International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) and the Solvay Group have embarked on an agreement, whereby ICIG will purchase Belgium-based Peptisyntha SA, a custom manufacturer of peptides for pharmaceutical use. Post transaction, which ...
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The owners of UK-based biscuit manufacturer Burton's Biscuits are set to commence the sale of the company, which is valued at £350m. Burton's is owned by private equity groups Apollo Global Management and Duke Street Capital, and ...
A week after Steve Ballmer said he plans to step down as CEO of Microsoft, ValueAct Capital, one of its biggest investors, has secured the right to appoint its president to Microsoft's board. Microsoft has signed a "cooperation agreement" ...
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China's Texhong Textile Group has signed an investment cooperation agreement with Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh. At the signing ceremony, Texhong Group chairman Hong Tianzhu said the support by the province to foreign ...
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The Secretary for Economic Development (SEDECO) of the Federal District of Mexico, Solomon Chertorivski Woldenberg and the President of the National Chamber of the Apparel Industry (CANAIVE), Sergio Lopez de la Cerda, have signed a ...
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Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said on Friday that the company would move ahead with its lawsuit against the U.S. government, seeking permission to release more information on demands Microsoft receives from the National Security ...
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Following through on a policy change announced in 2012, IBM has started restricting availability of hardware patches to paying customers, spurring at least one advocacy group to accuse the company of anticompetitive practices. IBM "is ...
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The month of June saw $93.5 billion of freight moved between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with trucks hauling the majority of that freight. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of ...
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Indian state-owned steelmaker Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) will sign an agreement with the Russian steelmaker NLMK regarding technological collaboration to build a plant producing silicon steel for the power industry, according to local ...
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World Bank Group member International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a $120m loan to Singapore-based food processor Olam International under a five-year agreement to finance upgrades and expansion of five food processing facilities ...
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Following the TWU's threat of further protected strike action made on Monday, Toll spokesperson Christopher Whitefield said the company was hopeful the union would not take industrial action while negotiations were still ongoing. "[The] ...
Hot-rolled steel ingot casting can damage tissue, grain refining of steel, and eliminate defects in the microstructure, and thus the steel dense tissue improve the mechanical properties. This improvement is mainly reflected in the rolling ...
Continental Tire the Americas LLC and the University of Southern California (USC) Athletics Department have reached a multi-year agreement that names Continental the "Official Tire of USC Athletics." The agreement was facilitated by USC ...
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Osram and Sharp have cross-licensed LED and laser-diode patents, while Zumtobel appoints a new CEO and its Tridonic business completes the sale of its magnetic ballast plant in Australia. Osram GmbK based in Munich, Germany, and Sharp ...
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Shell Chemical has begun taking bids to secure ethane from Marcellus Shale operators for its proposed world-class petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, the company said Tuesday. Shell is accepting bids for feedstock from ...
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