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Ascent products to be sold in Wal-Mart stores
Ascent's solar powered chargers for iPhones and Galaxy 4 would now be available in Wal-Mart stores after an agreement was signed between the two companies.
Danone seeks EUR200 million as compensatory damages for false contamination scare
Danone had forwarded a claim worth EUR200 million against Fonterra for its false contamination scare of its milk products.
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.
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Twitter disclosed its financial information to potential investors after filing its IPO documents, said a Reuters report.
The shareholders of Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. voted in favor of a previously announced merger agreement with The Kroger Co. during a special shareholder meeting held today.
The Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett had called out the Republicans for their tactics that caused the current impasse.
Google Inc confirmed through a spokesperson that it had acquired Flutter, a startup company in development of a hand gesture interface technology.
Lavabit LLC founder Ladar Levison posted in Facebook his detailed account of how he had put up a fight with the US government in lieu of the company's to National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Industry sources told Reuters that several private firms and companies like Bloomberg News would face heavy competition in acquiring financial news provider Mergermarket.
Greenline Financial Technologies specialized in Financial Information Exchange was acquired by CameronTec through a buyout.
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.
The Wall Street Journal cited a source who said the Robinsons Retail Group of the Philippines had started testing investor demand in the company's planned USD800 million initial public offering.
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.