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China Lowers Insurance Firm's Caps in Stocks
Feb 2, 2017China’s insurance regulator on Tuesday announced a ban on insurers acquiring listed firms in concert with non-insurance parties, in a latest move to limit insurance assets invested in equity markets. According to new rules set by ...
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First Trailers For The LEGO Batman Movie Land
Mar 30, 2016'Written, directed, sound mixed, choreographed and painstakingly beat-boxed' by the Dark Knight himself. Having conquered the big screen back in 2014 with The LEGO Movie, the first batch of trailers have arrived for LEGO's second ...
Tags: LEGO, LEGO Batman Movie
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Vanke Says May Issue New Shares
Dec 31, 2015It's been revealed Chinese property developer Vanke may be poised to try to issue new shares as part of an acquisition. In a filing to the Hong Kong's stock exchange, Vanke says it’s considering acquiring a company in a share and ...
Tags: Vanke, New Shares
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Vanke-Baoneng Spat Heats up
Dec 22, 2015The spat between China's largest property developer Vanke and its current biggest shareholder Baoneng Group has continued to heat up. Vanke's President Yu Liang says the company is facing a "hostile takeover". Last week, Chairman Wang ...
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Sika Declares First Quarter Growth
Apr 15, 2015Sika achieved "highly dynamic growth" in the first quarter of 2015, thereby making a strong start to the year despite the very high sales growth in the reference period (2014: 23.3%). At constant exchange rates, sales rose by 5.1% to CHF ...
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Shareholder Approve Sika Board of Directors Rises
Feb 2, 2015The opposition of the shareholders of Sika AG to the hostile takeover bid by Saint-Gobain continues to mount. So far, investors who together hold over 40 percent of the share capital have expressly stated their support for the course ...
Tags: pension funds, prominent institutional investors, Construction
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Allergan Fought off Hostile Takeover Attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for Past 8 Months
Dec 17, 2014Posted 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
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Five Companies with The Most Stock Price Growth Over 2014
Dec 15, 2014Posted 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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The Deal Helped Propel The Dow and S&P 500 to Record Highs on November 8
Nov 19, 2014Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on November 18, 2014 Irvine, CA–based Allergan has been adamant in fighting off a hostile takeover attempt from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for the past seven months. But ...
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The Medtech Jobs Picture Looked Rosy in 2013
Aug 14, 2014The medtech jobs picture looked rosy in 2013, with the top 15 device makers in hiring mode, according to an EP Vantage report out this week. Excluding pharmaceutical spinoffs, these companies expanded their collective workforce by 6%, the ...
Tags: Medtech Jobs, Health, Medicine
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Burlington Is Celebrating Its 90th Anniversary This Year
Dec 18, 2013Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
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Hologic Is Defending Itself Against a Hostile Takeover From Activist Investor Carl Icahn
Nov 26, 2013Hologic Inc. (Bedford, MA), a diagnostic and medical imaging equipment specialist, is defending itself against a hostile takeover from activist investor Carl Icahn, who know owns a 12.63% stake in the firm. Icahn recently announced his ...
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Can Goodyear Become The Last Major Tire Manufacturer "Born in The U.S.A."
Nov 26, 2013If the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and Apollo Tyres Ltd. deal goes through, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will be the last major tire manufacturer "born in the U.S.A." The Bruce Springstein song reference aside, few who followed the events ...
Tags: anniversary, Goodyear, Grim Reaper
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A Japanese Entrepreneur Who Founded One of The Country's Largest Web Portals
Jun 3, 2013A Japanese entrepreneur who founded one of the country's largest web portals and was a national celebrity before being jailed for securities fraud is now free and has launched a firm to develop smartphone apps. Takafumi Horie was once a ...
Tags: Internet Icon, App Design
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The HTC First Smartphone Will Have Native Support for Facebook Home
Apr 9, 2013The HTC First smartphone will have native support for Facebook Home when it ships on AT&T April 12. Some analysts wonder how soon -- or whether -- native support for the app will be added to more smartphones. Given Facebook's enormous ...
Tags: Smartphones, Facebook, HTC