Xtal Technology. GCL Poly's suspended ...
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AT&T plans to acquire Leap Wireless, operator of the Cricket prepaid mobile service, in what would be the latest consolidation of the U.S. mobile industry. AT&T announced late Friday it has agreed to acquire Leap for $15 per share, nearly ...
Tags: Computer Products, mobile
Apple is reportedly looking to purchase the company behind the Kinect sensor, the motion controller for Microsoft's Xbox 360. PrimeSense, a semiconductor chip manufacturing company based in Israel, licensed the hardware design and chip ...
Tags: Sensor, Apple, Computer Products, Kinect sensor, Xbox 360
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved an intergovernmental agreement that will see Russian gas giant Gazprom acquire 100% of Kyrgyzstan's debt-ridden national gas operator, Kyrgyzgas, for $1, according to a statement late ...
Tags: gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
PetroChina has received Chinese and Australian federal government approval to acquire from ConocoPhillips a 29% stake, valued at around A$32 million ($29 million), in a shale gas joint venture in Western Australia's Southern Canning Basin, ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil
BlackBerry has slashed the price of its flagship smartphone, the Z10, in the US after disappointing sales. Consumers can sign up to a two-year contract with either AT&T or Verizon and get the Z10 for $99, or only $49 on Amazon or Best Buy ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products
Seven new PacLease franchises have been added to the company’s network, including two in Canada. Deer Lake, Nfld. and Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Que. each have new locations as part of the group’s latest expansion. ...
Tags: PacLease, Auto Parts, Quebec
US telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash, valuing the prepaid mobile operator at about $1.2bn (£800m). The move comes amid continued consolidation and restructuring in the ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
Cree has added to its residential-targeted LED retrofit lamp family with a BR30, while Soraa appoints execs, MaxLite expands its engineering department, and Dialog closes iWatt acquisition. Cree Lighting has announced a 9.5W BR30 LED lamp ...
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Japanese Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma (MTPC) has agreed to acquire Medicago, a biopharma company that develops vaccines, in a deal valued at nearly $357m. Based on the terms of the definitive agreement, the acquirer will purchase all of the ...
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As business are looking for increasing their production, numerous methods have been introduced in the market. Among them, oiling and greasing are conventional methods. Although these are traditional ways of enhancing machine functioning, it ...
Chinese state-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining's proposal to acquire the 22% of shares it does not own in Australian coal producer Yancoal Australia for A$905 million ($822 million) might violate strict foreign investment conditions set by the ...
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Steinhoff International announced the takeover of the Kika/Leiner Group at the end of June. Steinhoff reports that the relevant contracts have already been signed. Dr Herbert Koch, chairman of Kika/Leiner's supervisory board, also confirmed ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Veeco has received an R&D 100 Award for its SPECTOR-HT Ion Beam Deposition (IBD) System. Initiated in 1962 and called the "Oscars of Innovation," the R&D Awards, issued by R&D Magazine, recognize and celebrate the top 100 technology ...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint by Japanese telecommunications group Softbank, saying it promises to bring consumers faster and more advanced wireless broadband Internet ...
Tags: softbank, service, economy, Computer Products