International financial services organization Goldman Sachs Group has divested a majority stake in its UK pension insurance business Rothesay Life to a group of companies. Based on the release by the company, Singapore wealth fund GIC and ...
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Samuelsohn, the premium menswear brand based in Montreal, finalized its acquisition of the Hickey Freeman clothing assets, license and Rochester manufacturing facilities. With the close of this landmark deal, the company becomes the ...
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POET Technologies Inc of Toronto, Canada – which, through subsidiary OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA, has developed the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic ...
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French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen is in talks to divest stake to Chinese partner Dongfeng and the French state, in order to raise as much as EUR3bn in a capital increase. The company plans to conclude a draft agreement with state-owned ...
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TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia, a unit directly owned by the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, and its subsidiaries, has agreed to purchase 100% ownership of NFS Group (National Financial Solutions and its subsidiaries), for an undisclosed sum. ...
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Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), one of the world's largest steel producers in Russia has recently announced to acquire 12.77% shares up to 95% from its existing stocks through off-market transaction in Belon who is also part of MMK ...
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Australian flat steel producer BlueScope has announced that it has agreed to acquire from Australia-based Arrium Limited its OneSteel sheet and coil processing and distribution businesses in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. BlueScope ...
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Murray Goulburn, an Australian diary co-operative, has launched a A$420m ($404m) bid to acquire Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB), following Canada's Saputo C$378m bid earlier this month. The proposal would create one of the largest ...
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Trumpf, German machine tool manufacturer, will take over 72% equities in Jiangsu Jinfangyuan CNC Machines; the remaining 28% equities will be maintained by existing shareholders of Jinfangyuan. Jinfangyuan will retain company name and ...
Wright Medical Group, an orthopedic medical device company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire France-based Biotech International. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, 100% of the outstanding equity shares of Biotech ...
American automotive aftermarket retailer Advance Auto Parts (AAP) is set to purchase a US-based auto parts maker General Parts International for $2.04bn in cash. This deal will create the largest automotive replacement parts provider in ...
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AstraZeneca's global biologics research and development division MedImmune will acquire Spirogen, a biotech firm focused on antibody-drug conjugate technology for use in oncology. Spirogen's complete shares will be purchased by MedImmune ...
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Business owners shouldn't wait until they have to sell their business to begin the planning process, otherwise they'll "lose control of the process." Mike McCarron, M&A consultant with Wheels Group imparted that advice and more during a ...
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The LED lighting market value will rise 47.8% to reach US$35.3 billion by 2014, compared to 2013, according to projections by LEDinside. In addition, LED lighting penetration rates are expected to increase 32.7%, with bulb and tube ...
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Anasys Instruments is proud to announce the nanoIR2, a second generation AFM based IR spectroscopy (AFM-IR) platform. A key breakthrough is the ability of the nanoIR2 to operate with top-side illumination, eliminating the prior need to ...
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