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Lyft Secures $500m Funding at $7.5bn Valuation

Ride-hailing company Lyft has reportedly raised $500m in a new round of funding that valued the company at about $7.5bn. Uber's rival has been trying to raise investment for some time to enter new markets. In the first quarter of this ...

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Heimtextil 2017 Ends with Increased Visitor Numbers

The Heimtextil 2017 show finished after four successful trade fair days in Frankfurt am Main. Almost 70,000 trade visitors from across the world attended the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and were won over by quality and ...

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Workshop on Technologies and Equipment for Global Energy Interconnection Held in Berlin, Germany

The conference on technologies and equipment for global energy interconnection was held in Berlin from December 10 to 11, 2015 local time. This conference was co-hosted by State Grid Corporation of China or SGCC, and German Electrical and ...

Technip, Metabolic Explorer Partner to Assess Combined Polymer Technology

Technip has entered into an agreement with METabolic Explorer for the evaluation of combined polymer technology. Under the deal, the firms will evaluate the combined technology package, including 1,3-Propanediol (PDO) and Polytrimethylene ...

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Lyft and GM Expand Express Drive Short-Term Vehicle Access Program to Colorado and California

Lyft and General Motors (GM) have expanded their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado, including the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles ...

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Stryker Corp.Still on The Prowl for Acquisitions

Stryker Corp. is still on the prowl for acquisitions, although it isn’t naming names, the company’s CEO told analysts this week. Kalamazoo, MI–based Stryker Corp. has been eyeing British company Smith & Nephew Plc and ...

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Stryker Purchased a Canadian Hospital Bed Company for an Undisclosed Sum

Stryker Corp. has purchased a Canadian hospital bed company for an undisclosed sum. Kalamazoo, MI–based Stryker announced it has acquired CHG Corp. (London, Ontario) for an undisclosed sum. CHG designs and manufactures low-height ...

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Technip to Purchase Zimmer Polymer Technology Business From Air Liquide

Technip a leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry said it will purchase the Zimmer polymer technology business from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, Germany. The Zimmer business includes ...

Tags: Polymer Technologies, downstream technologies, Textilec

Allergan Fought off Hostile Takeover Attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for Past 8 Months

Posted in Medical Device Business by Nancy Crotti on December 15, 2014 Just when you thought they couldn’t get more widespread or expensive, the medical device mergers-and-acquisitions of 2014 continue to astound. Allergan ...

Tags: DNA sequencing market, lab products, Health

Five Companies with The Most Stock Price Growth Over 2014

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on December 11, 2014 2014 has turned out to be a pretty decent year for the world’s 40 largest medical device companies: Only six of them have seen their stock prices decline, and ...

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Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on November 24, 2014

Posted in Medical Device Business by Chris Newmarker on November 24, 2014 Stryker executives are once again examining a possible buy of London-based Smith & Nephew and its $4.4 billion-a-year medical device business, according to a ...

Tags: Medical Device Business, Health