Samsung is to buy a 10 per cent stake in South Korean rival Pantech in a deal valued at around 53 billion won (£31.6m). Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday that the deal would "help solidify" its relationship with Pantech, ...
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The Novatek-led Yamal LNG consortium's marketing of LNG from the project and final investment decision are not dependent on whether the Russian government would allow companies other than Gazprom to export gas from the country, ...
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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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
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 ...
Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week. The company emphasized that the IDs are already public information, and no passwords or other ...
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Microsoft has gotten next to nothing from its $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it may reap some rewards as it prepares to ship smaller tablets. In April 2012, Microsoft and the bookseller announced a new, ...
British baking firm Warburtons has acquired garlic bread producer Giles Foods in a deal estimated to be valued at more than c, as a part of its effort to widen its product range outside the traditional bread market. Giles Foods, based in ...
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COFCO, the state-owned food company in China, has signed an agreement with Danone, under which the two parties will establish a joint venture. As part of the agreement, COFCO will sell 148,014,022 shares in China Mengniu to the ...
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South African financial services group Sanlam has concluded the acquisition of a 49% stake in Malaysian niche short-term insurer, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad (POI), for nearly MYR270m ($89.m). Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM), ...
It is quite common to encounter RFI or radio frequency interference in various electrical and electronic equipment like work processors, business computing devices, industrial controls, electronic printers, personal computers and many more. ...
While Samsung continues to buy the majority of its components from its own subsidiaries, such as Samsung Display, increasingly it is looking elsewhere for parts such as screens, sensors and chips. Inevitably this means that the South Korean ...
The European Commission has set out guidelines for investors on the unbundling of electricity and gas grids, setting out when investors can own grid assets as well as interests in gas or power supply, generation or production activities. ...
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Venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital and Gold Stone are said to be in talk to buy into private express giant ZTO Express. Sequoia Capital has been basically determined to invest in ZTO that is entering the share change ...
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