Engineering materials and optoelectronic components provider II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the optical amplifier and micro-optics business of Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
New York-based private equity firms J C Flowers & Co and Apollo Global Management are reportedly considering to submit bids for Hartford Financial Services Group’s Japanese annuity business. Three people familiar with the matter ...
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Normal operations and functions of America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have been restricted as a result of the US Federal Government shutdown announced on Tuesday. In a statement the NHTSA told AOL ...
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The Bio-Foundation Switzerland, the founder and owner of the IMO group, took the strategic decision to create a strong partnership with a key player of the organic sector. After an intensive period of negotiation with different ...
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On 30 September 2013, GPG announced the sale of its entire shareholding (33.6%) in TOWER Limited for £60.7million (NZ$118.3 million). TOWER Limited represented the last material investment for GPG (excluding Coats) and the imminent ...
Planet Blue, a multi-channel retailer specializing in chic, bohemian clothing and accessories, announced that it has partnered with Borderfree, the largest provider of global ecommerce services to U.S. retailers, to bring the spirit of ...
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Premier Foods, a UK-based food company, said that it is not planning to sell its Hovis bread business, and it seeks to further strengthen the unit. The company has faced a series of transactions such as management changes, refinancing and ...
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Editor's note: The following blog was written by James Moore, owner of?Moore's Bicycle Shop in?Hattiesburg,?Miss. Moore is the new president of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. When I opened my bike shop in 1984 an eight-year-old ...
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Paraxylene market participants expect another tough round of negotiations for the Asian Contract Price for October amid tight PX supplies and a bearish downstream purified terephthalic acid market, sources close to the negotiations said ...
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China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the country's top securities regulator, announced that it has endorsed the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) to carry out egg futures trading. Futures trading will help stabilize egg prices by ...
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Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for optical communications, has announced underwhelming financial results for its fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2013 (ended 29 June). ...
Tags: Oclaro, Electrical, Electronics, optical communications
Pending home sales slowed in August, with tight inventory conditions, higher interest rates, rising home prices and continuing restrictive mortgage credit impacting the market, according to the National Association of Realtors. The ...
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Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose further this week on tight supply and high demand as Chinese producers limit sales in anticipation of higher prices to come. The Chinese export price was assessed by Platts at ...
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Demandware, Inc. the industry-leading provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, announced a new in-store solution that will extend the omni-channel capabilities of the Demandware Commerce platform into the physical store. ...
Tags: Demandware, Digital Store Solution
Payments giant Visa Europe has had its communications network upgraded by telecoms giant BT, in a move that BT claims has enabled the firm to process about €2m of payments every minute. The network provides connectivity for Visa ...
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