First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – says that, following its leadership ...
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Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, announces its unaudited consolidated IFRS results for the period ending June 30, 2016. Second quarter financial highlights Revenue increased by 9% ...
Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution. The acquisition proposal has ...
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Swiss food company Nestle is planning to acquire the remaining stake of 36.3% in Israel-based food manufacturer Osem for $840m. Nestle had originally invested in Osem around two decades ago, when it had taken 63.7% stake in the company, ...
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. appointed e-commerce entrepreneur and former Sears Canada executive Michele Romanow to its Board of Directors, effective June 24. Following Romanow's appointment, the Company will have eight board members, ...
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Advanced Photonix Inc (API) of Ann Arbor, MI, USA (which designs and makes APD, PIN, and FILTRODE photodetectors, HSOR high-speed optical receivers, and T-Ray terahertz instrumentation) and Luna Innovations Inc of Roanoke, VA, USA (which ...
RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA and fellow RF component maker TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA have completed their merger to form Qorvo Inc, a provider of what is claimed to be the industry’s broadest ...
Tags: gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, bulk acoustic wave, Electrical
Women’s apparel company and NYSE listed, ANN INC., which manages Ann Taylor and Loft brands, has appointed Katie J. Bayne to its Board of Directors. Ms. Bayne will serve as a Class I Director with a term expiring at the 2016 Annual ...
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The Sherwin-Williams Company's Board of Directors has elected Matthew Thornton III to the Board of Directors. Thornton is senior vice president, U.S. Operations, FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company and a ...
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Victoria PLC, the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floorcoverings, announces, subject to shareholder approval, a proposed special dividend of £2.92 per Existing Ordinary Share ("Special Dividend"). ...
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EBay Inc. reported that the value of goods sold on its mobile commerce platform increased 70 percent in first quarter ended March 31, 2014 and now represent 19 percent of its e-commerce volume. Total revenue at the company increased 14 ...
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Sycamore Partners announced that it has completed its acquisition of The Jones Group Inc. The transaction is valued at approximately $2.2 billion. "We are excited to have finalized the acquisition of The Jones Group and are confident ...
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Belgian frozen food firms Ardo and Dujardin Foods have entered into an agreement to merge their activities. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The move is aimed at creating a strong working platform that ...
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Penford Corporation, a leader in ingredient systems for food and industrial products, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Gum Technology, an Arizona close corporation. Gum Technology is a gum and hydrocolloids blending, ...
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The Jones Group Inc. announced that it has scheduled a special meeting of The Jones Group shareholders for April 7, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP at 825 Eighth Avenue, 38th Floor, New York, ...
Tags: Jones Group, Proposed Merger