Rio Tinto's agreement with EDF for its electricity is due on 2016, requiring the mining giant to seek options to improve efficiency and negotiate for a new contract.
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UI software developer launches new product, raised over $1 million in investments
WorldDesk received $1.25 million from investors including North Irish investment firm Lough Shore Investments in line with the laun
ClearLight sells Outsource to HCA subsidiary
ClearLight Partners sold The Outsource Group to Parallon Business Solutions. (Photo : Reuters )Reuters/Ipsos polling reveals a remarkably high level of approval for nearly all the provisions of the act, often in the 80 percent range, despite opposition of respondents to the ClearLight Partners LLC, a private equity firm based in Newport Beach, California, agreed to sell The Outsource Group to a subsidiary to HCA Holdings called Parallon Business Solutions.
Anacor receives loan to fund new drug campaign
Anacor received a $45 million loan from Hercules Technology Growth, divided into three tranches. (Photo : Reuters)The image is a drug packaging machine in action.
Telefonica struggles to expand due to Colombian government
The Colombian government is halting any progress by telecom company Telefonica. (Photo : Reuters)The image is a billboard of Telefonica SA. The government of Colombia is hindering Telefonica SA (TEF) from pursuing expansion in the country said the company's Latin American executive.
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Thailand's CP ALL Pcl acquired Siam Makro Pcl after its shareholders agreed on the 189 billion baht ($6.1 billion) deal. This acquisition is considered to be the Southeast-asian nation's largest takeover in history.
Venture capital firm Augment Ventures made another investment in Mercatus, its third one after the company's launch almost two years ago.
More discussions between Rio and Glencore is said to have transpired after early talks were held for the venture of two thermal coal assets in Australia.
Nocibe, a French perfume and cosmetic retailer received a lot of interested bidding parties including Douglas Holding and LBO France along with its alliance, Fosun.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Carlyle Group seeks a hefty US$4 billion property fund, the biggest property fund since the financial crisis once gotten successfully.
Hewlett Packard's (HP) Indian unit faced a US$386 million order after the Indian customs department stated that the company has underpaid dues while importing spare parts and other products into India.
Within the past week, an informal takeover bid for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG was initiated by Vodafone.
Gemalto was chosen by SoftBank Mobile for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the Softbank corporate logo on the frontage of its company headquarters.
Newcastle Investment Corp. announced today, a public offer of 30,000,000 shares of its common stock.
