European Commission gave the green light to the US component manufacturer Precision Castparts Corporation's acquisition of the US titanium producer Timet. The Commission after an in depth investigation concluded that this transaction would ...
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IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has found new leadership for its Autonomy information management software division in the form of Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns, HP announced Friday. Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch left the ...
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T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS, announced early Wednesday, promises to create the "leading value" wireless carrier in the U.S., according to officials from both companies. Their claim is based primarily on the premise that the merger ...
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Silver Lake Resources and Integra Mining have lodged the Australian Federal Court approval of the scheme of arrangement between the two companies with the Australian Securities&Investments Commission. Last Friday,Silver Lake and Integra ...
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Lextar, a LED subsidiary of AU Optronics (AUO), has announced its merger with Wellypower, another AUO subsidiary. Lextar noted that demand for high-power chip-on-board (COB) products has been growing, hence 2012 COB packaging product ...
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The rare earths business isn't unlike a Formula One race, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice-president and senior analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. Companies are speeding to reach production and find strategic partners to grease the ...
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Presidential Life has received stockholders approval for merger with Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company, which is a retail fixed and index annuity sales and reinsurance provider. Athene had inked an acquisition agreement with ...
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The Critical Metals Report: John, a recent Brookings Institution report suggested that greater collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies would alleviate tensions over tightening rare earth markets. Is the proposed merger between the ...
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Samsung Display is now operating as a newly merged business with Samsung Mobile Display and S-LCD activities within the Korean electronics group. Samsung Display is the world's largest display manufacturer with 39,000 employees and ...
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Micron will soon buy Elpida for 200bn yen (about $2.5bn), of which 140bn yen will be used to pay off debts, says DRAMeXchange. As the Japanese memory maker currently owes 420bn yen, lenders will have to write off approximately 70% of the ...
Moly Mines will focus its mergers and acquisitions strategy in the next six months to near term production opportunities that can be financed independently. The move comes as its major shareholder Hanlong Group will be in position to ...
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Silver Lake Resources and Integra Mining are closer to the completion of a merger set to create one of the largest gold producers in Australia. Integra's shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to support the merger with Silver Lake via a ...
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An agreement has been signed to merge DNV and GL. The new entity will be called DNV GL Group. It will be one of the world's leading ship classification societies and risk experts in the oil and gas, renewable energy and power sectors, and ...
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Sprint confirmed Thursday it is negotiating with Japan's third-largest wireless carrier Softbank regarding a "potential substantial investment by Softbank in Sprint." Earlier reports from the Japanese business press said the investment ...
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AT&T plans to acquire NextWave Wireless, a holder of spectrum that could be used for mobile data services, for about $600 million. NextWave has licenses for spectrum in both the WCS (Wireless Communications Services) and the AWS (Advanced ...
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