GENEVA: Lindt & Sprüngli CEO Adalbert Lechner is leaving the Swiss chocolate maker, the company said Monday, with former CEO Dieter Weisskopf appointed interim chief with immediate effect. Dieter Weisskopf, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and former Group CEO,…
LONDON: 80 Mile Plc, an exploration and development company listed on AIM, FSE and OTC, said it has entered into a non-binding heads of terms agreement to sell its Finnish license package to Badlands Resources Inc. (TSX-V: BLDS) in a…
BRUSSELS: Ackermans & van Haaren, through its wholly owned subsidiary AvH Growth Capital, has entered into an agreement to increase its stake in Van Moer Logistics to 39.77%. Van Moer Logistics is an integrated logistics services provider active in multimodal…
MELBOURNE: Metcash Limited said Monday it has exercised its right to acquire the Peries Group, a Queensland-based food business, after receiving a First Rights Notice under existing contractual arrangements. The binding agreement covers 15 medium- and large-format IGA supermarkets across…
BEIJING: China has proposed export controls on 12 technologies used to manufacture solar equipment, a step that could complicate foreign efforts to build advanced panel factories and reinforce Beijing’s grip on the global photovoltaic industry. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced…
PARIS: Schneider Electric raised its 2026 core profit and revenue targets for the second time this year on Friday, as the French industrial group cements its role as a key supplier to big cloud companies building AI data centers. Schneider…
SYDNEY: Euroz Hartleys Group Limited announced Friday the appointment of Alan Logan as chief executive officer, effective Oct. 26, ahead of the expected completion of its transaction with BMO Financial Group. Logan brings extensive wealth management experience from Shadforth, Godfrey…
PORT MELBOURNE: Austco Healthcare Limited said Friday it will acquire two Brisbane-based companies, real-time monitoring software provider RTM and nurse call maker CareTech Systems, in a pair of cash deals expected to total about $19.3 million. The ASX-listed company called…
TORONTO: Canadian AI lab Cohere said Thursday that it had signed a letter of intent to buy AISLE, a San Francisco–based cybersecurity startup that uses artificial intelligence to detect vulnerabilities in software. The acquisition would add cybersecurity to the business…
FRANKFURT: Lufthansa is in talks to potentially acquire the remaining 50.1% majority stake in Portugal’s flag carrier TAP from the government in the future, the German airline’s finance chief said Thursday. Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro announced Wednesday that his…
KARACHI: Wahdat Poultry Farm, trading as WAHDAT, reported revenue of 3.0 billion rupees ($10.7 million) in fiscal year 2026, marking its first annual report as a publicly listed company, according to figures released Oct. 15. The company raised 900 million…
LONDON: OMass Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing small molecule drugs for rare diseases and immunological conditions, has raised $310 million in an oversubscribed Series C financing, its investor Syncona Ltd. announced Thursday. Syncona, a life science investment firm, said it…