Belgian unit to boost Cytec revenue
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Cytec Industries Inc.&#39;s acquisition of the surface specialties business from UCB will produce a quick and significant revenue boost, Credit Suisse First Boston said Friday.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe&#39;s second-largest oil company, will boost investment in its European oil and gas unit by $150 million to $1.
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SAP, the world's leading supplier of business software, said it was raising its full-year target for earnings per share on the back of a strong performance in the fourth quarter.
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THE REGION Cytyc Corp., a Marlborough maker of medical testing products, increased its offer to buy Australia's Vision Systems Ltd. to $517 million, topping a rival $346 million bid from Tucson-based Ventana Medical Systems Inc. Cytyc's new offer, up from its Sept. 17 offering of $377 million, came two days after Ventana said it had paid about $47.4 million to ...
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SAN FRANCISCO - In a bid to expand its services business, Symantec Corp. next week plans to start selling security intelligence data as an add-on to its Managed Security Services.ADVERTISEMENTSBC Datacomm White PaperFind out how Crate & Barrel expects to save $180,000 by moving to VoIP, compared to a traditional PBX.
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By Richard Mullins, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 2--TAMPA -- Tech Data Corp. is moving to enter the fast-growing European market for cell phones and wireless data links.
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SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, said a strong performance of its European activities helped boost earnings in the third quarter, which came out higher than analysts' expectations.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the soft-drink market in Europe.
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The company said it has benefited from growing demand for handsets that work on the new higher-speed networks being introduced by carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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TechWeb - Company executives see improvements in overseas revenue growth as it builds out its xVM and open source database vision.
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French telecoms and media firm Vivendi   said on Friday it planned to raise 1-2 billion euros  in equity as its SFR mobile unit prepares to buy into Neuf  Cegetel and announces a bid for the rest.
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Credit Suisse Group aims to launch a  share buyback worth up to 6 billion Swiss francs ($5 billion)  after fourth-quarter net profit rose a better-than-expected 22  percent, the bank said on Thursday.
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Biotechnology company Clinical Data Inc. said it is selling its Dutch diagnostics business to France's ELITech Group for $15 million to focus on its core business. Newton-based Clinical Data said it will hold about $4.5 million in cash from Vital Scientific BV, netting $19.5 million on the transaction. Clinical Data said the $4.5 million was from cash on the company's ...
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By Linda Loyd, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jan. 31--A small Malvern biopharmaceutical company, Ception Therapeutics Inc., has raised $63 million, the largest private-equity investment in the Philadelphia area in three years.
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The investment would be one of the most significant by a Ukrainian company in the European Union.
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The company hopes new chassis and blades will increase market share.
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Cytec Industries Inc. is buying the chemicals division of Belgian drugs company UCB in a 1.5 billion euro ($1.85 billion) cash and stock deal, the US specialty chemical firm said on Friday.