21 Dec 2015 Tobacco giant Philip Morris has lost its fight against the plain packaging laws that it claimed would threaten the intellectual property of its brands. The company behind Marlboro, Peter Jackson and Longbeach cigarettes has ...
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Belgium-based brewing company Anheuser-Busch has agreed to acquire Colorado-based Breckenridge Brewery, to expand its craft beer portfolio. Upon completion of the acquisition process, Breckenridge Brewery will become the seventh craft ...
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Zoomlion, China's leading construction machinery producer, on Wednesday said it had signed an official agreement to buy a 57 percent stake in Italy's waste-disposal company Ladurner. Zoomlion said it had teamed-up with Mandarin Capital to ...
Dutch nutrition company Royal DSM and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have entered into an agreement to prolong their partnership for three years in tackling hunger and malnutrition in developing nations. The partnership intends ...
Panasonic Corporation has acquired Hussmann Corporation, a Missouri-based manufacturer of refrigerated display cases and systems. Panasonic has signed an agreement with Hussmann Parent Inc., the Delaware-based parent of Hussmann, and ...
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has signed a development agreement with Barcenas Group International Inc., to bring 16 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shops to Panama over the next five years. "This agreement marks our company's second partner in Central ...
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Traditional Chinese medicine makers are expanding their presence in the global markets in a big way, as the government reiterated its support to further strengthen the sector. Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd, the ...
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China Southern Airlines is buying more than 100 Boeing-737 jets in a deal worth about 10 billion US dollars. The airline and its Xiamen Airlines unit will buy 30 737-Next Generation jets and 80 737-Max aircraft. The order comes after ...
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China's largest oil refiner Sinopec has completed a deal to acquire a 10 percent share of Russia's largest gas processing company Sibur. Under the deal, Sinopec will have the right to nominate a representative to Sibur's board of ...
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China's Silk Road Fund, a medium- to long-term investment fund, will buy 9.9 percent of a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. The Silk Road Fund said Friday that it entered into a set of binding agreements with Russia-based ...
The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...
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After a decade of negotiations, China and Australia will begin to implement a Free Trade Agreement on Sunday. Significant benefits to both economies are expected. Under the Free Trade Agreement, or FTA, nearly 86 percent of the two ...
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The free trade agreement (FTA) between China and South Korea will officially come into force from Sunday, providing an opportunity for the two countries to push forward their already-close cooperation partnership further. Seoul's trade ...
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has signed a patent license agreement with Apple. Financial details have not been revealed. Meanwhile, Ericsson has estimated that its overall revenues from intellectual property rights this year ...
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A Chinese leasing firm has signed a deal worth 78 billion yuan (12 billion U.S. dollars) with a Chinese-owned Swedish vehicle company, according to National Modern Energy Holdings (NMEH) on Monday. NMEH is jointly invested and founded by ...
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