US-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners is planning to merge two of its portfolio companies – Hearthside Food Solutions and Ryt-way Industries, a move which will create a leading contract food manufacturer in North America, ...
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Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a Portland, Oregon-based start-up with a data visualisation engine that helps to discover patterns in live data streams. Lucky Sort's chief executive officer, Noah Pepper, announced the news on the ...
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Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a data analytics company, in a move that could give the social network deeper insights into its users' tweets and how to best place advertisements on its site Lucky Sort's technology is designed to "make ...
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US personal lines insurance provider Confie Seguros has completed acquisition of Texas State Low Cost Insurance Agency for an undisclosed amount. The purchase of Austin-based Texas State Low Cost Insurance reflects the company's aim to ...
ABB Chief Executive Officer Joe Hogan has decided to leave ABB for private reasons. A date for his departure has not yet been decided. Hogan will continue to lead ABB until a successor is announced. He is committed to a smooth transition. ...
Yahoo has acquired a mobile gaming company, Loki Studios, taking its total acquisitions this month to four. The company said over the weekend it welcomed Loki, Astrid, GoPollGo and MileWise to its growing mobile team. "We recently added ...
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Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the ...
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JNS Holdings has established a new majority owned subsidiary called as Evolve USA Charging in Illinois, US that handles sales, service and the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. As part of the Chicago Grant Agreement, ...
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Intel has acquired two software companies as it continues to build its burgeoning portfolio to include more tools to write and manage programs and interfaces. The company on Thursday announced the acquisition of Belfast-based Aepona and ...
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SAP users are wasting a total of $30bn (£19.3bn) by running too many instances of SAP, a survey has revealed. The research, released by HCL Enterprise Application Services and conducted among 255 large enterprises with revenues in ...
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Steven Stone stands by a banner promoting the back relief offered by his sleep sets. WILSONVILLE, Ore. - Steven Stone opened his first sleep shop more than two decades ago and has grown the business one mattress at a time, he says. An ...
May 10, 2013 - Citing private reasons, ABB CEO Joe Hogan (in photo) is leaving the company. His departure date has not been set, says ABB, and he will continue to lead the company until a successor is found. “This has been a ...
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Lydall, Inc. announced that Chad A. McDaniel has been appointed Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Lydall, Inc., effective upon the commencement of his employment with Lydall, which is expected to be May 29, 2013. Mr. ...
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Littlejohn & Co, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut, has entered into an agreement to sell CTI Foods, a provider of custom food solutions to leading chain restaurants in North America. Under the agreement, ...
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Chinese solar cell and module maker Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) owed nine banks a total of CNY 7.1 billion. It released financial forecasts for the fourth quarter of 2012 on May 2 and according to the forecasts, the ...
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