Nokia's outgoing CEO Stephen Elop is to receive €18.8m ($25.5m) from Nokia and Microsoft due to contractual clauses pertaining to a change in control of the company. Revealed in a "proxy materials" document by Nokia, Elop's payout ...
Tags: Nokia, Microsoft, Computer Products
The Automotive Aftermarket Products Expo (AAPEX) 2013 Learning Forum will offer sessions on sales and marketing approaches to help buyers grow their business. The 2013 AAPEX is set for Nov. 5-7 at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nev. ...
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Britain's largest cash-and-carry wholesaler the Booker Group has revealed plans to integrate Makro, the business it acquired last year, are on track, claims the firm's interim results announcement. The group's plans to integrate Makro ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
General Mills has reported that its net earnings declined 16.3% to $459.3m for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, compared with $548.9m for the same period in 2013, as special items boosted its year-ago results. Net sales, for the quarter ...
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Rexam, a consumer packaging company, has conducted third annual 'Cans for Cash' recycling event at its Chicago office in a bid to promote recycling and raise money for charity. Rexam has collaborated with local recycler United Scrap Metal ...
Further to Fiberweb's announcement on 20 August 2013 regarding a possible offer, the Boards of PGI and Fiberweb are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer by PGI for the entire issued ...
Tags: Textile
Honeywell has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Intermec, a leading provider of mobile computing, radio frequency identification solutions (RFID), voice-enabled workflow and data-collection solutions, and printing ...
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW has completed the acquisition of the U.S./Canada business of Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V. Sherwin-Williams will pay $90 million in cash and assume liabilities currently valued in the range of $75 million. ...
Tags: Sherwin-Williams, Construction
A fleet of London black cabs has arrived in Australia as the company behind the retro-styled runabouts seeks to take a slice of the local taxi market. The white-painted TX4 vehicles arrived at Fremantle port over the weekend on a boat ...
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Post Foods, a US-based cereal brands manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Dakota Growers Pasta from Viterra, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore Xstrata, for $370m in cash. Dakota Growers is located in Carrington, North Dakota, where it ...
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California-based national insurance distribution company Confie Seguros has reached a definitive agreement to purchase the retail distribution arm of Affirmative Insurance Holdings, a non-standard personal automobile insurance policies ...
Tags: Confie Seguros, insurance
Simparel Inc, developer of the fastest-growing fashion and apparel ERP software solution in the North American marketplace, identifies reasons on why fashion and apparel manufacturers should look to replace their legacy ERP solutions. ...
Tags: Simparel, ERP Solutions
The exports of hand-knotted carpets from Nepal fell 12.4 percent year-on-year during the Nepali fiscal year that ended on July 15, 2013, according to the data released by Nepal Rastra Bank. In fiscal year 2012-13 Nepal exported ...
Tags: Carpet Exports, Textile
Huntsman Corporation and Rockwood Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Huntsman will acquire Rockwood’s Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) businesses. Under the terms of ...
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has signed an agreement to acquire Boise, a manufacturer of packaging and paper products in the US, for about $1.9bn. The acquisition will allow PCA to increase its containerboard capacity to about ...
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