TransForce Inc. said its acquisition of two units of Clarke Inc. will be completed by Jan. 1. All conditions for the acquisition to be finalized have been met, Montreal-based TransForce said Dec. 20. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, ...
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Plastic packaging manufacturer Amcor has signed a deal to purchase the US business of Constar International, which supplies plastic bottles. Constar interim CEO Louis Imbrogno, Jr said the transaction with Amcor will allow the company ...
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We went into the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials with what we thought were realistic expectations. And generally, we had the right idea: the robots are very slow, very deliberate, and not always successful. But overall, we've been surprised ...
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TransForce announced today it has met all the conditions required to close its deal to acquire Clarke Transport and Clarke Road Transport. The deal should conclude Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced. Clarke Transport is an LTL intermodal ...
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API welcomed the passage today of an agreement between the U.S. and Mexico to allow joint energy development projects along our shared maritime border as a part of the final approval of Congress’ budget deal. “The energy ...
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Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement that provides for the acquisition of the Company by a group consisting of HGI Funding LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harbinger Group ...
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Hershey Netherlands, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hershey, has signed an agreement to acquire 80% stake in Shanghai Golden Monkey Food JSC (SGM) for an undisclosed amount. Financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed. With ...
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US-based food security company Blumberg Grain has been awarded a project by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to expand food security and storage in the African country. The new project will see deployment ...
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Oracle is set to acquire business-to-consumer marketing software vendor Responsys for US$1.5 billion in a bid to flesh out its own capabilities as well as strike back at rivals such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft. Responsys’ ...
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Clariant recently announced the intention to acquire Plastichemix Industries, a masterbatch business in India, located in Vadodara with production facilities in Rania, Kalol and Nandesari in Gujarat (India). Plastichemix Industries is a ...
Dufresne Spencer Group has acquired Phillips Furniture,a St.Louis company with seven licensed Ashley Furniture HomeStores and a namesake store.The stores will continue to operate as usual,according to officials. The deal closed on ...
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US-based privately-held therapeutic antibody firm AnaptysBio has commenced an antibody development program with Momenta Pharmaceuticals, focused on the development of new antibodies against a therapeutically relevant target. Both the ...
Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into a research collaboration agreement with and Circuit Therapeutics to discover new ways of treating psychiatric disorders. As per the deal, the companies will combine their research and development ...
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Ocera Therapeutics has entered into a technology transfer and license deal with the Roche Group, including the Research and Early Development arms of both Genentech and Roche, for rights to its Macrocyclic Template Chemistry (MATCH) ...
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Merck Serono has signed a license agreement with the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid in the area of cancer drug development and will build upon CNIO research discoveries to support the development and ...
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