Pinacle Enterprise, a publicly traded health and technology holding company, has completed the due diligence associated with the previously announced agreement to acquire Xtreme Technologies, a developer and holder of worldwide rights and ...
Tags: Xtreme Technologies, Food
Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, is in talks to acquire Archer Daniels Midland's (ADM) cocoa business, a deal which paves the way for what is reportedly the second largest takeover this year in the cocoa industry. An official ...
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Pinnacle Foods has completed the acquisition of Wish-Bone and Western dressings brands from Unilever for $575m in cash. Subject to a customary post-closing inventory adjustment, the deal was financed through a combination of cash on hand ...
German automaker Daimler will build a new production plant in Iracemápolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to manufacture Mercedes-Benz cars for the local market. The company has signed a framework contract with Brazilian President Dilma ...
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US-based life insurer MetLife has finalized acquisition of a 64.3% stake of Chilean pension fund administrator, AFP Provida from Spanish bank BBVA, in a deal worth approximately $1.54bn. From the sale of AFP, the Spanish bank received ...
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Medical device company Mako Surgical has announced an agreement to acquire the assets of US-based Pipeline Biomedical. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Mako Surgical will acquire substantially all of Pipeline Biomedical's business ...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Xerox agree on comprehensive tie-up in document services business. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. have reached an agreement on comprehensive business alliance in ...
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Hong Kong has had enough of mainland mothers emptying the region's shelves of imported baby formula. The government there will fine people up to US$64,000 and potentially throw them in jail for up to two years if they're caught carrying too ...
Tags: Foreign Dairy, baby formula
Tokyo-based Toray Industries Inc. — a global conglomerate that operates businesses in numerous markets including Fibers & Textiles, Fashion & Apparel, Carbon Fibers & Composite Materials, Plastics, Chemicals and Films, among several ...
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There continues to be lots of interest surrounding Vitran, since it shed its US operations earlier this month. Last week, TransForce made a bid to acquire all its outstanding shares at US$4.50. Today, Clarke Inc. announced it was buying ...
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PCL, the country's flagship petroleum explorer, might invest in North American shale-gas and Myanmar deep-water projects as part of its plan to nearly double its output by 2020. PTTEP, which made ...
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Virginia Produce (VPC), a family-owned agricultural produce wholesaler, is set to more than quadruple the size of its manufacturing facility, while creating 75 full-time jobs. VPC currently sorts, processes, packages, and distributes a ...
United Natural Foods (UNFI) has agreed to acquire Trudeau Foods from Trudeau Holdings, a portfolio company of Arbor Investments II, for an undisclosed amount. Minnesota-based Trudeau Foods is a distributor of natural, organic and ...
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Communiqué on National Expenditures on Science and Technology in 2012 National Bureau of Statistics of China 2013-09-26 14:31:33 In 2012, China’s total expenditures on science and technology (S&T) continued to maintain ...
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TransForce has submitted a proposal to Vitran's board of directors to acquire any outstanding shares of Vitran they don't already own for USD $4.50 per share in cash. TransForce said they made the proposal with the intention of "entering ...
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