Many hurdles face Tokyo Electron-Applied Materials merger

As share values jumped, the bigger issues for the Applied Materials-Tokyo Electron merger would be the regulatory approvals from three countries and the length of time for those approvals to be obtained.


Maidenform announces stockholder approval of merger

The stockholders of Maidenform Brands Inc. had voted in favor a previously announced merger agreement with Hanesbrands Inc. today.

Hudson Insurance acquires American Safety

Hudson Insurance Group announced today its acquisition of the Surety Team from American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd.

Instagram to allow advertisments in photo feeds

People who had been using Instagram would start to see advertising in their photo sharing feeds in the next couple of months.


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In an interview fresh from its acquisition of Investors Capital Holdings Ltd, RCS Capital Corp Executive Chairman of the Board Nicholas Schorsch said his company would still be on the lookout for more potential buyouts.
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Activist investor William Ackman told investors through a letter dated October 2 that he had reduced over 40% of his USD1 billion investment with nutritional supplements company Herbalife.
The ownership structure of the new merged firm between Oi SA and Portugal Telecom would be simple, compared to the previous structure.
Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne are far from reaching a settlement on the pricing conflict as to the health care trust fund's shareholdings.
Multiple sources and data from purchasing contracts indicated that Intellectual Ventures had slowed down in its patent buying to raise USD3 billion in capital.
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