A team led by Alexander Spott of University of California, Santa Barbara – in collaboration with the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison – has fabricated what is said to be the first ...
Led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), a group of researchers has synthesized a stack of atomically thin monolayers of two lattice-mismatched semiconductors (Xufan Li et al, 'Two-dimensional GaSe/MoSe2 ...
Bass Pro Shop and Goldman Sachs' private equity arm were partnering on a bid for Cabela's, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. On Tuesday, shares of Cabela's rose $3.14, or 6.4 percent, to $52.51 on the news. Goldman will ...
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US-based private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has agreed to provide €100m debt and equity financing to sustainable packaging provider Petainer UK. The funding will be used by Petainer to finance its capital structure and ...
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Performance Sports Group Ltd. swung to a net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended February 29 as expected due to a precipitous drop in baseball and softball sales, retail bankruptcies and the impact of currency exchange rates on its ...
US-based agribusiness company Monsanto has announced to invest $975m over the next three years to expand its manufacturing site in Luling, Louisiana. The investment will also support the launch of Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, a seed ...
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General Motors Financial broke ground on a new financial servicing center in San Antonio, Texas, US. "We are proud to call San Antonio the future home of our fifth Servicing Center in North America, and excited to break ground on this new ...
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...
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The results from Dun & Bradstreet’s March Business Expectations Survey have highlighted a second consecutive decline in expectations, with businesses issuing subdued forecasts for the three-month period to June 2016, despite reporting ...
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Plant-based ingredients provider Naturex has divested its stake in the joint venture with Aker Biomarine which was created to krill extract production. As part of the agreement, Aker BioMarine will pay Naturex an undisclosed sum ...
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The unsecured creditors committee in the Sports Authority’s bankruptcy case has filed a strong objection to the retailer’s proposed DIP financing package. The committee, representing largely vendors and landlords, called it a ...
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Organic food producer United Natural Foods (UNFI) has acquired the outstanding stock and an affiliate along with certain real estate of Nor-Cal Produce for $68.6m cash. With the Nor-Cal Produce acquisition, United Natural Foods intends ...
China's economy may have just come back for a recovery, recent economic indicators signaled. Latest data showed that China's manufacturing activity rebounded in March to its highest level since last August while non-manufacturing sector ...
Following its sale from Black Diamond Inc. to Investcorp in October, POC is relocating its North American headquarters and adding new staff. The manufacturer of ski and cycling helmets, apparel and accessories, is moving from Salt Lake ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology fabricated on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, says that its LED lamps have been installed at the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers ...
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