Uniphar announces completion of Durbin acquisition

DUBLIN: Uniphar plc has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Durbin plc and Durbin Inc, a specialist provider of pharmaceuticals with offices in the UK and the US…

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Singapore Exchange

GSK and Pfizer form new world-leading consumer healthcare joint venture

LONDON: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has completed its transaction with Pfizer to combine their consumer healthcare businesses into a world-leading Joint Venture (JV). GSK has a controlling equity interest of 68% and…

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London Exchange

Bidstack acquires Pubguard for £300,000

LONDON: Bidstack Group has acquired the entire issued share capital of Minimised Media Limited, which trades under the name ‘Pubguard’. Bidstack is an in-game advertising group. The consideration for the…

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London Exchange

CentralNic completes $24mn acquisition of TPP Wholesale

LONDON: CentralNic Group has received the funds from its recent bond raise and, further to the announcement released on 20 May 2019, the acquisition of TPP Wholesale Group is now…

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Shell commences $25 billion share buyback programme

LONDON: Royal Dutch Shell has announced the commencement of trading in the next tranche of its share buyback programme previously announced on July 26, 2018. In the next tranche, the…

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LSEG acquires Refinitiv for $27bn to become largest global FMI provider

LONDON: London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) has agreed definitive terms with a consortium including certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone as well as Thomson Reuters to acquire the Refinitiv…

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Vodafone completes acquisition of European Liberty Global assets

LONDON: Vodafone Group has completed the acquisition of Liberty Global's operations in Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania (CEE) for a total enterprise value of €18.4 billion. Vodafone…

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Singapore Exchange Wire

PSA International acquires Halterm container terminal

SINGAPORE: PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) has completed the acquisition of Halterm Container Terminal in the Port of Halifax, Canada, from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure…

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Singapore Exchange

Dan Tan appointed CEO of Amos Group Limited

SINGAPORE: AMOS Group Limited, a supplier of products, services, and solutions to the marine and offshore industries, announced the appointment of Dan Tan as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).…

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Singapore Exchange

Qatar National Cement posts profits

DOHA: Qatar National Cement Company disclosed its reviewed financial statements for the period ended on 30.06.2019. The statement shows that the net profit is QR 100.14 million compared to net…

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Singapore Exchange

HRnetGroup acquires 11.67mn shares of Staffline for £21mn

SINGAPORE: HRnetGroup Limited has acquired 11.67 million shares of Staffline Group at a price of 180 pence for a total cash consideration of £21.009 million. Following the acquisition, HRnetGroup’s total…

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Dubai Investments reports 17% increase in second quarter profits

DUBAI: Dubai Investments PJSC, the leading diversified investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, reported profit of AED 151 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019, an…

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