Emmi has continued to see its share price rise after another acquisition deal to improve the Swiss dairy giant's presence in key international markets. This week, Emmi announced it has acquired 70% of Netherlands-based AVH Dairy Trade, ...
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When your thoughts turn to making your backyard feel more festive,Tiki torches and fire pits come to mind.There is something about flickering flames that is at once comforting and exciting. While the word"tiki"refers to Polynesian ...
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Morrisons today (7 January) hinted that an announcement regarding its long-awaited launch into online retail could be nearing. The supermarket operator, which earlier this morning booked a 2.5% drop in like-for-like sales in the quarter ...
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Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
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US retailer Supervalu has downplayed reports it is "nearing" a deal that would see Cerberus Capital Management buy some parts of the firm and take a stake in the rest of the company. According to a Wall Street Journal report citing ...
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Fresh fruit and veg group Total Produce has completed its acquisition of a 35% stake in Canada's Oppenheimer Group for an initial C$15m (US$15.2m). Total Produce said today (7 Januuary) that the completed deal allows for the Irish fresh ...
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
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Schneider Electric Infrastructure gained as much as 1.7% as promoters of the company Schneider Electric Singapore is going to acquire 6.22 crore equity shares of the company at INR 83.10 per share via open offer. The dispatch of the ...
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On January 5, Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fangda Special Steel, the listed subsidiary of Liaoning Province-based Fangda Group, announced that 37.78 percent of shares of its direct controlling shareholder, Fangda Steel, held by ...
North American printing and label converting company,WS Packaging Group has announced the acquisition of New York-based full-service printer Label World for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 1985,Label World develops pressure-sensitive ...
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Business Standard reported that NPCIL-Nalco Power Company Limited a JV between Nalco and NPCIL to set up nuclear plants will raise a term loan of up to INR 1,500 crore over the next three months to fund the construction of power generation ...
Every second counts Over a million twenty-foot equivalent units(TEU)of cargo go through the bustling Port of Bangkok each year.This harbour in Thailand's capital city has become a major centre of commerce in the political and economic ...
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Criminals no longer need to stake out a home or a business to monitor the inhabitants'comings and goings.Now they can simply pick up wireless signals broadcast by the building's utility meters. In the US,analogue meters that measure ...
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ONGC, which had hired Citigroup, RBS and Standard Chartered to rate the bond issue, will use proceeds to fund the acquisition of stakes it bought in the Azerbaijan oilfields late last year. The company had bought US energy company Hess ...
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China National Petroleum Corp announced two major overseas acquisitions in mid-December as the oil giant continued its accelerated pace of global expansion. State run CNPC said December 12 it would buy a 10.2% stake in the Browse ...