Crestview Partners has agreed to acquire Accuride, which supplies components to the North American and European commercial vehicle industries. Crestview Partners is a New York based private equity firm, which will acquire Accuride for ...
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Don’t be fooled by the pitch that touts shortage as a reason for investors to plough dollars into the diamond mining sector. In fact, like many other commodities in the world today, the diamond industry is also drowning in a supply ...
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Diamond manufacturers are entering an era of fierce competition as the looming decline in rough diamond supply is expected to place additional pressure on their already razor-thin profit margins. Manufacturer always operates with a ...
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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Activist investor Carl Icahn fired off word on Tuesday that he beefed up his Apple stock holdings by a half-billion dollars as the share price dipped. "Just bought $500 mln more $AAPL shares," Icahn said in a message on Twitter. "My ...
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San Francisco-based private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedman has acquired Chicago-based insurance brokerage firm, Hub International, from Apax Partners, in a transaction worth approximately $4.4bn. Commenting on the transaction, ...
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Industry analysts seem to agree that TransForce's offer to buy Vitran's Canadian operations for US$4.50 per share would be a good deal for Canada's largest LTL carrier. Walter Spracklin, analyst with RBC Capital Markets, said the deal ...
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Barge-delivered Central Appalachian coal for Cal 2014 fell 60 cents/st Tuesday as the contract was seen trading down through the session. Platts assessed the Cal 2014 price at $55.75/st, the lowest level for a front-year contract since ...
Private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedman has agreed to purchase the US-based insurance brokerage firm Hub International from Apax Partners in London, in a deal valued at nearly $4.4bn. It is believed that Apax, a private equity ...
The Australian dollar was weaker as markets warmed again to the idea that the central bank will cut interest rates next month. "Domestic press speculation of an RBA rate cut in early August has weighed on the Australian dollar," RBC ...
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US-based Moog has completed the sale of its Buffalo, New York operations of Ethox Medical to Dempsey Ventures. The annual sales from this division are approximately $12m. Ethox Buffalo has 88 full-time employees. There is an after-tax ...
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Dialog Semiconductor Plc (FWB: DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, audio and short-range wireless technologies, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire iWatt Inc. ("iWatt"), a leading ...
The Australian dollar slumped to a near three-year low during Asia trade after local economic data disappointed and Goldman Sachs warned the resource-rich country was at risk of a steep economic downturn. New government figures today ...
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The dollar recovered some lost ground today, helped in part by a mild recovery in gold prices and comments by the Reserve Bank of Australia signalling it is in no rush to cut interest rates further. While the Aussie still remains well ...
The US door manufacturer Masonite has submitted an application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for Stock Exchange listing. The application is in connection with the planned initial public offering (IPO) of the ordinary shares, ...
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