By: Ronald Russo | 2010-09-16 | Day trading Cellu Tissue (NYSE:CLU), a North American producer of tissue products, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Clearwater Paper Corporation ("Clearwater") pursuant to which Clearwater would acquire all of the outstanding common stock of the Company in an all-cash transaction which values the Company at approximately $502 million, including approximately $255 million of debt. read more
By: Ronald Russo | 2010-09-24 | Day trading Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a global media and men's lifestyle company whose ubiquitous bunny programming and content is available worldwide on television networks, websites, mobile platforms, radio, and for over 50 years, in print. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-01-13 | Business News Pentawards is the international competition for packing designed forms of all products. The event takes place annually and attracts everybody who is associated with creation and marketing of packaging. All packing designs from all countries are submitted and judged by an international jury. The prizes are divided into smaller categories including diamond, platinum, gold, silver and bronze Pentawards based on the creation and quality of the design. Participating in the notable competition, companies’ reputation will be promoted internationally and the winning designs will be delivered prestigious awards which demonstrate the expertise in public as well as throughout the world. The ceremony of 4th Pentawards competition is held at Belgium-EU pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 on 30 September, 2010. The best design award of 2010 goes to Hoyu3210 – Japanese hair products’ packaging. read more
By: Ronald Russo | 2010-09-07 | Day trading The special board committee of Playboy Enterprises Inc., formed in August to consider whether or not to accept Hugh Heffner's bid for the remaining outstanding shares of Playboy Enterprises, Inc. has retained the services of Raine Securities LLC as its financial advisors and Kaye Scholer LLP as its legal advisors read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2010-07-12 | Business News Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK), one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, which is known for its treatments like Gardasil (human papilloma virus), Propecia (baldness), and Zocor (cholesterol) detailed its global structuring program on Friday. The company’s integration plans aim at its research and development, business operations, and manufacturing. read more
By: Ronald Russo | 2010-10-11 | Day trading Clothing manufacturers around the around are feeling cost pressures from rising raw materials costs. Look at the price of cotton which recently – for only the second time since the Civil War – rose above $1 per bale. read more
By: Eric Giguere | 2010-09-08 | Science First awarded in 1936, the Fields Medal is the most prestigious and traditional prize in the world of mathematics. It is awarded to two, three or four under-40-year-old mathematicians with excellent achievements in math. The event takes place at International Congress of the International Mathematical Union every four years. read more
By: Kenneth | 2010-11-25 | Business Aarkstore announce a new report "The Global Bottled Water Report - 2010" through its vast collection of market research report. read more
By: Vicki Kelly | 2010-10-25 | Marketing The Marketing Society has announced its shortlist for their Brand of the Year 2010 award. Twenty famous brands now have to battle for votes to win this accolade. But who will your vote go to? read more
By: Bharat Book Bureau | 2010-12-14 | Business Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Global Energy Drinks Report 2010" which provides a detailed picture of the world energy drinks market, in an easily digestible format. read more
By: Jolie Crussel | 2011-01-16 | Retail On January 13, 2011, Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT), the second largest discount retailer in the United States, behind Walmart, announced its expansion purchasing store leases in Canada. The deal was worth $1.85 billion. read more
By: Eric Giguere | 2010-10-13 | Reference & Education On October 4th, the 2010 Nobel Prize was official started with the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and ended with the prize in economics. It can be seen that the 2010 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was one of the previous week’s biggest events. Let’s discover this year’s Nobel Prize laureates below. read more
By: Joile Crussel | 2010-07-29 | Business Although the global economic recession in 2008 has passed, its outcomes are still causing many countries difficulties. 2010 is a difficulty year for the big enterprises. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) carried out some anti-fraudulent investigations indicating the withdrawal of huge products and the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico. Hence, many famous firms are seriously devalued because their competition and turnover are sloping down. Below is the list of top ten biggest brand disasters in 2010 including some great auto manufacturers Toyota, petroleum firm BP, Goldman Sachs bank and so on. read more
By: battgos | 2010-10-23 | Laptops Dell Inc. is a multinational company with headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, which produces various components of computers, software, televisions and other technology products. Dell, one of the best notebook brands, launches first laptop that can be loaded wireless through electromagnetic induction. In addition, Latitude Z, the name given to this model is the lightest and thinnest laptop with a screen on the market by 16 inches, weighs 2 kg and is 1.2 cm thick. read more
By: Sussy Shi | 2010-03-30 | Internet Marketing The Chinese market has become one of the world's most observed and lucrative markets. For those seeking to expand businesses internationally, China is a market you cannot miss. In this article, Global eMarketer has examined the market opportunities in the Chinese market for 2010 - from best industry segments to tariffs and regulations to language preferences and more. read more