China's government policies for supporting the local IC design industry have put less emphasis on intervention measures such as offering tax breaks, providing direct financial support, and making purchases of domestic products, while ...
Tags: IC Design, IC Industry
The government of Oman has announced plans to set up a dairy firm with an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m) to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production and food security The proposed project is being promoted by state-owned ...
Tags: dairy production, food security, Agriculture
The Government of Oman is planning to set up a dairy firm, which will see an investment of around OMR100m ($258.8m). The investment is in line with the government's strategy to achieve self-sufficiency in dairy production, reports ...
Tags: Dairy Firm, investment funds, private investors, Agriculture
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
One of Saudi Arabia’s largest food producing firms Savola Group has entered the final round of negotiations with Takween Advanced Industries for the sale of its packaging unit, Takween. Savola had announced the signing of a ...
Tags: food, retailing, Agriculture
Industrial property investment returns peak at 11.7 per cent with facilities 33 per cent bigger than they were in 2010, according to the latest research. Strengthening returns and increasing scale of distribution centres and warehouse ...
Tags: Industrial property
Flavors Holdings, the parent of Mafco Worldwide Corporation, a manufacturer of licorice extract and related derivatives, announced today that it has acquired Merisant Company, a manufacturer and marketer of several of the world's leading ...
Tags: Flavors HoldingsAcquire, Food
Crown has received the European Commission (EC) approval to acquire Spanish food cans and ends manufacturer Mivisa Envases from investment funds managed by affiliates of The Blackstone Group, N+1 Mercapital and management, for €1.2bn. ...
Tags: Food Cans, EC granted approval
China reported robust exports for January, but assessing the nation’s true economic strength is no easy task. The Lunar New Year holidays that began at the end of January apparently created an export surgeA transient variation in the ...
Tags: Export Data, economic strength
Commission encourages Chinese steelmakers to boost global footprint Chinese steelmakers that have lost money because of volatile global iron ore prices should invest more in foreign mineral resources to gain greater pricing power, the ...
Tags: NDRC, Chalco, steelmaker, persist
On the 11th floor of the Fukai Building in Beijing's Financial Street, representatives of securities firms are waiting for special documents — written approvals from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for new share issues. ...
Tags: IPO, China economy
China has decided to expand its over-the-counter (OTC) market to all qualified small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to an official statement released on Saturday. The State Council, China's Cabinet, announced that the OTC ...
Tags: OTC Market, National Share
The Gymboree Corporation reported consolidated financial results for its quarter ended November 2, 2013. Net sales for the quarter were $309.8 million, a decrease of 0.5% compared to $311.5 million in net sales for the same quarter last ...
BMO Insurance today introduced BMO Guaranteed Investment Funds (GIFs) - segregated funds which are designed to help Canadians reach their retirement saving goals while protecting their hard-earned dollars. The funds are an ideal choice ...
Tags: Service
UK-based self-adhesive label manufacturer Chesapeake Services has signed an agreement to merge its business with print-based specialty packaging supplier Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS). With the merger, the companies expect to create ...