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Banana splits as Chiquita chops deal

2014-10-24 16:47:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Shareholders in US banana distributor Chiquita vote against a merger deal with Irish rival Fyffes in favour of a higher offer.

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New research to help banana farmers in Tanzania and Uganda

2014-10-22 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

A new $13.8m project is set to help smallholder banana farmers develop and distribute higher-yielding, disease-resistant hybrid banana varieties in Tanzania and Uganda.

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Chiquita, Brazilians spar over competing deals for Charlotte banana...

2014-10-21 20:39:48| Agriculture - Topix.net

Chiquita Brands International Inc.'s shareholders vote on the Chiquita-Fyffes merger is three days away and the gloves are coming off. Cutrale-Safra, the Brazilian companies looking to buy Chiquita , says this morning that it has a shareholder advisory firm's recommendation to vote against Chiquita's planned purchase of Fyffes plc .

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Chiquita rejects banana buyout

2014-10-17 00:12:56| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

US firm Chiquita rejects an offer from Brazilian billionaires Joseph Safra and José Luís Cutrale that would have valued the firm at $1.3bn, saying the offer was 'inadequate'.

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EU antitrust body approves Chiquita-Fyffes merger creating world's largest banana supplier

2014-10-03 19:29:52| Food - Topix.net

The European Union's antitrust body says it has approved a merger between U.S. banana company Chiquita and Fyffes of Ireland in a deal that creates the world's largest banana supplier. The 28-nation bloc's executive Commission said Friday "wholesale and retail customers would still have a significant number of other ... suppliers to choose from" even though the companies are the two largest banana suppliers in Europe.

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