British Virgin Islands-based packaged food company Nomad Foods has completed the acquisition of frozen food brand Findus Sverige AB for £500m from LionGem Sweden 1 AB. The acquisition includes Findus' European businesses in ...
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South African paper and packaging firm Mondi has acquired 95% stake in a flexible packaging company KSP in South Korea. KSP operates a production plant in Seoul, in addition to having an interest in another plant in Thailand. Nearly ...
The European Commission is seeking comments on whether the shareholding of Netherlands-based commodities trading group Trafigura in Belgium-based zinc and lead producer Nyrstar amounts to the company taking "de facto sole control" of ...
ERP Compliant Fuels hopes to sell its first train of Central Appalachian coal with attached carbon credits this month, a company official said Monday. Tom Clarke of the Virginia Conservation Legacy Fund, ERP's nonprofit parent, said ...
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Shell is to operate a standalone integrated gas division from the start of 2016 -- given the business's increasing importance to the overall group -- in a move that will also help Shell to integrate BG Group which it agreed to buy in April ...
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The three-member Texas Railroad Commission on Tuesday accepted the findings of the commission staff that two oil and gas wastewater disposal wells were not the likely cause of a series of earthquakes that shook parts of North Texas in late ...
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The crowd at Atou Studio was abuzz with Beijing's art and media types to kick off the JUE music and arts festival. The warm and low key gig was billed as an art exhibit, showcasing just four pieces of sonic-themed art. "We wanted to create ...
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Travelers in China don't tend to hit the movie theaters, but last Saturday it was worth ducking into the Ullens Center of Contemporary Arts to dig into an exploration of music and culture. People gathered to witness Beijing's first ...
Just by merit of being old, things gain value. But frankly, not everyone bubbles with enthusiasm to examine fragments of pottery and arrowheads. Likewise, a museum dedicated to stuff made out of bronze hardly sounds exhilarating. But in the ...
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Land O’Lakes and Villa Crop Protection of South Africa have entered into a partnership, effective 26 October, that will capitalize on the growth potential of the South African agricultural market. The two organizations are joining ...
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US-based snacks manufacturer Snyder’s-Lance will acquire snack food and culinary nut company Diamond Foods for approximately $1.91bn, which includes $640m of debt. The parties signed a definitive agreement in this regard under ...
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In Matt McFetridge's words, his two-and-half year stint in China was the "time of his life". The American student, a native of the Finger Lakes region, New York, became fascinated by the ancient country after meeting his first Chinese ...
The 15th World Congress of Arrhythmias was held in Beijing from Sept 17-19, with cardiologists talking about their experiences at more than 300 seminars of the event, which was hosted on the Chinese mainland for the first time since it ...
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China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...
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Fu Yiqing's life has many facets. She runs a successful interior decoration business, and travels to scores of countries to learn about local handicraft skills. Her installation art works have drawn huge crowds and more than 90,000 saw her ...