Various textile associations in Pakistan are debating whether there is any need for continuation of a separate Ministry of Textile Industry or should it be merged with the Ministry of Commerce. The Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and ...
Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network. The board of Sprint Nextel has the right to terminate its existing merger agreement with SoftBank, subject to certain ...
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. ...
Tags: Dish Exec, Computer Products
MetroPCS has pushed back a hotly anticipated shareholder meeting that will decide the fate of the carrier's proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. MetroPCS shareholders were due to vote for or against the deal on Friday, but on Thursday, the ...
Tags: Metropcs, Shareholders
Following the dissolution of a proposed merger of cycling's most powerful advocacy groups, the League of American Bicyclists used the opening of its annual National Bike Summit to rebrand the organization and set a new course for the ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
Canadian dairy co-op Agropur has booked what it claimed are "remarkable" annual financial results, with higher sales and core earnings. Agropur posted a 5.1% rise in sales to C$3.7bn for the year to 3 November. The co-op did not provide ...
Canadian dairy cooperatives Agropur and Farmers Co-operative Dairy plan to merge their operations. Announcing the move, the dairies said it would benefit their farmer-owners by providing national scale and accelerating a process of ...
Tags: dairy cooperatives, Agropur, Farmers
T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS, announced early Wednesday, promises to create the "leading value" wireless carrier in the U.S., according to officials from both companies. Their claim is based primarily on the premise that the merger ...
Tags: T Mobile, MetroPCS, wireless carrier, U.S., LTE wireless network
The Critical Metals Report: John, a recent Brookings Institution report suggested that greater collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies would alleviate tensions over tightening rare earth markets. Is the proposed merger between the ...
Tags: Rare earth, Critical Metals, rare earth markets, REEs
AT&T plans to acquire NextWave Wireless, a holder of spectrum that could be used for mobile data services, for about $600 million. NextWave has licenses for spectrum in both the WCS (Wireless Communications Services) and the AWS (Advanced ...
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Optical components,modules and subsystems developer Oclaro of San Jose,CA,USA says that the Superior Court of California in and for the County of Alameda has granted preliminary approval of the previously disclosed proposed settlement of ...
Tags: optical components, modules, subsystems, Oclaro, merger
The Association of British Insurers slammed mining group Xstrata's plans to reimburse key managers' big retention packages to ensure sustainability after its proposed merger with rival Glencore. The influential shareholder body condemned ...
IDG News Service-Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S.government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T,Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. The proposed 2011 deal,which ...
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3M's proposed acquisition of Avery Dennison's office and consumer products division has been scuttled. Earlier in September, both companies declared that the arrangement was still on despite a statement from the US Department of Justice ...
Tags: 3M's, Avery Dennison, own brand, office supplies
19.09.2012− The pressure to consolidate in the surfaces industry has long been mounting due to tight margins.Now it is increasingly translating into tangible changes.Several transactions have been agreed upon since the end of ...
Tags: Changes, Surfaces Industry, Competitive Pressure, Consolidation