Informed sources say potential buyers for R&R Ice Cream put their first-round bids on the table this week – with the firm founded by US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney rumoured to be in the running. var ...
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Netherlands based insurer Aegon has signed a 25-year strategic partnership with Spain's Banco Santanderto, to distribute both protection and general insurance products in the country. Under terms of the alliance, the lender will offer ...
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Netherlands based insurer Aegon has signed a 25-year strategic partnership with Spain's Banco Santanderto, to distribute both protection and general insurance products in the country. Under terms of the alliance, the lender will offer ...
Tags: insurer Aegon, Netherlands, general insurance products, Banco Santanderto
SAN MATEO, CA (BRAIN) — Foxconn, the company best known for manufacturing iPhones in enormous factories in China, has invested $200 million in action camera company GoPro. Foxconn, which is headquartered in Taiwan, has acquired an ...
Most Chinese takeovers in the resource sector do not pose a threat to national security, says the author of a new report on Chinese investment in Canada. Theodore Moran, a professor of international business at Georgetown University, says ...
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PTI reported that GAIL India Ltd will this week import a shipload of natural gas in its liquid form, called liquefied natural gas, for commissioning of the beleaguered Dabhol facility in Maharashtra. Mr BC Tripathi CMD of GAIL said ...
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Afferro Mining said that the quality of the direct shipping ore found on its Nkout deposit in Cameroon further enhances its viability. Culled from 5 tonnes of direct shipping ore material, underlines why potential suitors are interested ...
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IBM, the leader in Smarter Commerce, and Toshiba TEC Corporation, Japan's leading maker of point-of-sale systems and related technology for retailers, announced a definitive agreement under which Toshiba TEC will acquire IBM's Retail Store ...
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Regent Pacific Group Ltd, the investment company that made an unsuccessful bid for BC Iron Ltd. last year, said that it may sell its 20% stake in the Australian iron ore producer to buy stakes in other miners. According to a statement ...
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Germany-based SMA Solar Technology has concluded a contract in Shanghai about the acquisition of a majority stake of 72.5% in Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy, a China-based PV inverter manufacturer. Zeversolar offers products specially ...
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Myanmar and Japan have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for significant cooperation for developing Yangon's Thilawa Port-based special economic zone (SEZ), which would have labour-intensive industries like textiles, along with ...
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Everyone involved with HTML5 on mobile devices needs to step up their efforts and solve issues with performance and monetization in order for the technology to reach its true potential, according to Facebook developer advocate Simon Cross. ...
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Renault has formed a joint venture (JV) with Société Nationale de Véhicules Industriels (SNVI) and National Investment Fund (FNI) for the development of the automotive industry in Algeria. The plant will include ...
Business Standard reported that the INR15,000 crore aluminium plant's joint venture between Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation and Nalco is progressing at a snail pace due to various issues including red tape. It is finally expected to ...
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In 2001, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, Japan's dominant telecom provider, got a shock. It had just started DSL broadband Internet service and was taking its first steps toward reaping the benefits of an ambitious and costly plan to string ...
Tags: Japan, telecom, DSL broadband Internet service, Softbank