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...The team consists of Epco van der Lende, Petr Kocourek and Jan Baars. ● Hewitt Associates has hired Anne Swift from BlackRock as chief investment officer with its UK defined contribution scheme....
...TDK will launch a friendly tender offer for Frankfurt-listed Epcos and make it a subsidiary as early as autumn, said a source close to the deal....
...UBS advised Epcos....
...TDK was also in the limelight after it said it is making an offer of 1.2bn euros for German company Epcos. TDK shares closed down 1.5 per cent at Y6,500, while Epcos shares surged nearly 30 per cent....
...Epcos rose 1.5 per cent to €11.35 after the German electronics components maker confirmed the sale of its tantalum capacitor business Unit to KEMET, the US capacitor manufacturer, for €86.5m....
...Epcos, the German maker of electronic components, gained 1.85 per cent to €10.46 after JPMorgan raised its rating on the company to “neutral” from “underweight”, saying that restructuring should lead to...
...Shares in Epcos opened 7.7 percent lower on Friday after the German electronics components maker said that it may miss its target of raising sales and earnings in 2005....
...mostly healthy state after 12 years under Mr von Pierer, who has made the 157-year-old group leaner, and reduced its exposure to volatile high-technology businesses by floating electronic components maker Epcos...
...Friday brought similar news from Epcos, the German electronics firm, whose shares fell 6.3 per cent to €10.20....
...But UBS upgraded components maker Epcos to “neutral” from “reduce” and retained its target of €12 a share for the stock. Epcos shares rose 2.7 per cent to €12.23....
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