Staffmotivationmatters | 29/09/2016
Staffmotivationmatters P&MM has conducted a survey across 52 organisations between October and November 2015 into Health and Safety at Work that suggests there is a significant gap between workplace policies and procedures and what staff actually know. Participants were asked ‘Do you know where to log a Health and Safety concern at work?’ Worryingly the […]
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Fortune | 29/09/2016
Fortune Unilever has agreed to acquire Seventh Generation, a Vermont-based maker of “green” household products like laundry detergent and diapers. No financial terms are being disclosed, but a source familiar with the deal says that Unilever is paying between $600 million and $700 million in cash. Click here to read full article About […]
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Reuters | 29/09/2016
Reuters Abbott Laboratories said it would sell its eye care business to Johnson & Johnson for about $4.33 billion in cash to focus on cardiovascular devices and diagnostics business. The company expanded its medical device and diagnostics businesses this year with a $25 billion deal for St. Jude Medical Inc and a $5.8 billion deal for Alere Inc. Abbott Medical […]
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Reuters | 29/09/2016
Reuters SABMiller (SAB.L) shareholders overwhelmingly backed the brewer’s $100 billion-plus takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR), clearing the last big hurdle for one of the largest corporate mergers in history. The combined group will sell more than a quarter of all beers sold worldwide and be the fifth largest consumer goods company. For the maker of […]
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Bloomberg | 16/09/2016
Bloomberg Total SA has drawn up a shortlist of bidders for its electronic-materials business Atotech, and may choose a winner by the end of the month, according to people with knowledge of the situation. CVC Capital Partners is competing against Carlyle Group LP and a joint bid from Cinven Ltd. and BC Partners, said the […]
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Maritime Executive | 16/09/2016
Maritime Executive Two potential buyers have emerged for STX France, a shipyard subsidiary of the struggling South Korean group STX Corp, according to a French finance ministry source. The French state holds a 33 percent minority stake in STX France, which runs a naval shipyard in Saint Nazaire on the west coast. Lossmaking STX Corp […]
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Techcrunch | 16/09/2016
Techcrunch Google announced today that it intends to purchase Apigee, an API management platform that went public last year, for $625 million or $17.40 a share. The company, which helps customers build digital products with open APIs, has an impressive customer list including Walgreens, AT&T, Bechtel, Burberry, First Data and Live Nation. Click here to read […]
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| 16/09/2016
The Middle Market HP Inc. sees its future in copiers and printers. The personal-computer maker has agreed to buy Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business for $1.05 billion, betting that it can grab share and generate income, even in a shrinking global market. Click here to read full article About Wiserlinks
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Reuters | 16/09/2016
Reuters French drugmaker Sanofi and Verily, the life sciences unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Monday said they would invest about $500 million in a joint venture combining devices with services to improve diabetes care, an example of growing ties between the pharma and tech sectors. Sanofi said last year it was working on a […]
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Reuters | 16/09/2016
Reuters German industrial gases group Linde and U.S. rival Praxair have ended talks to create a $60-billion-plus market leader, they said on Monday, after failing to agree where to locate key activities and who would run the business. Although the logic of the deal was clear, the talks foundered on where the combined firm would […]
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