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Moody's to acquire Latam-focused Equilibrium

March 13, 2015 Moody's Corporation has agreed to acquire Equilibrium, a provider of credit rating and research services in Peru and other countries in Latin America.

Audley Capital Advisors of UK to buy Finnish Talvivaara

March 13, 2015 British investment company Audley Capital Advisors gave a conditional offer to acquire the assets of the Finnish mining company Talvivaara.

Consortium led by BC Partners completes acquisition of PetSmart

March 13, 2015 PetSmart announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition by a consortium led by BC Partners and including La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, StepStone and Longview Asset Management.

Starbucks brings new Cold Brew coffee to more than 2,800 stores

March 13, 2015 Michelle Sundquist, a 17-year partner (employee) on Starbucks Research and Development team, shares the story behind Starbucks newest iced coffee beverage.

H.I.G. Europe acquires Adelie Foods

March 13, 2015 H.I.G. Europe the European arm of global private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has completed the acquisition of Adelie Foods, the UK's food-to-go business.

Brother Industries to buy Domino Printing for $1.55 billion

March 13, 2015 rother Industries Ltd. will buy British barcode-printer maker Domino Printing Sciences Plc for about 1.03 billion pounds in cash ($1.55 billion) to expand its industrial printing range, the companies said.

Hitachi's rapid-transit train arrives in UK for test trials

March 13, 2015 Hitachi's high-speed train for Britain's rapid-transit system arrived in this southern port for test operations.

Hampden and Berkshire Hills bancorps have green light for merger

March 13, 2015 Hampden Bancorp, Inc. announced that its stockholders have voted to approve the previously announced merger of Hampden with Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc.

Bang & Olufsen to cut 125 jobs

March 13, 2015 The Danish high-end audio-equipment manufacturer Bang & Olufsen (B&O) will lay off 125 employees in a bid to save 100 million Danish krone (about $14 million) a year.

Bayer plans to significantly expand Life Science businesses

March 13, 2015 Bayer aspires to grow HealthCare sales by an average of about 6 percent a year through 2017 to more than EUR 25 billion (2014: EUR 20 billion) and to increase the EBITDA margin before special items to between 29 and 31 percent (2014: 27.5 percent).

LG Group to invest $5.59 billion in research and development

March 13, 2015 LG Group, South Korea's fourth-largest conglomerate, said it will spend 6.3 trillion won ($5.59 billion) on research and development (R&D) activities this year, up by 400 billion won, or some 7 percent from a year ago.

Macrolink to invest $3.2 billion overseas

March 13, 2015 Macrolink Group, a private enterprise in China, is expected to invest as much as 20 billion yuan ($3.2 billion) in the next three years to tap the tourism and mineral resources abroad.