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Reckitt Benckiser in Talks to Buy Mead Johnson

03.02.2017 - UK consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser is in advanced negotiations to buy US-based Mead Johnson Nutrition in a deal valued at $16.7 billion. The acquisition would take the...

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Nestle Boosts Skincare Business With Valeant Deal

30.05.2014 - Swiss food group Nestle has accelerated a push into the fast-growing skincare market, buying the rights to several injectable treatments for facial wrinkles and lines from Valeant...

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European Companies Catch A Cold In Emerging Markets

07.08.2013 - Times are getting tough for European firms in emerging markets where HSBC talks of a cyclical "slowdown", Diageo sees "choppy conditions" and Unilever views deceleration as the...

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GSK Says Executives Appear To Have Broken Chinese law

22.07.2013 - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday some of its executives in China appeared to have broken the law in a bribery scandal, as it promised changes in its business model...

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China Launches Pharma Crackdown

18.07.2013 - China announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of illegal medicine on Wednesday and said it would tighten industry regulation, piling pressure on a sector already reeling from...

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China Says GSK Execs Confess To Bribery and Tax Crimes

12.07.2013 - GlaxoSmithKline executives in China have confessed to bribery and tax violations, the country's security ministry said on Thursday, during one of a string of investigations into...

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Activist Investors Keep Low European Profile

11.07.2013 - As activist investors launch more high profile corporate battles in the United States, in Europe they are eschewing public hectoring for private talks. Aggressive activism has had...

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Symrise Attracted by Growth in Cosmetic Ingredients

31.10.2012 - German fragrance and flavors maker Symrise plans to leverage its links with global consumer goods companies to take a bigger slice of the market supplying ingredients for skin and...