Australian flat steel producer BlueScope has announced that it has agreed to acquire from Australia-based Arrium Limited its OneSteel sheet and coil processing and distribution businesses in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. BlueScope ...
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Honeywell announced its results for the third quarter of 2013: Performance Materials and Technologies -Sales were up 10% reported, but down (1%) organic, compared with the third quarter of 2012, driven by the favorable impact of the ...
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Canada will continue to welcome Chinese investment and has taken concrete steps to facilitate capital inflow to further strengthen economic interdependence with China, Canadian Governor General David Johnston said on Saturday. A ...
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PPG enjoyed record third-quarter results, and the company has improved glass segment sales to thank in some small part for it. The company’s glass segment netted $278 million for the quarter, an increase of $16 million year over ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) reported on Oct. 17 third quarter 2013 net sales of $4 billion, up 17 percent versus the prior year. Third quarter 2013 reported net income from continuing operations was $220 million, or $1.52 per diluted share, ...
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Belltown Alpha Renewables has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a 10.2MWp solar project in Somerset and a 500kW wind project in Wales. Belltown Alpha Renewables was formed in May 2013 as a joint venture between Belltown ...
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US-based life insurer MetLife has received regulatory approval from Myanmar's Directorate of Investment and Company Administration to set up a representative office in the country. The company will now concentrate on completing the ...
Wonga, the much-criticised payday loan provider, is branching out into payments with the acquisition of Germany's BillPay for an undisclosed sum. The move will pit Wonga directly against PayPal, the eBay-owned giant of online payments. It ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. today reported core earnings per share of $1.24 for the third quarter and organic revenue growth of 3.3 percent for the quarter. Organic revenue grew 3.9 percent year to date and core constant currency EPS increased 12 percent ...
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PC giant Lenovo is considering a bid for troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry. The news follows the revelation that it has been granted permission to examine the company's books and comes after months of denials that it was interested in ...
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Boulevard Brewing of Kansas City and Duvel Moortgat, the Belgian owners of Brewery Ommegang in Cooperstown, New York to better promote the continued growth and success of their widely respected brands. The deal, which is expected to close ...
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Sun Capital Partners, Inc. (“Sun Capital”), a leading private investment firm specializing in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, announced the sale by its affiliate of its investment in Gerber ...
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Bonmarché announces its intention to launch an initial public offering (IPO) and placing (the “Placing”) and to apply for the admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ...
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Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) has nailed down its Chinese name as Nokia Networks Investment (China). In June 2006, Nokia and Siemens jointly declared a merger of their telecom equipment service to form Nokia Siemens Networks. On July ...
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Foreign media quoted a person in the know saying that Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is considering an acquisition of BlackBerry smart phone maker Research In Motion Limited (RIM; Nasdaq: RIMM). The top Chinese maker of computers and ...
Tags: Lenovo, Blackberry, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics