Intel Corporation, America’s top semiconductor chips manufacturing company, has launched Intel Data Protection Technology for Transactions solution for end-to-end encryption of consumer and financial data for online retailers. The ...
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Brazilian juice maker Cutrale and investment firm Safra Group have agreed to acquire American banana producer Chiquita Brands International, in a $680m deal. A definitive merger agreement to this effect was signed between Cutrale-Safra ...
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Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG), has announced its entry into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the global business and intellectual ...
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Since Medtronic can’t dip into its considerable foreign cash reserves to buy Covidien, it plans to raise $16 billion domestically toward the $43 billion purchase. Wall Street is not pleased. In a filing late last week with the U.S. ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and space solar power markets, has entered into a definitive purchase agreement for NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, ...
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Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated has signed a definitive agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to provide its distribution services in Lexington, Kentucky, which is currently being served by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA (CCR). The company ...
PPG Industries' North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Westmoreland Supply, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh. The transaction is expected to ...
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Industrial property investment returns peak at 11.7 per cent with facilities 33 per cent bigger than they were in 2010, according to the latest research. Strengthening returns and increasing scale of distribution centres and warehouse ...
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Nigerian Breweries has secured Securities and Exchange Commission approval for its previously announced merger with Consolidated Breweries. Both the companies are majority owned subsidiaries of Dutch brewing company Heineken. Heineken ...
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Arla Foods has agreed to acquire Swedish cheese company Falbygdens from food company Atria Scandinavia. The move is in line with the the company's strategy to boost its cheese business in Sweden, as well as globally. Falbygdens has ...
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PPG Industries reported third quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.94 billion, up $161 million, or 4 percent, versus the prior year. Third quarter 2014 reported net income from continuing operations was $377 million, or ...
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Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF) announced the acquisition of the Loma Linda brand of canned shelf stable alternative meat analog products. The company will also license the Worthington Foods brand and will transition these products to the ...
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Vermont’s Original, a new company formed by Timepiece Capital and Gemini Investors, has acquired the assets of Dairy Association Company (DAC) for an undisclosed amount. Based in Vermont, DAC is the maker of Bag Balm, a salve used ...
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Switzerland-based dairy establishment Emmi will divest Trentinalatte, the yogurt manufacturer acquired in Italy in 2006, to The Livia Group. The move comes as Trentinalatte is anticipated to face decline in profits over the future, Emmi ...
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Irish paper-based packaging producer Smurfit Kappa has agreed to acquire corrugated packaging manufacturer Bates Container for an initial investment of $150m. Bates makes corrugated packaging and provides its services to the Texas region. ...