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Coke bets on honest
Hoping for a better foothold in the hot ready-to-drink tea category, Coca-Cola last month acquired a 40% stake in Honest Tea--a deal was valued at $43 million with the right to purchase the rest of the company in three years, says the Wall Street Journal. Founded in 1998, Honest Tea...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., foothold, Wall Street Journal
Research articles 2008-03-01
Sitcoms no longer making the news
With just six new comedies being launched, the fall TV season doesn't appear to be much of a laughing matter. The broadcast networks will feature fewer than 20 live-action, 30-minute sitcoms, about half as many as five seasons ago. The decrease also could reflect the loss...
Tags: ABC Inc., CBS Corp., foothold, NBC Universal Inc., network, NETWORKING
Research articles 2007-08-23
Chitosan combats biofilm.(Developments across the industry)
Microbes often colonise wound dressings, catheters and other implantable medical devices causing biofilms. Researchers at the Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, USA, have found that coating devices in chitosan, a sugar in the cells of crabs and shrimp, can discourage microbes from gaining a...
Tags: bacteria, foothold, HEALTHCARE, infection, Montana State University, SECURITY
Research articles 2006-10-01
High stakes: brokers battle for foothold in China.
Byline: Colleen Ryan Apr 25, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Foreign groups are keen to enter the Chinese stockbroking and investment banking industry. The potential of the Chinese financial market is huge. Goldman Sachs and UBS have...
Tags: China, FINANCE, foothold, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Investment, Strategy, UBS AG
Research articles 2006-04-25
Al-Qaeda unlikely to gain foothold in north Africa: Rumsfeld
IFRANE, Morocco AFP — US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, wrapping up a tour of north Africa, said Al-Qaeda and other extremist groups were unlikely to gain a foothold in the region. Concluding a three-day trip to Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, on Monday, Rumsfeld praised the way in which the...
Tags: Africa, Agence France-Presse, Al-Qaeda, Algeria, foothold, Government, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2006-02-13
Yemen calls for legislative changes to speed GCC integration
SANAA AFP — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for the country's laws to be adapted to conform with those of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC within two months to ease its economic integration into the group of oil monarchies. GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman al-Attiyah told Saleh on Monday...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, foothold, GCC, Gulf, integration
Research articles 2005-03-07
Brl Hardy Finds Us Foothold
Australian wine company BRL Hardy has found its route into the US market through a joint venture with Constellation Brands. Hardy was one of the bidders for the Californian operation Kendall Jackson which took itself off the market last month, and it had made no secret of its desire...
Tags: Branding, Constellation Brands Inc., foothold, MARKETING
Research articles 2001-06-16
Argentina: El Sitio attracts investments in the stock market.
El Sitio, the Argentinean Internet portal that made a shares offer in Nasdaq, reported a 109% high in its shares price from US$16 to US$33.56. El Sitio has issued 8.2mil shares placed by CSFB, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lunch, Salomon smith, and Wit Capital...
Tags: Argentina, Credit Suisse Group AG, FINANCE, foothold, INTERNET, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., stock
Research articles 1999-12-17
New License Agreement With Boein Guarantees $230,000 in Royalties and Gives FineLine A Foothold In The Lucrative Asian Market
FAIRLAWN, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 8, 1999-- FineLine Properties Inc. (OTC BB:FNLN) announced today that the Company has signed a licensing and merchandising agreement with Boein Co. Ltd of Seoul, Korea which provides FineLine with further presence in the lucrative Asian market. FineLine's agreement with Boein Co. Ltd. provides for...
Tags: Business Wire, foothold, Ohio
Research articles 1999-09-08
Sun Life's pending acquisition gives it U.S. foothold.(mergers and acquisitions)(Genworth Financial)
Sun Life Financial's pending $650 million acquisition of Genworth Financial's U.S. group benefits business will give the Canadian life insurer a foothold in the U.S. small-case employer market. Sun Life Financial's pending $650 million acquisition of Genworth Financial's U.S. group benefits business will give...
Tags: acquisition, foothold, M&A, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Research articles 2007-02-01
AMD seeks audio foothold with lower cost InterWave IC - Am78C200 InterWave LC processor - Product Announcement
Austin, Texas--As evidence that the audio processor community is intent on matching the strides made by its counterparts in the graphics arena, Advanced Micro Devices AMD has developed a lower cost version of its InterWave audio processor in a bid to gain a foothold in the add-in card and motherboard...
Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., foothold, processor
Research articles 1996-06-10
Gazprom Gains Foothold In Southern European Market Through Deal With ENI.
Gazprom on Nov. 15 signed a landmark deal with ENI of Italy which gives the Russian giant a coveted foothold in southern Europe's lucrative retail gas sales and ENI the promise of upstream assets. The accord - signed in Moscow after months of talks b Gazprom...
Tags: asset, foothold, Gazprom
Research articles 2006-11-20
VOLKSWAGEN TO BUILD CAR-MARKET BASE
AsiaInfo Services 06-21-1996 Volkswagen to Build Car-market Base CHINA, Jun. 21, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- Germany's Volkswagen group has established a firm foothold in the Chinese market after 10 years of planning and hark work. Volkswagen's AsiaInfo Services...
Tags: foothold, Volkswagen AG
Research articles 1996-06-21

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Aventail aims to have a strong foothold in Korea
Aventail is a leading company in SSL VPN technology. The company is set to strengthen its foothold in Korea. Recently, the company has released Aventail Smart SSL VPN and announced its agreement to support and distribute Smart SSL VPN with Feelatech, an IAventail is a leading company in SSL VPN...
Tags: Aventail Corp., company, SSL VPN, VPN
Research articles 2005-09-01
P&G FORTIFIES ITS FOOTHOLD IN CHINA
AsiaInfo Services 06-27-2001 P&G Fortifies Its Foothold in China CHINA, Jun 27, 2001 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- The United States-based Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, will cont AsiaInfo Services 06-27-2001...
Tags: Procter & Gamble Co.
Research articles 2001-06-27
First Data to Acquire EuroProcessing International and Gain Significant Foothold in Eastern Europe
LONDON -- First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, has agreed to acquire EuroProcessing International, a leading card processor in Central and Eastern Europe, from a leading Nordic private equity company, Reiten & Co Capital Partners V AS, and the investment company Creati...
Tags: First Data Corp.
Research articles 2005-06-09
FOCUS: Japanese carmakers gaining strong foothold in China.
TOKYO, Nov. 18 Kyodo (EDS: THIS IS THE FIRST OF THREE NEWS FOCUS STORIES ON JAPANESE CARMAKERS IN CHINA) Japanese carmakers are gaining a strong foothold China, hoping to increase their market share in what is seen as the last giant automobile market in the...
Tags: car, China, Honda Motor Co., SALES, Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2002-11-25
Al-Qaeda-linked extremist groups getting a foothold in Somalia: ICG
NAIROBI AFP — A new group of Al-Qaeda-linked extremists has got a foothold in Somalia, a Horn of Africa nation that has been wracked by anarchy since 1991, the International Crisis Group ICG said. The New Jihad that is run from the bullet-charred capital Mogadishu and consists of a...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Internet Capital Group, SOFTWARE, Somalia, terrorism
Research articles 2005-07-10
Auto giant struggling to gain Nextel foothold
SONOMA -- A Dodge car has yet to win a race on the NASCAR Nextel Cup circuit this season. And Carl Edwards' victory at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday was just the second of the year for Ford. But the shortcomings of NASCAR's newest manufacturer, Toyota, have...
Tags: car, Cup, Nextel Communications Inc., Toyota Motor Corp.
Research articles 2007-06-22
Albertson's Buys Shaw's and Star Market Chains, Gains Foothold in New England.
By Naomi Aoki, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 27--Albertson's Inc., one of the nation's largest grocery chains, yesterday said it will buy the Shaw's and Star Market chains for more than $2.1 billion to gain a foothold in New ...
Tags: Albertson, Boston Globe, Manufacturing
Research articles 2004-03-27
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