MIAMI: Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Avicado, a construction technology consultancy headquartered in Miami. Avicado joins Accenture Construct, expanding its digital and systems consulting capabilities to help owners of complex infrastructure and capital programs reduce manual handoffs and establish a…
KARACHI: BYD’s new vehicle assembly plant in Pakistan is expected to begin operations within four to five weeks, by mid-December 2026, management said. The company is targeting an initial sales run rate of roughly 1,000 to 1,500 BYD vehicles per…
LONDON: Bay Capital Plc has entered into heads of terms (HoT) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Plenty Biologics Limited. Bay Capital Plc has entered into heads of terms (HoT) to acquire the entire…
LONDON: Gulf Keystone and ShaMaran Petroleum Ltd. announce that they have signed a Bermuda merger agreement and a combination agreement to combine their businesses. The Transaction will be structured as a statutory merger under corporate law in Bermuda, where both…
LONON: Plus500, a global multi-asset fintech group operating proprietary technology-based trading platforms, has conditionally agreed to acquire the full ownership of Guru Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda (“Guru”), a regulated broker-dealer in Brazil (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition further…
FRANKFURT: German drugmaker Merck KGaA said Monday it agreed to acquire London-based Silence Therapeutics in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.3 billion, adding an experimental treatment for a rare blood cancer and a platform for developing RNA-based medicines. Merck…
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…