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Key Safety Systems Buys Vehicle Safety Systems Supplier Takata for $1.5bn
Apr 16, 2018A consortium of Ningbo Joyson Electronic (Joyson Electronics) and Asia-based private equity firm PAG have offered funding to Key Safety Systems (KSS) in acquiring the all of the global assets of Japan-based airbag-maker Takata. Takata's ...
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MACOM Divests Appliedmicro's Compute Business to Carlyle Group Affiliate
Oct 31, 2017MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and photonic applications) has agreed to sell the Compute business – which ...
Tags: semiconductors, components
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Can AR Tech Revive Ailing Toys R Us?
Oct 10, 2017Toys R Us is harnessing the power of augmented reality to help bring the ailing retailer from the brink of bankruptcy, it has been revealed. In the midst of its ongoing financial struggles, CEO Dave Brandon has detailed the ...
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Google Confirms Buyout of HTC's Smartphone Division
Sep 27, 2017HTC Corp., a Taiwanese consumer electronics company manufacturing devices such as mobile phones and tablets, confirmed to sell its mobile business division to Google, an American multinational technology company that specializes in ...
Tags: HTC, Smartphone
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Deutsche Beteiligungs Enters European Convenience Food Business with Two Acquisitions
Apr 7, 2017German private equity firm, Deutsche Beteiligungs (DBAG) is looking to have a major presence in the European chilled convenience product market after agreeing to acquire Abbelen and Oscar Mayer through its top-up fund, DBAG Fund VII. ...
Tags: ready meals, snacks
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Lactalis to Buy Remaining Stake in Parmalat for Eur637m
Jan 6, 2017French dairy giant The Lactalis Group has offered its Italian subsidiary Parmalat a buyout offer of €637m for the 12.26% stake it doesn’t hold. The move from the Lactalis is to take 100% control of Parmalat in order to delist ...
Tags: dairy, Lactalis Group
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Saudi Public Fund to Buy 50% Stake in Kuwait Food Company's Owner
Dec 2, 2016The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) has announced plans to buy 50% stake in Adeptio Group’s, which controls the Kuwait Food Company (Americana). However, financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Saudi Arabia's ...
Tags: Kuwait Food, Food
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Microsoft or Google May Buy Twitter – Deal ‘Before Year End’ Leaks
Sep 27, 2016Google, Microsoft, and several other tech firms are all respectively mulling over a complete buyout of Twitter, according to a new report. CNBC reports that Twitter has received “expressions of interest” regarding an ...
Tags: Google, Microsoft, buyout of Twitter
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International Paper Reports Second Quarter 2016 Earnings
Aug 3, 2016International Paper reported second quarter 2016 net earnings attributable to International Paper of $40m ($0.10 per share) compared with net earnings of $334m ($0.81 per share) in the first quarter of 2016 and net earnings of $227m ($0.54 ...
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Osram Acquiring Automotive LED Module Maker Novita
Jul 27, 2016As part of its three-pillar strategy announced last November, Osram GmbH of Munich, Germany is further expanding the leading position of its Specialty Lighting (SP) business by agreeing to acquire Novità Technologies of ...
Tags: Osram, LED Module
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Nissan in Talks to Buy One-Third Stake in Mitsubishi Motors
May 13, 2016Nissan Motor is reportedly in talks with to acquire a one-third stake in Mitsubishi Motors for about JPY200bn ($1.8bn). The talks are in preliminary stages and have not been finalised. The companies are discussing several matters ...
Tags: Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan Motor
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Glendale Foods Undergoes Management Buy-out
Feb 7, 2016Glendale Foods Limited, the Salford based food manufacturing business, has undergone a partial shareholder buyout for an undisclosed sum, leaving full control to management as the company enters the next stage of development. Paul ...
Tags: Glendale Foods, vegetables
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China Vanke Suspends Trading After Chair Opposes Shareholder's Leveraged Buying
Dec 22, 2015China Vanke Co. Ltd unexpectedly suspended trading on Friday afternoon, saying that it's planning to issue new shares for capital restructuring and assets acquisition, according to a statement on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The statement ...
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Mills Fleet Farm May Be Sold to KKR
Dec 21, 2015Mills Fleet Farm is in talks to be acquired by buyout firm KKR & Co., according to a Reuters report. With 35 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota, the company's mix includes hunting, fishing and sporting goods products. ...
Tags: KKR Co, private equity firms, Sporting Goods
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China Vanke's Chairman Concerned Over Shareholder's Leveraged Buying
Dec 18, 2015A file photo of the headquarters of China Vanke in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. [Photo: ifeng.com] China's biggest residential developer China Vanke is worrying that its shareholders are buying too much stake. Baoneng Group, a ...
Tags: Vanke, Baoneng Group, stake