Supermarket Morrisons has agreed a partnership with the online distribution business Ocado – including the acquisition of its distribution centre – in a deal that will see deliveries to customers start by January 2014. ...
Hainan Haide Industry (SZSE: 000567) announced on May 16 that its two controlling shareholders were acquired by Wintime Investment Holding, for which the actual controllers are Wang Guangxi and his wife Guo Tianshu. Founded in April 2002 ...
The stalled initial public offering market has shown signs of life after Virtus Health was priced at the top of the range, raising $339 million in the biggest private equity float since KFC franchisor Collins Foods in 2011. After strong ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Chengde Iron and Steel Co., a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group, has announced that in April of the current year its rebar plant produced 50,293 mt of rebar, including precision rolled rebar, ...
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IRL has published new edition of “A Profile of the Central European Paint Industry.” This report has been developed and expanded upon from IRL’s previous studies and forms part of a series of ten reports assessing the ...
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Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the company private. Dell's profit for the quarter, ended May 3, was $130 million, down 79 percent from $635 million a ...
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In keeping with the austerity push that has been a hallmark of the broking sector since the global financial crisis erupted, Wilson HTM's staff last month vacated their digs - and harbour views - at Sydney's Governor Phillip Tower. In ...
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Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have countered Dell's plan to go private with an offer that would give shareholders a large payout and still keep the computer company publicly traded. In a letter Thursday to Dell's ...
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A battle for US computer giant Dell has heated up as corporate raider Carl Icahn and other investors made a new offer and called a planned buyout led by company founder Michael Dell a "giveaway". The investor group, which holds around 13 ...
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China-based LED chipmaker Sanan Optoelectronics has reportedly halted the second-phase construction of its plant in Wuhu, China, following a company annoucement that it has suspended a plan meant to raise funds for the plant project. The ...
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Wuhan Iron And Steel Company Limited announces that the Hubei Provincial Government approves Hubei Province Investment Company to transfer 22.4 percent equities held Wuhan Iron And Steel Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co. to the company free ...
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The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device running the operating system, a Mozilla executive said. "Sony is known for quality and user ...
More than 88% of the US soup market market was dominated by brands as against private labels, according to a report by Canadean Food. The report titled "Consumer Trends in Soup Market in the US, 2011' showed branded dried soup (mixes) had ...
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The sharemarket consolidated yesterday as high-yield plays reacted negatively to reduced hopes of further interest rate cuts following the release of stronger-than-expected domestic jobs statistics. Meanwhile, profit-taking pushed ...
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Ducatt NV has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Centrosolar Glas GmbH & Co KG. Ducatt NV is a specialist in ultra-thin, extra strong and patterned glass for solar applications, whereas Centrosolar Glas, based in Germany, ...
Tags: Solar Glass, Glass