German autoparts maker Continental has entered into an agreement with The Carlyle Group to acquire US-based Veyance Technologies, which operates in operates rubber and plastics technology business, for EUR1.4bn. Veyance Technologies, ...
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Global brewing giant Anheuser-Busch is set to acquire Blue Point Brewing, a US-based independently owned and operated microbrewery. The move is aimed at bringing additional resources to Blue Point's operations, enabling it to meet ...
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Post Holdings has completed the takeover of Golden Boy Foods and Dymatize Enterprises in two separate transactions. The acquisitions are in line with the company's efforts to expand into the private label and active nutrition segments. ...
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Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Companhia Providencia Industria e Comercio [Bovespa: PRVI3] ("Providencia"), a Brazilian manufacturer of nonwovens used ...
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Del Monte Pacific (DMPL), a Singapore-based food and beverage firm, has received approval from the Singapore Exchange to proceed with its proposed takeover of Del Monte Foods' (DMF) Consumer Products business in a $1.67bn deal. In October ...
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After first acquiring Motorola Mobility in 2012, Google has today announced that it will sell the business to Lenovo for US $2.91 billion, a figure dramatically lower than the US $12.5 billion that Google paid to acquire the brand. ...
TiVo said Wednesday that it will acquire Cloud-based content discovery and recommendation service Digitalsmiths. Digitalsmiths offers personalized video search, recommendations and browsing, social trending and mood-based discovery. This ...
(Phys.org) —Advances in light-sheet microscopy have led to impressive images and videos of the brain in action. With this technique, a plane of light is scanned through the sample to excite fluorescent calcium sensors which proxy ...
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One of the few studies of its type has found that a startling 59 percent of college students at one Oregon university were "food insecure" at some point during the previous year, with possible implications for academic success, physical and ...
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January 29, 2014 How might Lion's next moves affect the Australian dairy industry Food and beverage company Lion has announced that it does not currently intend to sell its shareholding in Victorian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and ...
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On January 7, 2014 the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in China gave its approval of the establishment of a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited. Before completion of the ...
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Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for a fee of US$400 million. A Google representative confirmed the deal Sunday, but said the company’s isn’t providing any ...
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Arkema and Jurong Chemical have formed Sunke, a joint venture in which Arkema will have a majority interest, comprised of the assets of Jurong's acrylic acid production site in Taixing opened in 2012. This acquisition, in the wake of ...
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Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited (MG) today announced that as a result of Saputo Inc (Saputo) acquiring a controlling interest in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Limited (WCB), it intends to seek the consent ...
Swedish automotive manufacturer Volvo Group and Chinese Dongfeng Motor Group have received the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approval for the establishment of a joint venture in China. The joint venture is subject to ...
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