Armstrong World Industries, Inc. announced the pricing of an underwritten secondary public offering of 12,057,382 common shares of the company held by The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the ...
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Exceed Company Ltd one of the leading domestic sportswear brands in China announces that the special committee of its board of directors has retained Houlihan Lokey, Inc. as its financial advisor, K&L Gates LLP as its U.S. legal counsel and ...
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Armstrong World Industries, Inc. has announced a secondary public offering of 10,057,382 common shares of the company held by The Armstrong World Industries, Inc. Asbestos Personal Injury Settlement Trust (the "Trust") and Armor TPG ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is to retire within 12 months, according to a statement just released by the company - "upon the completion of a process to choose his successor". In the meantime, "Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead ...
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The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) is now accepting applications for nominations to the Floor Covering Industry Hall of Fame. The current roster of 42 inductees consists of luminaries from all sectors of the industry. To be ...
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Smartphone maker BlackBerry has announced that it is "exploring strategic alternatives" for the company, which may include break-up, taking the company private or its sale to a rival, such as Microsoft. "These alternatives could include, ...
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Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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The bid by Michael Dell to take the eponymously titled company he founded private looks to be heading for failure after the special committee set up by the company to handle the buy-out rejected a request to change the voting rules. ...
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Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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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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Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell's bid to take the company private. "ISS recommends clients vote for this transaction, which offers a 25.5 ...
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Dell's special committee has advised company founder, and prospective new owner, Michael Dell, to raise his acquisition offer following an improved counter-offer by rival Carl Icahn and his associate investors. The independent committee, ...
European Union politicians at both national and European levels demanded on Monday that the U.S. answer allegations of spying on E.U. embassies, while others called for asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Speaking on behalf of ...
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SoftBank has sweetened its bid for Sprint Nextel, increasing its total offer to about US$21.6 billion and boosting the amount of cash Sprint shareholders would get. The Japanese service provider and Sprint announced the amended deal late ...
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US-based Dole Food has received a proposal from David H. Murdock, the company's chairman of the board and CEO, to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock which are not already owned by him in a deal which values the company at ...