The shares of solar-cell maker Shunfeng Photovoltaic International Ltd rose after it agreed to buy Suntech Power for $492 million.
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Berkshire investments in utlitiies pays off
The earnings from Burlington Northern Santa Fe and MidAmerican Energy Holdings accounted for 40% of income for Berkshire Hathaway.
Henkel of Germany seeks EUR10 billion in sales by 2016
Germany's Henkel had made plans to increase sales in MENA for the next few years. Henkel, the German cleaning products manufacturer known for brands such as Persil and Schwarzkopf, has laid out plans to boost sales by 40% in emerging markets such as the Middle East.
South Korean firms enter into joint venture projects with Arabtec
GS Engineering and Construction and Samsung Engineering form joint ventures with Arabtec separately.
Royal decree for bailout funds set to be vetoed by Bahraini parliament
The King Hamas decree granting BHD185 million bailout to Gulf Air is set to be vetoed by a number of MPs since it was done while Parliament was in recess.
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The Australian Securities Exchange would be the venue for the IPO of Nine Network. The firm that owns Nine Network would start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange by December 6.
US antitrust regulators would like American Airlines and the US Airways Group to agree to concessions before giving their stamp of approval for the merger.
Whitehaven Chairman Mark Vaile said the future of the mining company is assured with the two mines it is preparing to go online.
SunPower Corp acquired Greenbotics Inc for its robots that clean solar power panels. US solar manufacturer SunPower Corp purchased Greenbotics Inc. The latter manufactures robots that can clean solar panels.
Billabong International would be selling its West 49 stores to YM Inc for CAD 9 million to CAD 11 million.
Westpac CEO Gail Kelly reports a good 2013 and expects a better year for 2014. Westpac is set to increase its focus on growth for 2014, as it looks forward to another record making profit season.
Centrica decided to scrap plans for £2 billion wind farm unless the government subsidies to be given will be significantly increased.
A consortium led by Chinalco was shortlisted to bid for Glencore Xstrata's copper mine in Peru, a Chinalco executive said.
KT Corp said the mobile operator's CEO Lee Suk Chae offered to resign from his post after a raid was conducted on the firm's headquarters and his home.
