June 17, 2014 2:20 pm
People with knowledge of the matter reported that AT&T Inc. is to become the exclusive carrier of the new smartphone of Amazon.com Inc. The people familiar with the process also said that the new smartphone model is to be officially revealed this Wednesday. The deal is considered beneficial for AT&T because it is able to […]
Read moreJune 17, 2014 11:51 am
The third-biggest oil and gas producer in the U.K. – BG Group Plc – made a statement today, revealing that it plans to sell its stake in a North Sea pipeline network in a deal estimated at 562 million pounds (954 million dollars). This move is part of a strategy of the company, which is […]
Read moreJune 17, 2014 9:45 am
According to a filing with a New York court, Apple Inc. managed to reach a settlement with U.S. states and customers in a civil class-action lawsuit over the pricing of e-books. Mr. Steve Berman, who is a lawyer representing both users and some U.S. states, revealed yesterday in a letter to the U.S. District Judge […]
Read moreJune 17, 2014 8:52 am
The Botox-maker – Allergan Inc., which has been a target of a 53-billion-dollar acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. – disclosed private correspondence in the form of e-mails, where Valeant was described by its own bankers as a “house of cards”. The disclosure of the private correspondence between the companies was unexpected and was intended […]
Read moreJune 17, 2014 7:57 am
The biggest oil company on the territory of Europe – Royal Dutch Shell Plc made an official statement today, revealing that it is to sell the majority of its 23% stake in the Australian company Woodside Petroleum Ltd for 6.1 billion Australian dollars (5.7 billion dollars). 78.3 million shares of Woodside would be sold by […]
Read moreJune 17, 2014 7:39 am
The largest auto manufacturer in the U.S. – General Motors Co. announced that the engineer, who signed off on a defected ignition design that is considered to be related to more than a dozen death cases also oversaw switches in more than 3 million cars, which were withdrawn yesterday. The recall took place only two […]
Read moreJune 16, 2014 2:13 pm
Airbus Group NV made a joint statement with Safran SA today, revealing that the two companies plan to form a joint venture in an attempt to accelerate satellite-launch vehicles development. The companies are also trying to reduce their expenses in the environment of constantly increasing competition from across the Atlantic. As reported by the Financial […]
Read moreJune 16, 2014 1:20 pm
Actelion Ltd made an official statement today, revealing that its experimental drug against a lung disease managed to meet the main goal of a study carried out at a late stage of the process. This is said to provide company with a drug that can help it accumulate annual sales of about 2 billion Swiss […]
Read moreJune 16, 2014 11:57 am
According to people with knowledge of the matter, Siemens AG is preparing a bid for the energy unit of Alstom SA. The people, who asked not to be identified because the process is still not public, said that Siemens AG, which is working in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and Hitachi Ltd, is to […]
Read moreJune 16, 2014 9:46 am
Vodafone Group Plc made a statement today, revealing that it made a tender offer to acquire Italys Cobra Automotive Technologies SpA for 1.49 euros per share. This values the Italian company at about 145 million euros (197.5 million dollars). Vodafones move attempts to boost its machine-to-machine capability. The machine-to-machine units Director at Vodafone Group Plc […]
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