Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed final agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and an over-arching technology sharing agreement to support the companies’ joint ventures worldwide. Formally named the ...
KapStone Paper and Packaging has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of the US-based containerboard manufacturer Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging from Brookfield Capital Partners II for $1.03bn. KapStone chairman and chief ...
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B&G Foods has agreed to acquire US-based snack food manufacturer Robert's American Gourmet Food from private equity firm VMG Partners and other parties in an all-cash deal of $195m. The acquisition is part of B&G Foods' strategy to ...
Qatar-based Hassad Food, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500m in India for the production of rice, coffee, cardamom and ready-made foods. The proposed plans comes after the Hassad ...
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Cree has received a matching $2.3 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to advance its research and development of light-emitting diode, or LED, lighting products. The agency said the $10.1 million in competitive, matching grants to ...
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On May 23, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. releases announcement that the company's repurchase plan has been implemented and completed on May 21. This repurchase reaches a total cost of $ 5 billion yuan (including commission). In the meantime, the ...
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Peter Arellano, the city's director of public works,said that Beaverton plans to improve street lighting this fiscal year, with four stretches of street expected to install new lights by June 30. The public works department will also ask ...
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Second Genome has signed a microbiome drug discovery deal with Janssen Biotech to advance novel drug targets mediated by the bacterial ecosystem living within the human gut to treat ulcerative colitis. Under the collaboration, Janssen ...
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Rexam Healthcare, a subsidiary of the UK group Rexam, has expanded its production facility at Seine Maritime, France. The French unit has been expanded to a total area of 5,200m2, which includes a production building of 3,750m2 along with ...
Faced with "risk-adverse" South Korean investors, Calgary-based mid-size producer Bellatrix Exploration abandoned a C$300 million (US$289 million) joint-venture but is confident it can have a new partnership in place within two months, ...
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UK-based mutual life and pensions company Royal London has announced that 95% of its members have approved the acquisition of Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS), the life insurance business of the Co-operative Banking Group. Members ...
The new fund will complement the existing Intel Capital's $300m Ultrabook Fund. Intel Capital has created a $100m investment fund to accelerate the development of software and applications for human-like devices. The fund, dubbed Intel ...
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AST Sportswear Inc.—- an Anaheim, Calif.-based manufacturer and distributor of T-shirts, activewear, private label garments and labor force uniforms — has received a $600,000 loan from Mercantile Capital Corp. (MCC) — an ...
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New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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Foreign media said that China and Costa Rica have inked agreement, according to which China will offer loans worth USD 400 million to Costa Rica. Most of the loans come from The Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank). The lender ...
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