RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and fellow RF front-end component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA have revealed that the holding company under which the two firms will combine will be named Qorvo Inc. The ...
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Wireless heart-monitoring device maker Preventice has merged with eCardio Diagnostics, which makes more traditional remote cardiac monitoring systems. Preventice's BodyGuardian patch, worn on the chest, delivers information to a ...
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Following the hostile bid made by Dollar General to acquire Family Dollar Stores, Family Dollar confirmed that Dollar General has commenced an unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of the common stock of Family Dollar for ...
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An agreement has been reached to create the world’s third largest quick service restaurant company, merging North American-based beverages and baked goods restaurant Tim Hortons Inc. (Tim Hortons) with global burger restaurant Burger ...
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RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has announced the preliminary results of its special meeting of shareholders held to approve its agreement and plan of merger and reorganization with RF front-end component maker TriQuint ...
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US-based meat producer Tyson Foods has received approval from the antitrust division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for its previously announced $8.5bn purchase of Hillshire Brands. DOJ said that Tyson Foods has agreed to sell its ...
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Aceros Carazo, a Costa Rica-based company dedicated to the import and marketing of steel industry equipment, announced this week that it has acquired Reimers Industrial, a 107-year-old distrubutor. With the acquisition of Reimers, Aceros ...
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Tabletop gamers know Days of Wonder as the team behind Ticket to Ride, Memoir 44 and Small World. French board game publisher and parent company of Esdevium, Asmodee has merged with Days of Wonder, the team behind popular titles such as ...
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Weidenhammer Packaging, headquartered in Hockenheim, Germany, is one of Europe’s leading providers of composite cans, drums and luxury tubes with around £1,100 employees and operates numerous production facilities across Europe. ...
American packaging company Sonoco has agreed to acquire Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging for an amount of approximately $383m (€286m). Sonoco president and chief executive officer M Jack Sanders believes the acquisition will help ...
As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Dollar General reaffirmed its commitment to acquisition of Family Dollar, confident that it can quickly and effectively address any potential antitrust issues and reiterated that its existing proposal provides superior valuation to Family ...
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The Board of Directors of NYSE-listed Family Dollar Stores, Inc. has recommended support of merger agreement with Dollar Tree, while unanimously rejecting the non-binding proposal made by Dollar General Corporation citing antitrust ...
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TORONTO — After several slow years, merger and acquisition activity is on the rise again in the Canadian trucking industry, according to PwC's Capital Markets Flash, a provider of tax, consulting and deals services. "We're seeing ...
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For its fiscal first-quarter 2015 (to 28 June 2014), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $316.3m, up 23.6% on $256m last quarter and up 8% on $293m a year ago (and well above the $305m forecast at the ...
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