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US-based food giant Kraft has announced the sale of its North American frozen pizza business to Nestlé for US$3.7bn. Kraft has immediately set the money to use by increasing the... 2010-01-06


Companies

It has been confirmed that food-giant Nestlé is to sell a 52% stake in eye-care group Alcon to Switzerland's Novartis for US$28.1bn. The move is the second-stage of a two part deal... 2010-01-06


Finance

April 20 saw beleaguered Swiss banking giant UBS agree to sell its Brazilian Banco Pactual unit to BTG Investments for around CHF2.8bn (US$2.5bn), as part of its ongoing bid to reduce... 2009-04-21


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Finance

Lithuania's state-owned airline, flyLAL, has a second chance to become a regional carrier. The troubled airline has entered into an agreement to be 100% bought by SCH Swiss Capital... 2009-01-13


Finance

Slovenia's largest international financial group, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB), announced the sale of 898,204 shares on April 17. The sale will be conducted in three tranches and... 2008-04-25