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...Last year was exceptional for Europe Inc in terms of growth, profitability and business expectations....
...Also: AR v VR Do you like your reality augmented or completely virtual? Augmented reality has seen little progress with no sign yet of Google bringing out the next generation of Google Glass....
...The Tricorder XPrize is down to seven finalists now, including teams from India and Taiwan as well as north America....
...Awkward (Financial Times) Moscow’s ‘political technologists’ specialise in creating pure spectacle (Financial Times) Sleaze v spin in Mexico’s race for reform (Financial Times) The SEC is turning into...
...“One of our principles is that waste [from existing products] should be food [for new ones],” says Mr Braungart....
...But this is no breakfast spread made of brewery waste products....
...The private equity group made a preliminary 135p per share offer for Shanks in December, though management at the waste group have been holding out for 150p....
...And it is a decision that will leave America stronger, and more capable of defending our troops, our interests, and our allies....
...The withdrawal of Waste Management’s takeover attempt, after it earlier had two offers rejected, opens the way for Republic to complete its merger with Allied Waste, the second-largest trash hauler....
...In June, the second and third largest trash handlers in the US – Allied Waste and Republic Services – agreed to merge in an all-stock deal....
...deal to buy the industry’s second-largest company, Allied Waste....
...waste hauler Waste Management and instead pursue its $6.24bn plan to buy Allied Waste....
...On Monday, industry leader Waste Management raised its unsolicited takeover bid for Republic by about 9% to try to thwart Republic’s agreement to buy Allied Waste Industries, the second-largest US trash...
...Allied was not available to comment. Credit Suisse is Waste Management’s financial adviser. Shares in Waste Management fell 6.6 per cent to $34.19 by midday in New York....
...Allied Waste and Republic Services, the second and third-largest US waste services companies, said on Monday that they had agreed to combine in a $6.1bn stock-for-stock transaction....
...its deal to buy the industry’s second-largest company, Allied Waste....
...Waste Management, the largest US waste disposal company, yesterday made an unsolicited $6.19bn offer to take over Republic Services, the third largest, in a move to derail Republic’s deal to buy Allied Waste...
...This is a situation waste hauler Republic Services, which recently agreed to buy rival Allied Waste, knows all too well....
...Allied Waste and Republic Services also fell back after the waste management companies confirmed it was in discussions about a $6.59bn merger....
...Pernod’s net debt to ebitda will rise from four to six times once the acquisition completes, but it geared up the balance sheet to a similar level to buy Seagram in 2001, and Allied Domecq in 2005....
...The deal helps Pernod increase its share of the US spirits market to nearly 14 per cent from 8.6 per cent because the bulk of Absolut’s sales are in North America, although the French company still trails...
...Along the way it lost its distinctive V-tail and picked up a conventional tail. But it is still fast....
...Allied Domecq also the subject of bid speculation....
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