Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE MKT: VGZ) ("Vista" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a binding share purchase agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") to convert its interest in the Awak Mas gold project in Sulawesi, Indonesia ...
Omega Protein, a US-based omega-3 fish oil, fishmeal and organic fish solubles producer, has unveiled plans to restructure its Gulf of Mexico operations, to increase efficiencies. As part of the plan, the company is set to close its ...
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Echo Therapeutics, a medical device company developing its Symphony CGM system as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Medical Technologies Innovation Asia ...
Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has announced its intention to offer (subject to market conditions and other factors) $200m aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes ...
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Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Lucky Brand Jeans to an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (LGP) for total consideration of $225 million, with $140 million of the ...
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United Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company") today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 ended November 2, 2013. "Continued demand and UNFI's focus on its core strategies delivered strong results during the first ...
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PharmAthene, a biodefense company, announced that it has terminated its definitive merger agreement with US-based Theraclone Sciences with consent from Theraclone. The agreement provided for the merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of ...
New polymers could allow for self-healing materials, the University of Pittsburgh recently reported. Materials manufactured from the new composites can regenerate themselves when damaged. Results of the Pitt research were recently ...
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Eroding sales in two of its critical product segments that include furniture, mattress and major appliances contributed to a weak fiscal third quarter for Sears Canada, even as the multichannel retailer declared a special dividend to ...
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As head of IT at Mercury Engineering and now chairman of SAP's UK and Ireland user group, Philip Adams has spent his first year pushing hard for changes and closer relations with the vendor. Computing sat down with Adams at the group's 25th ...
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The chairman of SAP UK and Ireland's user group today admitted that his fears over the company's approach to licensing measures were "probably worse than the reality". After imploring SAP to come clean - "If there is favouratism or not, ...
The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has stated that Turkey is back in the Egyptian rebar market and that Turkish rebar exports to Egypt will start rising following the termination of the antidumping (AD) duty investigation ...
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TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Vena Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Vena") (TSX: VEM) (Peru: VEM) (Germany: V1RA) (USA: VNARF) announces that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Azincourt Uranium Inc. (TSXV: AAZ) ...
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Fourth Quarter Consolidated Operating Results Net sales for the fourth quarter were $291.7 million and increased $44.5 million, or 18.0%, compared to the prior year. Acquisitions, net of $0.3 million of intersegment eliminations, ...
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Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with the landlord at 650 Fifth Avenue, a joint venture between Jeff Sutton's Wharton Properties and SL Green Realty, to terminate the lease for its flagship Juicy ...
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