Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt may end up selling 42 percent of his shares in the company under a new stock trading plan designed to diversify his investment portfolio. Schmidt owned approximately 7.6 million shares of class A and ...
Huntsman Corporation released its quarter four and full year 2012 results. Full Year 2012 Highlights -Net income attributable to Huntsman Corporation increased to $363 million compared to $247 million in the prior year period. ...
Investment firms Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital have entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire American food company HJ Heinz for $28bn in cash, including the assumption of Heinz’s outstanding debt. ...
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DayStar Technologies Inc (DSTI), founded in California in 1998 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, says that its board of directors has approved the acquisition of a 20% equity ownership in ...
JBS, a Brazilian meat manufacturer, has completed the acquisition of beef processor Independencia for BRL268m ($142.8m). JBS had announced its intention to acquire Independencia's beef business in April 2012. The company funded the ...
Radio-frequency component and compound semiconductor company RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA says that its board of directors has authorized an extension of RFMD’s 2011 share repurchase program to repurchase up to $200m of ...
bebe stores, inc. announced unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended December 29, 2012. Net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2013 were $135.5 million, a decrease of 10.9% from $152.0 million reported for the second ...
PPG Industries today announced the successful closing of the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco, with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation. ...
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US-based packaged food provider, ConAgra Foods has announced the completion of acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings, a producer of private-brand foods and food service products. The company agreed to acquire Ralcorp on 26 November 2012, for ...
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US-based packaged food provider, ConAgra Foods has announced the completion of acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings, a producer of private-brand foods and food service products. The packaging company agreed to acquire Ralcorp on 26 November ...
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Solta Medical, a provider of medical aesthetics devices, has signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of Colorado-based Sound Surgical Technologies for $25.5m in common stock and $5m in cash. Sound Surgical's commercial products ...
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Organic Plant Health Inc. (OPHI) — a Charlotte-based manufacturer of organic-based and hybrid turf and garden care products for residential and commercial markets — has acquired Kenactiv Innovations Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. ...
PPG Industries announced the successful closing of the previously announced separation of its commodity chemicals business and merger of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Eagle Spinco Inc., with a subsidiary of Georgia Gulf Corporation. Pursuant ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), says it has been notified of an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer by TRC Capital Corporation (TRC) to purchase up to ...
Ashland, Kentucky-based ALJ Regional Holdings has announced that based on conversation with Optima Specialty Steel, Inc. regarding its efforts to secure sufficient financing to complete the acquisition of ALJ's majority-owned subsidiary, ...
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