Many small and medium-sized enterprises took a direct hit from the bank liquidity squeeze in June, which disrupted their cash flow and boosted the cost of financing. Figures from Shanghai-based Wind Information, a financial data provider, ...
Tags: Credit Crunch, Smaller Firms
Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
Turin-based Italian steel company Tuxor, which is active in the export of construction steel (rebar, mesh, beams, merchant bar, sheet piles) and tubular products, has announced its financial results for 2012. In 2012, the company recorded ...
THE date September 14, 2012 is etched deeply in the memory of Charlie Aitken. For weeks leading up to that day, the wholesale managing director of Bell Potter -- considered one of the country's best stock pickers -- had been advising his ...
Tags: economy
The Finish Line, Inc. reported results for the 13-week period ended June 1, 2013. For the thirteen weeks ended June 1, 2013: -Consolidated net sales were $351.1 million, an increase of 10% over the prior year period. -Finish Line ...
Tags: Finish Line, Apparel
Global pharma companies Sanofi, Novartis and GSK are competing to acquire the domestic formulations business of debt-burdening Elder Pharmaceuticals. People familiar with the matter were quoted by media sources as saying that Sanofi and ...
Tags: Domestic Formulations, Medicine
MasterCard didn't make a peep earlier this month when word leaked that Beijing had halted the company's transactions in renminbi. Leaked documents didn't show when the payments were terminated, but the central bank effectively stopped the ...
Tags: MasterCard, Foreign Firms, Credit Cards
China edged its way toward a credit crunch last week, spooking investors, businesses, analysts – and perhaps more than anyone – the banks themselves. Liquidity in the country's money market appeared to suddenly dry up after a ...
Tags: Risky Economy, credit crunch
World GDP growth stabilized during the first quarter of 2013 at a moderate rate. In particular, in the advanced economies the situation improved with financial stress being further reduced and stock prices rising. The acceleration of ...
Tags: GDP growth, financial stress, Euro Area, emerging economies
Mystery surrounds recent reports that Premier Foods has sold £100M worth of its debt to US private equity house Apollo Global Management. Premier Foods brands include Hovis, Mr Kipling and Ambrosia The story originated from US ...
According to the document "Notice on Commending Municipal Intellectual Property Work Advanced Collectives and Individuals 2012" (LZX [2013] No. 3) issued by Luoyang Municipal Intellectual Property Work Coordination Leading Group, LandGlass ...
Tags: LandGlass, Construction&Decoration
The Australian dollar continued to fall today, sparking the biggest one-day sell-off in government bonds since the turmoil in global markets that followed the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers in late 2008. Bond traders said ...
JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc confirmed that it has been and is considering strategic opportunities to enhance shareholder value, including seeking potential acquisitions to facilitate additional growth. Since the current team assumed ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
Concerns about the global economy and political unrest in Canberra are cruelling appetite for takeovers, with some of the nation's top dealmakers tipping companies to remain on the sidelines until economic clouds clear. In a sign of the ...
The 24th China International Glass Industrial Technical Exhibition (China Glass 2013) was successfully held at China International Exhibition Center in Beijing from May 24th to 27th. In the context of unoptimistic global economic ...
Tags: Construction, glass