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Pharma buyout 'threat to research'
2014-04-30 20:44:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Scientific bodies warn that the possible takeover of AstraZenica by US rival Pfizer may weaken Britain's science base.
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UPDATE 2-VW Scania bid nearing success as buyout offer extended
2014-04-30 11:21:13| Appliances - Topix.net
Volkswagen AG is edging closer toward taking full control of its Swedish truck division Scania after its buyout offer won broad support from shareholders and fell just short of an acceptance threshold.
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Camping World's McMahon's RV Buyout Stalls?
2014-04-25 06:07:33| Mobile Homes - Topix.net
Camping World Inc. President and CEO Marcus Lemonis says the deal that his 90-store Chicago-based RV rolling stock chain has been trying to put together to acquire troubled Southern California dealer McMahon's RV - once one of the state's leading RV retailers - is being jeopardized because of escalating costs that have surfaced since Camping World ... (more)
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Verizon Q1 profit up sharply after wireless buy-out
2014-04-24 17:09:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Verizon Communications reported first-quarter EPS of USD 1.15, up from USD 0.68 a year earlier thanks to its acquisition of the remaining stake in Verizon Wireless. This was the US operator's fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Adjusted EPS rose 23.5 percent to USD 0.84. Driven by wireless and Fios services, total operating revenues increased 4.8 percent to USD 30.8 billion. Operating profit was up 15.1 percent to USD 7.2 billion, and the operating margin was 23.2 percent, up from 21.1 percent. The EBITDA margin increased to 36.7 percent from 35.1 percent a year ago. Cash flow from operating activities declined to USD 7.1 billion from 7.5 billion, while capital expenditures totalled USD 4.15 billion. The company continues to target full-year investments in the range of USD 16.5-17 billion, with a decrease in capital spending as a percentage of total revenues. Verizon targets top-line growth of 4 percent and adjusted EBITDA margin expansion in 2014, with positive contributions to profitable growth from both wireless and wireline. Verizon reiterated guidance of increases in both the wireless and wireline EBITDA and EBITDA margins in 2014.
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Blackstone's Gates buyout one of 2014's largest for U.S. M&A
2014-04-11 17:29:04| Food - Topix.net
The deal is the second-largest U.S. leveraged buyout financing of the year, according to Thomson Reuters data, and is also the largest private equity buyout of an industrial company in more than four years.
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