Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has rejected $45bn acquisition offer from global seed technology major Monsanto for the second time citing unfavorable terms for shareholders. If the proposed deal advances, an industry leader with combined ...
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UK based Exponent Private Equity is contemplating sale of its meat-free food brand Quorn and has already held preliminary talks with an American food firm, the WhiteWave Foods Company. WhiteWave Foods Company is targeting the rapidly ...
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The realisation was as surprising as it was momentous. Toledo, long known as Glass City, needed glass, and it could no longer be manufactured locally quickly enough. So Toledo turned to China to make the 360 panels, weighing 589kg each, ...
India is set to start electricity exports to Bangladesh, despite its own chronic power shortages, in a project that could improve relations soured by a water supply dispute, play into upcoming elections and be a key link in an eventual ...
Bector’s Food, an Indian-based biscuits, bakery products and condiments manufacturer, is evaluating plans to sell majority stake in its biscuit business and is currently in preliminary talks with private equity investors. The ...
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A special committee of Dell board members is apparently looking at takeover proposals to rival original owner Michael Dell's private offer of $24.4bn (£16bn). According to source quoted by Reuters, higher bids from Investment group ...
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Singapore will allow US officials to inspect the work of a research institute linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington suspects of espionage, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. K. Shanmugam, the foreign minister, told ...
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A major pipeline project that will transport natural gas from Nigeria to Europe through Algeria remains on track, Nigeria's state news agency reported Friday, citing Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. The report comes amid concerns ...
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With buyout talks gaining steam, analysts say Dell Inc. could be looking to free itself from quarterly distractions and shareholder pressures - a move they said could be good for the world's No. 3 PC maker. "I can see where it would look ...
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In view of the pulp prices that have been rising again since the start of the year and the mark-ups announced by titanium-dioxide manufacturers for the second quarter,the majority of decor-paper manufacturers are sticking to their plans for ...
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