Just 18 months after David Jones was subject to a bizarre takeover bid from a relatively unknown company in the UK, talks of a merger have once again surfaced --- this time with department store competitor Myer. David Jones explained the ...
Tags: Retailer
Officeworks has today claimed the title as the first Australian retailer to sell a 3D Printer in stores. The Cube 3D Printer, described as a “must have item”, will retail in 21 selected Officeworks stores across the country for ...
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Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has received approval from the Singapore Exchange to proceed with its proposed takeover of Del Monte Foods' (DMF) Consumer Products business in a $1.67bn deal. In October ...
Tags: Agriculture, food, beverage
Oil prices rose sharply Friday on speculation that frigid weather in U.S. would boost the demand for heating oil. The impact of cold weather on demand is the focus of market. It was reported that last month was the coldest January since ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Mineral
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look good, but China's celebrating their New Year, which could take them out of the market for a while. However, while there ...
At the kick-off of the Berlin Fashion Week, World Wide Fund For Nature Germany and Welthungerhilfe invited leading textile companies to Berlin. The goal was to provide information about the use of sustainable cotton fundamental for a ...
Gazprom expects to sign a long-awaited gas supply contract with China National Petroleum Corp during the planned visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to China in May, despite the ongoing failure of the two sides to agree on a price for ...
Tags: Gas Supply, China's CNPC
There were several in the past few months alone – Covidien acquired Given Imaging for $860 million (this is Covidien’s fourth Israeli company acquisition in a little over 18 months); Baxter acquired FlowSense for $9.5 million; ...
Tags: medical technology, medical device
Nam Cheong makes strong start in new year with contract win for five Vessels worth us$70 million Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014 Nam Cheong Limited ("Nam Cheong", or together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), a leading global offshore marine ...
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Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped. "Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter. "My ...
Tags: Apple, buyback, shareholder, AAPL
(Phys.org) —Advances in light-sheet microscopy have led to impressive images and videos of the brain in action. With this technique, a plane of light is scanned through the sample to excite fluorescent calcium sensors which proxy ...
Tags: LFM, Google glass, Misha Ahrens, microscopy
December 2013 saw a UK first with the launch of a Government endorsed, industry-led initiative from ACID (Anti Copying in Design) with the launch of ACID Marketplace – a safer online IP platform where design buyers can view the latest ...
Tags: IP platform, work with clients
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Washington state, California, Virginia, Idaho, Connecticut and Georgia. The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: Feds Urge More Talks On N.Y. Medicaid Application New York has ...
Politico reports that federal officials made the emergency payment to Verizon Terremark after discovering the federal website was unable to handle sufficient traffic. Also in the news, the Maryland House is scheduled to vote on legislation ...
Tags: Verizon Terremark, Health Exchange Bill, CMS, Millman and Meyers
Reaching underserved populations who are newly qualified for coverage remains a major concern and challenge to advocacy groups like Families USA. For insurers and government officials, the target is healthy people who will help balance new ...
Tags: Obamacare, GoHealth, enrollment, Medicaid expansion