Canada-based specialty packaging company CCL Industries has bought additional 12.5% stake in its Chile-based wine label joint venture Acrus-CCL for $1.2m. Following the purchase, CCL Industries holds a total of 62.5% equity in the joint ...
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ARC Capital Holdings, an investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement with Prospect Link for the sale of its entire stake in Ningxia Xiajin Dairy for $30m. Ningxia Xiajin Dairy, which is a China-based establishment, produces milk ...
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If you’re the kind of cotton producer who’s always pushing for top yields, then good for you. Just know that you’re at a higher risk for target spot. “The guys who are pushing the yield envelope on cotton are the ...
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New South Wales-based dairy company Bega Cheese Limited (Bega) has announced its intention to sell its 18.8 per cent shareholding in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) to Canadian dairy company Saputo. The move makes a Saputo takeover of ...
Tags: interest grows, Sell WCB Shares
State-owned China National Petroleum Corp said Friday that its total net equity production from its overseas oil and gas projects last year totaled 59.2 million mt of oil equivalent, translating into an average 1.19 million b/d of oil ...
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Australian dairy cooperative Bega Cheese plans to sell its 18.8% share in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) to Canadian dairy firm Saputo. Bega will receive between $94.7m to $101m, based on Saputo's relevant interest at the close of ...
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Vinamilk, a Vietnam-based dairy company, has secured an overseas investment certificate from the Vietnamese government to construct a milk factory in the capital of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with an investment of $23m. The company will hold ...
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Google has purchased Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for $3.2 billion. Nest Labs, founded by Apple alums, first came on the scene in 2011 with its digital learning thermostat that has since shaken up the staid ...
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Peter Simon, founder of Monsoon and Accessorize, has taken a significant minority stake in Loaf, the British furniture and homeware retailer, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2008 by entrepreneur Charlie Marshall, Loaf has become the ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Muscle-Building Exercises Reduce Women's Diabetes Risk: Study Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk ...
Teens are notorious for taking more risks than adults, and a new imaging study suggests it's because the adolescent brain is hypermotivated when it comes to receiving rewards. A study published online Jan. 13 in Proceedings of the ...
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Fantasy sports players can spend thousands of dollars and certainly that many hours developing sophisticated leagues and playing strategies steeped in analysis and superstition—all for teams that aren't real. What is real is the ...
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Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Zalkin’s management team and employees will continue to operate from their facilities in Montreuil L’Argillé and Rueil-Malmaison in France. Pro Mach announced in ...
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East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), Kenya s third largest producer, is planning to install a new clinker line and mill to lift capacity by 2016, the company s CEO has said. EAPCC, in which Lafarge and Bamburi Cement have a 41 ...
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Telecommunications provider, Telstra, is set to make $454 million from a new strategic partnership with Platinum Equity as it prepares to sell 70 per cent of its stake in its directories business, Sensis, to the US-based private equity ...
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