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Braskem will acquire Argentine-Brazilian plastics maker Solvay Indupa for $290 million
Braskem will acquire Argentine-Brazilian plastics maker Solvay Indupa for $290 million. It will buy 70.59% of Solvay Indupa by assuming its debt and through cash. Braskem will also purchase the remaining 29.41% of the company floated on the Buenos Aires bourse.
Hutchison chooses BoA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, HSBC to manage A.S. Watson float
Hutchison Whampoa, a conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and HSBC to manage the proposed listing of A.S. Watson in Hong Kong and London.
Kraft Foods Group Inc authorizes stock repurchase worth $3 billion
A $3 billion share buyback program was authorized by Northfield, Illinois-based Kraft Foods Group Inc, the first after the firm turned independent in October 2012.
David Gonski named as new Chairman of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group
David Gonski, the head of the sovereign wealth fund of Australia, will be the Chairman of the Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Bloomberg reported.