Engineering consultancy taken over in 8.4m deal
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One of Northern Ireland's largest engineering consultancies has been taken over by a rival company from the Republic in an 8.4m deal, it was announced today.
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The firm starts a technical support which it hopes will create about  2,000 jobs.
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BAE Systems acquires a US firm which provides computer and IT systems to the US defence department.
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New Zealand-based professional services firm Opus International Consultants said today it had acquired Evans Grant Consulting, of the United Kingdom.
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UK-BASED investment manager and life services provider HHG Plc has agreed to sell its Life Services business for an estimated $2.46 billion.
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Siemens have landed a ten-year deal to provide IT services to the BBC in an outsourcing contract, worth about Â£200m a year. The German technology group has been selected as part of a cost-cutting initiative
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Two of the UK's largest life insurers, Friends Provident and Resolution, agree to merge in a deal worth Â£8bn.
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United Airlines agreed yesterday to hire an outside consulting firm to review its pending new business plan, a step requested by two unions in exchange for dropping legal action against United.
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The company says the lay-offs are part of an ongoing overhaul of its services unit.
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Â£1.8m has been paid to consultants looking into a new NI stadium, an Alliance assembly member says.
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Britainâs largest brewer, agreed to a Â£7.8 billion ($15.4 billion) takeover by the European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken.
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Federal-Mogul, the engineering company whose bankruptcy in the US is threatening the pensions of thousands of workers at its subsidiary Turner &amp; Newall, is sizing up a sale of its UK businesses.
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According to news.gov.hk: The Environmental Protection Department has today awarded a consultancy agreement to Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong, to undertake a comprehensive study to draw up a new set of air-quality objectives for Hong Kong and devise a long-term plan for meeting them.
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A privately-owned firm from Londonderry has been involved in one of Scotland's largest property deals so far this year, it was disclosed today.
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The public body which operates the London Underground said Friday it was ready to make an offer for one of the private companies which runs its infrastructure.
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UK fire equipment manufacturer Kidde agrees a Â£1.4bn takeover by US manufacturer United Technologies.
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British investment fund manager Henderson has announced that it has agreed to buy construction company John Laing for 886.9 million pounds.