US insurance brokerage firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Triad in a deal with undisclosed terms of the transaction. The insurer has launched an acquisition spree for the past few months in order to emerge as the largest player in ...
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Fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale,CA,USA has agreed to acquire RED-C Optical Networks Inc,a Delaware corporation with subsidiary operations in Tel Aviv,Israel.Founded in 2000,RED-C has more ...
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AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, has completed the purchase of a US-based biotechnology company, Ardea Biosciences. Upon completion of the merger, approved by Ardea's stockholders, each outstanding share of Ardea common stock has ...
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Research in Motion's stock price plunged 19%Friday following RIM's announcement late yesterday of a$518 million first quarter loss and that its BlackBerry 10 smartphone has been further delayed. At the close of markets Friday,RIM's ...
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Cornerstone Therapeutics has acquired a privately-held specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the acute-care hospital setting, EKR Therapeutics. As part of the merger, Cornerstone will assume the responsibility to market and promote ...
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SAS sees semiconductor products account for 70%of total revenues Nuying Huang In a shareholders meeting on June 27,Taiwan-based semiconductor and solar wafer maker Sino-American Silicon(SAS)indicated the plans to increase production of ...
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Soltecture GmbH of Berlin-Adlershof,Germany,which makes copper indium gallium diselenide(CIGSe)-based thin-film photovoltaic(PV)solar modules and supplies complete solar system construction solutions,says that it has achieved new champion ...
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NBC Sports Group–the newly formed entity resulting from the Comcast and NBC Universal merger–has teamed up with brand consultancy&creative agency Troika to establish the group's brand platform,rebrand Versus to NBC Sports ...
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. has put up its hardware and home-improvement unit for sale in an auction that could fetch around $1.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The unit, part of Black & Decker before its 2010 merger with ...
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Boston,MA–Radiant Zemax,a leading provider of light and color test and measurement systems and optical design software,today announced the launch of its TrueTest system for automated optical inspection at Society for Information ...
05 Jun 2012 Optical component and module maker insists that its pending acquisition by Oclaro represents better deal for shareholders. Oclaro stock slump prompts private bid Opnext's board of directors has rejected an unsolicited ...
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4 June 2012 Opnext deems unsolicited offer to acquire it is not superior to Oclaro merger Optical module and component maker Opnext Inc of Fremont,CA,USA says that on 31 May its board of directors determined that an unsolicited ...
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Teledyne Technologies Inc of Thousand Oaks,CA,USA has entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of LeCroy Corp of Chestnut Ridge,NY,USA with a subsidiary of Teledyne. Founded in 1964,LeCroy is a supplier of oscilloscopes,protocol ...
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Womenswear retail group Jacques Vert, which manages over a thousand outlets in the UK, Canada and Ireland, has reduced costs, minimised discounting and improved stock management after implementing new merchandise planning and supply chain ...
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A raft of earnings results kept the just-food news desk busy this week. M&S chief executive Marc Bolland insisted its product development sets it apart from rival grocers, while Campbell Soup CEO Denise Morrison expressed her disappointment ...