Vietnam Beverage, ThaiBev’s domestic unit, has won a bidding to acquire 54% stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol & Beverage Corp (Sabeco) for $4.8bn. Sabeco is owned and under the authority of Vietnam's Ministry of Trade and Industry. The ...
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The European Commission has approved German plans for an infrastructure network for charging electric vehicles throughout the country. The German government plans to invest €300m over four years to the increase access to high-speed ...
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Mayors of Cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle have released the nation's first multi-city request to the automotive industry to increase the production of electric vehicles and help in tackling fuel and ...
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FCA US has secured orders to deliver 580 Dodge Charger Pursuit police sedans to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The sedans will replace aging sedans and utility vehicles in CHP's fleet. FCA will deliver the vehicles in the next two ...
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Brakes, the largest UK food distributor, by Sysco, the largest US food distributor. The Commission found that the takeover would not adversely ...
US-based Bama Foods plans to expand its production facility in Owasso, north Tulsa after it secured a contract supply hotcakes to McDonald’s. The expansion will result in adding 55 jobs at the location. Bama CEO Paula Marshall ...
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Spun-off from SPX Corporation in September 2015, SPX Flow, Inc. was formed to pursue a more flow-focused strategy and capitalise on the organisation's strengths for the global food and beverage, power and energy and industrial markets. SPX ...
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Herbert Hainer, Adidas Group CEO, said for the first time that Adidas may explore “alternatives” to its long sponsorship of FIFA if soccer's world governing body does not reform itself. "If FIFA succeeds in reforming itself -- ...
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US-based food company B&G Foods has completed the acquisition of frozen and canned vegetable Green Giant and Le Sueur brands from General Mills for $765m in cash. The deal also covers inventory adjustment at closing worth $58m. B&G ...
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Private equity investing firm Abraaj Group has decided to withdraw from the bidding process for the acquisition of Egypt's BiscoMisr. The company had offered $12.14 per share to purchase up to 100% of the share capital of Egyptian cake ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit maker, Agriculture
France-based Saint-Gobain is in the process of putting its glass packaging unit Verallia up for sale to focus on higher-margin home and construction products, with Ardagh confirming that it is monitoring the sale of the unit. The company ...
Global soccer’s governing body, apparently satisfied with the investigative findings of an Ethics Committee that found no “violations or breaches of the relevant rules and regulations” were made during the bidding process ...
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Total solar photovoltaic (PV) demand from the five leading Asia Pacific (APAC) markets – China, Japan, India, Australia and Thailand – is forecast to reach 17.2GW during the second half of 2014, almost 60% of global solar PV ...
Brazil steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) has confirmed it is interested in acquiring US-based Gallatin Steel, according to a CSN executive. "We've tried to enter in the Severstal deal and we didn't succeed. We're looking at ...
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Aeropostale, Inc., a mall-based specialty retailer of casual apparel for young women and men, announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with respect to its previously announced strategic partnership and $150 million senior ...
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