Nexxus Lighting gets$6 million investment from Aston Capital 18 Sep 2012 Nexxus Lighting has unveiled a$6 million investment from Aston Capital,and chief executive Robert LaPenta will become the new chairman of Nexxus.Nexxus ...
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Hain Celestial,a US-based natural and organic products company,has entered into an agreement to acquire leading packaged grocery brands from UK-based Premier Foods in a£200m cash and stock deal. Under the agreement,Hain will ...
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The U.S.Federal Trade Commission has cleared Facebook's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram in an unanimous vote,FTC said on Wednesday. The clearance,which comes about a week after the U.K.Office of Fair Trading ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego,CA,USA,a fabless provider of radio-frequency(RF)integrated circuits(ICs)based on silicon-on-sapphire(SOS)founded in 1990,has closed its initial public offering(announced on 7 August).In connection ...
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Healthy markets cheer biophotonics suppliers 08 Aug 2012 Double-digit increases in revenues boost confidence,though new business strategies weigh on some. Cutera Pearl Fractional A number of suppliers in the aesthetic and ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego,CA,USA,a fabless provider of radio-frequency(RF)integrated circuits(ICs)based on silicon-on-sapphire(SOS)founded in 1990,has raised$77m in its initial public offering(IPO)of 5,500,000 shares of ...
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Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE: GDI) reported second quarter 2012 net income of $75.3 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $67.1 million, or $1.27 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2011. Results for the second quarter of ...
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For second-quarter 2012,GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components including modulator and laser drivers and transimpedance amplifier ICs based on III-V materials)has reported an 11th ...
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RFMD's quarterly revenue and margins grow,driven by diversified markets For its fiscal first-quarter 2013(to end-June 2012),RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro,NC,USA has reported revenue of$202.7m.This is down 5.4%on$214.2m a year ago but ...
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Optical communications and laser component,module and subsystem makers Oclaro Inc of San Jose,CA,USA and Opnext Inc of Fremont,CA,USA have announced shareholder approval of their merger(announced in late March).Opnext shareholders will ...
LED phosphor supplier Intematix has intended to conduct a registered initial public offering(IPO)of its common stock. The IPO is expected to commence after the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)completes the review process ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has agreed to acquire RED-C Optical Networks Inc,a Delaware corporation with subsidiary operations in Tel Aviv,Israel.Founded in 2000,RED-C has more ...
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AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, has completed the purchase of a US-based biotechnology company, Ardea Biosciences. Upon completion of the merger, approved by Ardea's stockholders, each outstanding share of Ardea common stock has ...
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said demand from the U. S. Coal-mining industry is slowing after a mild winter. Global demand for the company’s machinery is still at a ...
On Friday 1 June,GigOptix Inc of San Jose,CA,USA(a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components for high-speed information streaming)says that founder,chairman,CEO&president Dr Avi Katz,along with senior members of its ...
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