Finnish food company Raisio Group has acquired the Benecol business in the UK, Ireland and Belgium from Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Owned by Raisio Group, the Benecol brands' license to sell and market the products was given ...
New Zealand and the Republic of Korea have entered into a free trade agreement, which will provide the former's wine producers tariff-free access into South Korean wine industry. The agreement is expected to boost New Zealand's export ...
The European Union (EU) is planning to talk to Japan on opening the latter's beer market to the European countries prior to the signing of a free trade deal in 2015. The EU countries including France and Germany will ask Japan to alter ...
Tags: Beer Market, free trade deal, Agriculture
A miniaturized heart-failure monitor recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (St. Paul, MN) from an Atlanta-based startup named CardioMEMS reduced 30-day hospital readmission rates for patients over 65, according to an analysis of the ...
Tags: Heart Sensor, Readmission Rate
Mainly because the 2015 total installation capacity of new PV systems in Japan is likely to drop a great deal from 7GWp in 2014, and installations in China, the US and Europe are expected to remain unchanged at best, global installation ...
Tags: PV Installation, PV systems
China-based PV module maker and provider of PV systems UE Solar has gone bankrupt mainly due to investment to set up a large production base in central China, according to China-based CBN Daily. UE Solar invested a great deal in ...
Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on November 18, 2014 Irvine, CA–based Allergan has been adamant in fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for the past seven months. But ...
Tags: silicone breast, Botox, Health
Posted in Orthopedics by Nancy Crotti on November 18, 2014 Zimmer Holdings Inc. (ZMH) has agreed to extend the European Commission’s review of its pending $13.4-billion merger with Biomet, Inc. “by a limited number of ...
The free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed by Australia and China is expected to provide the former's dairy farmers tariff-free access to the latter's infant formula market over the next four years. Australian Government sources were ...
Tags: dairy farmers tariff-free, infant formula market, Agriculture
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Australian exporters are set to benefit from an historic trade agreement signed between Australia and its largest trading partner, China. This deal, which took nine years of negotiation, represents a victory ...
Tags: PTA, Australian exporters, agriculture
BRF ended the third quarter of 2014 with net income of R$ 624 million, an increase of 117.5% over 3Q13. This performance arose from the management techniques and processes that have been implemented over the last year and highlight the ...
Tags: Brazilian operations, Net Operating Revenues, Agriculture
Maelor Poultry is expected to invest £10m in the site of a former cheese packing factory, First Milk, near Wrexham in the UK. As reported in the Daily post, the chicken processing company Maelor Poultry that bought the site is ...
The acquisition of US Foods by food distributor Sysco is not likely to happen in the current year as expected and its talks to secure an approval from antitrust regulators are still going on. In December 2013, Sysco announced that it ...
Tags: food distributor, Federal Trade Commission, Agriculture
Turkey’s Yildiz Holding has signed a deal to acquire UK-based cookie firm United Biscuits, the maker of Jaffa Cakes and Jacob Crackers, as part of its strategy to expand into new markets. Once the deal is closed, the Turkish firm ...
Tags: United Biscuits, Turkish firm, Agriculture
US-based WhiteWave Foods has acquired So Delicious Dairy Free, in a previously announced deal worth $195m. Earlier in September, WhiteWave Foods agreed to acquire So Delicious Dairy Free from its existing shareholders, led by Wasserstein ...
Tags: WhiteWave Foods, Dairy Free, Agriculture