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Strategy: M&A

Despite the high percentage of failed combinations, companies remain on the lookout for acquisition opportunities. George F. Brown, Jr.

Centrica in Canadian asset deal

The UK’s biggest energy supplier, Centrica, will buy natural gas assets in Canada from Suncor Energy in a deal worth £229 million.

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How the perception of corruption deters foreign companies in China ÔÇô but shouldnÔÇÖt

Rather than categorising a different business approach as malpractice, make an effort to understand China’s complex, diverse philosophy and culture

Elbit Systems wins $62 million contract

Israel’s Elbit Systems has won a contract worth $62 million to upgrade the Korean Air Force’s C-130 transport aircraft.

BMW to invest £500 million in UK manufacturing

Car maker BMW is to invest £500 million in its UK production network, it has been announced.

Is IndiaÔÇÖs comatose gold industry about to receive the kiss of life?

It is believed that Vedanta Resources, the natural resources conglomerate, is looking to expand into gold mining by bidding for the now closed Bharat Gold Mines Ltd (BGML), whic

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010

The “serial entrepreneur” Keith Maxwell, CEO of Spark Energy Gas & Electric, was named yesterday as national winner of Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in t

KPMC

KPMC is a niche BEE project management and engineering company, specialising in combining the practicalities of mining, the challenges of logistics and the volumes of bulk mater

Out of sight not out of mind

As globalization increasingly becomes a reality, organizations need good visibility, communication and understanding of their extended supply chain to overcome challenges and ul

Novartis assumes 100 per cent ownership of Alcon

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Novartis has bought the remaining shares in US eyecare company Alcon it did not already own for $12.9 billion (£8.2 billion), thus sealing 100 per ce