Citrix Systems has upgraded its Podio applications for Android and iOS, as well as the ShareFile app for the latter, which can now be used to edit Microsoft Office documents. Podio is a cloud-based collaboration platform, while ShareFile ...
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British insurer Legal & General has agreed to purchase a 46.5% equity stake in CALA Group (CALA), from Lloyds Banking, in a deal valued at nearly 210m. Based on the term of the agreement, the underwriter will acquire the stake as an equal ...
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Microsoft is hoping to shove aside rivals such as Salesforce.com and Oracle in the CRM software market by linking its own Dynamics CRM application with new capabilities for marketing automation and social media analysis. Microsoft's ...
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HP has not been able to innovate or hold on to talent in recent years, according to former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch. Lynch, who was in charge of Autonomy when it was sold to HP in October 2011 for $11.1bn (£7bn), left the HP ...
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Components supplier Hickory Spring Mfg. has realigned the responsibilities of several of its top executives as part of a corporate restructuring announced last month. The restructuring involves the creation of four business units - ...
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Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that its special steel division is continuing to strengthen its international presence by acquiring a majority stake in the Düsseldorf-based Eifeler Group as well as two companies in China, ...
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Mergers and acquisitions advisor in the US Generational Equity has announced the acquisition of the assets of Packaging Solutions in Johnsonville, South Carolina, US by Sunbelt Packaging for an undisclosed value. Generational Equity ...
In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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Google has acquired a startup from the computer science department of the University of Toronto to get key researchers in the area of deep neural networks. The Internet company acquired DNNresearch, which was set up last year by Professor ...
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Infor, the software industry's third-largest ERP (enterprise resource planning) application vendor after SAP and Oracle, has been building out its own underlying technology platform in a bid to gain more revenue as well as provide customers ...
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Tripwire today said it had acquired nCircle for an undisclosed price, a deal that will meld together two longtime rivals in the security and vulnerability-management industry. Tripwire, which had been acquired by investment firm Thoma ...
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The business yesterday reported a 16% hike in annual sales to euro 914m for 2012, and said that it is planning to reach euro 1.5bn turnover by the end of 2015. The growth figures were helped by a 6% expansion in the overall packaging ...
The Weir Group PLC (“Weir”) has extended its leading presence and capabilities in global mining and oil sands markets with the acquisition of a leading Canadian based manufacturer of wear resistant linings. In addition, ...
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Vantage Specialty Chemicals has announced the appointment of Conrad Kempinska as the new executive vice president of Vantage’s Personal Care business. In his new role, he will have overall global responsibility for the Lipo and ...
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The food industry’s biggest ever takeover was announced over the past month with the sale of Heinz to a consortium led by the sage of Omaha, Warren Buffett, and Brazilian private equity specialist Jorge Lemann’s 3G Capital group ...