PPG Industries announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued an opinion and interim order confirming the current Pittsburgh Corning plan of reorganization. PPG and Corning Incorporated ...
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At the 16th annual general meeting (AGM) of deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE in Aachen, Germany, shareholders have voted in favor of the resolutions presented by the executive board and the supervisory board. Following the ...
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Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax ...
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Sprint Nextel has increased its offer to buy out Clearwire, bidding US$3.40 per share, to counter a competing offer by Dish Network. The new bid marks a significant boost from its earlier offer of $2.97 per share and beats Dish's $3.30 ...
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LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC announced today that it has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) of ...
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Labour leader Ed Miliband has slammed Google's tax arrangements at Google's Big Tent event today. Google had denied accusations from MPs that it minimises the amount of tax paid in Britain. Its sales in the UK are worth £3.2bn, but ...
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In 2003, Yukos was preparing for a game-changing merger with another private Russian oil company, Roman Abramovich's Sibneft, to create a 2.3 million b/d Russian oil producing giant. The deal was scuppered, however, in large part because ...
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Lassonde Industries has entered into an agreement to increase its stake in Clement Pappas and Company (CPC), a leading private brand supplier of cranberry sauces and beverages, from 70.7% to 84%. The deal is valued at $21.2m. Lassonde has ...
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Irish paper-based packaging products manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has announced publication of its vision on sustainability which creates additional objectives for the business up to 2020. The vision also extends and builds on ...
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Jiangsu, a coastal province in east China, is said to establish a province-level asset management firm. People close to Jiangsu Guolian Development (Group) Co., Ltd., a solely-owned state investment platform of the province, confirmed the ...
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SUFA Technology (SZSE: 000777) announced on May 20 that its controlling shareholder China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) was agreed to swap shares in Guangdong Orient Zirconic. CNNC was agreed by the State-owned Assets Supervision ...
Tags: CNNC, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Australians are continuing to cut back on owning shares directly and, most particularly, through managed funds, according to an Australian Securities Exchange survey out yesterday. The survey, conducted every two years, reveals that more ...
Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network. The board of Sprint Nextel has the right to terminate its existing merger agreement with SoftBank, subject to certain ...
The US Senate has dragged Apple, the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the US tax code, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in US taxes. Cook said the ...
India-based steelmaker JSW Ispat has announced that the Supreme Court of India has approved its merger with JSW Steel, though the certified copy of the approval is still awaited. JSW Ispat shareholders will get one JSW Steel share for every ...
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