GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
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IBM has signed an agreement to acquire security company Trusteer, and plans to set up a cybersecurity software lab in Israel. The financial terms of the proposed acquisition were not disclosed. With offices in Boston and Tel Aviv, ...
NHS England has issued a tender worth between £200,000 and £2m to train 100,000 people in basic online skills, in its bid to boost health literacy. The plan comes under NHS England's commitment in 2013/14 and 2015/16 to reduce ...
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Telefonica-owned mobile operator O2, has unveiled its 4G tariffs, and customers hoping that a switch to 4G would be cheaper than on rival EE will be left dissatisfied. O2 does not have a similar option to EE's cheapest price plan of ...
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CeraTech Inc., the industry s leading producer of durable, high performance, carbon neutral cements for concrete announced an agreement to expand operations into the Middle East and Africa. CeraTech Inc. has entered into a license ...
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Sunovion Pharma and San Diego-based drug discovery platform company Afraxis have entered into a partnership agreement to use the unique enhanced spine platform (ESP), to boost Sunovion’s preclinical central nervous system (CNS) drug ...
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Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering of Harvard University has secured a $5.6m contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its organs-on-chips technology to assess medical countermeasures for treating acute ...
On August 8th, Baosteel and TBEA signed a new round of strategic cooperation agreement in Baosteel Tower, both sides made in-depth discussions on product R&D, cooperation at home and abroad,etc. They agreed on further expanding and ...
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The new agreement between China and Europe on EU imports of Chinese solar panels has officially been launched. The result of the minimum price and volume limit, which the industry is most concerned about, has also been released. The minimum ...
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China's biggest energy firm PetroChina (0857.HK) will join Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) in developing Iraq's giant West Qurna oilfield and is in talks with Russia's Lukoil (LKOH.MM) to buy into a second project at the field, industry sources said. ...
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Revolution Lighting, a leader in advanced LED lighting technology, yesterday announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Relume Technologies, a leading manufacturer of outdoor LED products and smart grid control systems ...
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US-based food company Pinnacle Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Wish-Bone and Western dressings brands from Unilever for $580m in cash. The acquisition includes a broad range of liquid and dry-mix salad dressing flavors ...
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Norway-based TOMRA Sorting Solutions is set to establish a new facility in West Sacramento to manufacture food sorting and peeling equipment with an investment of $5m. The new 60,000ft2 facility will become the company's North American ...
US-based Dole Food has entered into an agreement to be taken private by the company's chairman of the board and CEO David H Murdock, in a deal valued at $1.2bn. Under the agreement, Murdock will pay $13.50 in cash for each share for all ...
Diagnostic information services provider Quest Diagnostics has rolled out its new lab-developed genetic test to support the delivery of modified opioid pain-relieving treatment. It effectively tests for variants in all cytochrome P450 ...