CHRISTCHURCH: KKR & Co., a leading global investment firm, announced the completion of acquisition of Natural Pet Food Group, a New Zealand-based premium pet food company. The investment will be used to support the Company’s international growth and advance its mission to supply safe, sustainably sourced high-meat pet food from New Zealand to more customers…
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100% woman-owned Drysdale Properties acquires Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
SONORA: Drysdale Properties, among the nation’s 100% woman-owned companies, announced its acquisition of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Realty. The Sonora professionals are joining forces with the larger Bay Area Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices brokerage to enhance services, tools, and reach. The announcement was made by Gretchen Pearson, President/CEO, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties. The office, located…
Benjamin Gaszynski to lead Bloom energy business in Southeast Asia
SAN JOSE: Bloom Energy, a leading provider of distributed energy solutions, announced the appointment of Benjamin Gaszynski to lead business development in Southeast Asia, a news release said. Benjamin Gaszynski will strengthen the company’s expansion efforts, enhance competitive positioning and support deployment of its fuel-flexible, clean energy technology across Southeast Asia with an initial focus…
AWS announces general availability of Amazon Nimble Studio
SEATTLE: Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com Inc. company, announced the general availability of Amazon Nimble Studio, a new service that enables customers to set up a content production studio in hours instead of weeks, with elasticity that gives them near limitless scale and access to rendering on demand. With Amazon Nimble Studio, customers…
Amazon Web Services launches AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative
SEATTLE: Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS) has announced AWS for Media & Entertainment, an initiative that makes it easier for industry customers to discover, implement, and deploy purpose-built AWS capabilities and partner solutions for their highest priority workloads—enabling them to create compelling content faster, invent new customer experiences, expand direct-to-consumer offerings, and improve media supply…
Warren Equity announces acquisition of ADB Companies and affiliates from Keeley
SAINT LOUIS: Warren Equity Partners announced the acquisition of ADB Companies LLC, and its affiliates from the Keeley Companies. ADB, based in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading turnkey provider of telecommunication and utility infrastructure solutions in the United States. Rusty Keeley, CEO of the Keeley Companies, and Chad Johnson, CEO of ADB, will maintain…
Xerox acquires Groupe CT
NORWALK: Xerox has acquired Groupe CT, a leading independent document management provider in Eastern Canada, a news release said. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We’re continuing to grow our presence in the North America small and midsize business (SMB) market,” said Mike Feldman, president of Americas Operations and Global Document Services, Xerox. “With…
Toyota Motor’s Woven Planet to acquire Lyft’s self-driving car division
SAN FRANCISCO: Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of Lyft Inc.’s self-driving vehicle division, Level 5 in a $550 million deal The transaction also includes multi-year non-exclusive commercial agreements between Lyft and Woven Planet to accelerate the development and enhance the safety of automated driving…
Good360 receives grant from Walmart.org to expand operating capabilities and impact
ALEXANDRIA: Good360 announced Walmart.org donated $1.2 million to help expand distribution of critically needed goods to communities in need and further support building and maintaining sustainable nonprofit operating models within Good360’s nonprofit network. With record numbers of Americans experiencing job and income loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to support our communities with…
Godzilla vs. Kong crosses $400 million at the Global Box Office
BURBANK: Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, Jeff Goldstein, and President of International Distribution, Andrew Cripps announced that in just one month, and with markets around the globe left to open or increase capacity, “Godzilla vs. Kong” has triumphed at the worldwide box office, grossing over $400 million. Goldstein stated, “It’s evident that ‘Godzilla…
Accenture acquires Root Inc.
NEW YORK: Accenture has acquired Root Inc. Root joins Accenture’s Talent & Organization / Human Potential team, strengthening its organizational change management capabilities with multiple new experiential and digital assets designed to engage people intellectually and emotionally and do so rapidly and at scale. With 130 experts located in Ohio and Illinois, Root collaborates with…
Warren de Haan and Chris Tokarski appointed Co-CEOs of ACORE Capital
SAN FRANCISCO: ACORE Capital LP announced that Warren de Haan and Chris Tokarski have been appointed as Co-Chief Executive Officers, effective April 19, 2021. ACORE Capital is one of the largest global credit managers focused exclusively on commercial real estate lending. De Haan and Tokarski co-founded ACORE in 2015 with longtime partners Boyd Fellows and…