After reporting revenue for first-half 2013 in late July, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has now reported its earnings for the period. ...
Tags: molecular, Electrical
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods is hopeful of closing sale of Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas for C$645m on 28 October. Rothsay is the leading rendering company in Canada and a ...
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Sterling Group Partners III, an affiliated investment fund of The Sterling Group, has acquired ROM and Specialty Manufacturing (SMI), which are owned and independently operated and financed by Century Park Capital Partners. The ...
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Pinnacle Foods has completed the acquisition of Wish-Bone and Western dressings brands from Unilever for $575m in cash. Subject to a customary post-closing inventory adjustment, the deal was financed through a combination of cash on hand ...
Campbell Soup has agreed to sell European simple meals business to UK private equity firm CVC Capital Partners (CVC). The €400m deal includes Campbell's national brands of soups, sauces and simple meals, including Liebig and Royco in ...
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Premier Foods, a UK-based food company, said that it is not planning to sell its Hovis bread business, and it seeks to further strengthen the unit. The company has faced a series of transactions such as management changes, refinancing and ...
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ICE Cotton traded firmer with an improving technical picture and climbing open interest throughout most of the week, settling at 87.18. The market’s move higher, China’s holiday, continued uncertainty about cotton quality, and ...
The US economy is at risk of getting seriously dented due to the US budget dispute. Admittedly, the direct economic consequences of the government shutdown will probably be next to negligible. "However, the strain on the economy should be ...
NRF expects sales in the months of November and December to marginally increase 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion, over 2012’s actual 3.5 percent holiday season sales growth. The forecast is higher than the 10-year average holiday sales ...
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After six consecutive quarters of decline, GDP in the Eurozone increased by 0.3% in Q2 2013. Economic activity is projected to expand further over the forecast horizon (+0.1% in Q3, +0.3% in Q4 2013 and +0.4% in Q1 2014) mainly on the back ...
Although there is no firm yardstick to gauge its real impact, China Investment Corp has in many ways been the most representative face of Chinese investment in Europe. Apart from its regular activities such as equity and other investments, ...
Tags: Sovereign Wealth Fund, economy, China
With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
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China's Ministry of Finance announced on Sunday that it will offer tax breaks to manufacturers of solar power products, in the country's latest effort to encourage the use of the green energy. From Oct. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2015, vendors ...
Tags: Solar Power Products, PV Products
After years of breakaway growth, China's solar industry is poised for a big shakeout, with consolidation and failing firms. However, the changes are not going to change the Asian giant's global dominance over the resurgent sector anytime ...
Tags: Solar Industry, Solar Module
Important decisions on financial policy are due in the USA in the coming weeks. Without the consent of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the government can neither determine the budget for the coming fiscal year, ...