In another time the $5.07 billion price tag for NSW ports sold last Friday might have been the sort of deal to get a roll on for the market's deal junkies. After all, it's not often the market estimates for the price -- $2.5bn to $3bn -- ...
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Canada based financial services group Manulife Financial and HDFC Life, the Indian affiliate of Standard Life, have submitted their bids to acquire HSBC's Indian life insurance arm, which has a market value of nearly $200m. As part of a ...
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Lincolnshire County Council is seeking a new outsourcing partner following the issue of a tender for services, expected to weigh in at between 85m and 110m. The contract is expected to be awarded in April 2014, with the winning bidder ...
April 2, 2013 - Norfolk County just announced it has sold Norfolk Power Inc. to Hydro One Inc. for $93 million. Norfolk Power is the county’s holding company for Norfolk Power Distribution Inc., its electricity distributor, and ...
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While Michael Dell struggles to take his eponymously named hardware vendor private, BMC Software is set to be taken private in a takeover by a consortium of private equity interests. BMC, best known for its systems management software, ...
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BP can bid in next week's Central Gulf of Mexico offshore lease sale, but will be disqualified if, after a 90-day review, the company remains under the suspension that was imposed on federal contracts after its guilty plea to Macondo oil ...
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Falling natural gas liquids production in the US Midwest and Rockies has resulted in a return of the regional frac spread to positive territory and a drop-off in ethane rejection since mid-January, a Platts analysis shows. Platts ...
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US snack food manufacturer McKee Foods has been selected as the leading stalking horse bidder to acquire Hostess Brands' Drake's snack cake business for $27.5m. Hostess Brands stated that the deal will be presented to the US Bankruptcy ...
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Listed companies have been warned to upgrade their disclosure practices in light of new rules from the Australian Securities Exchange or risk enforcement action from the corporate regulator. The Australian Securities & Investment ...
The wells that supply irrigation water for the golf course are being affected by accelerating seawater intrusion. The Kittansett Club's Desalitech Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD) unit will treat 100 gallons per minute of well water ...
Entropia Universe AB, operator of the largest Massively Multiplayer Online Real Cash Economy (MMORCE), announced today that it will be auctioning a newly discovered moon starting on March 21, 2013. This unique opportunity combines the ...
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The tender launched by the Serbian government in order to find a strategic partner for the country's only steelmaker Zelezara Smederevo, formerly US Steel Serbia, expires today, February 28. The government aims to retain a 25 percent stake ...
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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has issued an IT services tender worth between £50m and £80m over five years. In a notice on the Official Journal of the European Union, the trust said that it wants to ...
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Flowers Foods has expanded its market share in the wake of Hostess Brands move to wind down its operations. The US baker has been named the "stalking horse" bidder for the majority of Hostess Brands' bread business. While the assets will ...
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US baker Flowers Foods has delayed issuing guidance for 2013 until the outcome of its attempt to buy various assets, including bread operations from Hostess Brands, is clear. The company has been named the "stalking horse" bidder for ...