Olam International, the global, integrated supply chain manager of agricultural products and food ingredients, say it will invest US$31.5 million ($44.7 million) to set up a greenfield 500 tonne wheat mill near Port Tema, close to the largest flour market in Ghana.
Posts Tagged ‘invest’
Oracle to Invest in Sun Hardware
January 27th, 2010 |
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Oracle will accelerate the investment in Sun’s SPARC and Solaris server and storage hardware, making it the foundation upon which to build the company’s tightly integrated technology stacks. During an event outlining the new road map for Sun products, Oracle officials said the company has plans for the next four generations of UltraSPARC processors, will invest in enhancing Solaris and will expand Sun’s T and M Series server lines.
– Oracle is planning to accelerate investments in Sun Microsystems’ SPARC and Solaris
hardware business, both in innovating and selling the platform, according to
executives of the now-unified company.
Speaking during Oracle’s 5-hour presentation outlining how the company will
use Sun’s product po…
China Huaneng to invest $400m in Tuas Power
January 27th, 2010 |
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China Huaneng Group plans to invest as much as $400 million in Singapore electricity generator Tuas Power to replace an oil-fired steam plant, the local press reported, citing Tuas Chief Executive Officer Lim Kong Puay.
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Southgobi says China Investment Corp., Temasek to invest in IPO
January 14th, 2010 |
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China Investment Corp. and Temasek Holdings will each invest US$50 million ($69.4 million) in SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd.’s initial public offering, Chief Executive Officer Alexander Molyneux said on a video link from London at a press briefing in Hong Kong today.
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Wilmar unit, others to invest US$3b in Indonesia sugar industry
January 13th, 2010 |
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Eleven firms, including a unit of palm oil giant Wilmar International (WLIL.SI), plan to invest a total of 27.5 trillion rupiah ($4.16 billion) in Indonesia’s sugar industry, a senior industry ministry official said today.
The firms plan to develop 187,000 hectares of sugar cane plantations and build several sugar factories which will have total capacity to process 76,000 tonnes of cane per day, said Benny Wahyudi, director general of agro and chemical industries at the industry ministry.
Ljajić: Turkey ready to invest
January 11th, 2010 |
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Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić said that Turkey is ready to invest in Serbia and that relations between the two countries have “never been betterâ€. Ljajić visited Turkey during the Christmas holiday period in Serbia to continue talks between the two countries started with the visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul in October of last year, Belgrade daily Danas writes.
Centraland rated invest
December 23rd, 2009 |
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SIAS Research in a Dec 1 research report says: “Centraland Ltd is engaged in the development, sale and lease of premier commercial and residential properties in Zhengzhou, China. Zhengzhou’s wholesale and consumer market has witnessed sustained rapid growth over the past six years.
Yorkville to invest in Transcu life sciences firm
December 10th, 2009 |
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Singapore-listed life sciences firm Transcu Group (TRSU.SI) said on Thursday that Yorkville Advisors, a U.S. investment fund manager, planned to invest up to US$51.8 million ($72 million) in the company.
Transcu had entered into a $72 million Equity Line Facility (ELF) with YA Global Master, a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors and the proceeds will help Transcu to accelerate its business expansion, Transcu said in a statement.
Roche to invest $100m in Singapore Center
December 9th, 2009 |
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Roche Holding AG, which last month opened a $500 million manufacturing plant in Singapore, will set up a research facility in the city-state, the local press reported.
The Swiss drugmaker will invest a further $100 million to conduct so-called translational research, including studies on how drugs designed in laboratories can better benefit patients, the Singapore-based newspaper said.
Enterprises Will Invest in Private Clouds First: Gartner
December 1st, 2009 |
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Through at least 2012, enterprises will invest more money in private cloud environments, as the public clouds, such as those offered by Amazon and Google, mature, according to Gartner. Eventually those private clouds will leave to greater use of public clouds, and then the creation of hybrid environments. Gartner outlines a number of steps businesses can take now and over the next year to better take advantage of cloud computing.
– Enterprises are going to invest more in private cloud
infrastructures over the next couple of years while public cloud
offerings mature, according to Gartner analysts.
During that time from now until about 2012 businesses need to lay
out a plan for their migration to cloud computing so they are …
Hyflux to invest $120m in new Bendemeer R&D and and Tuas production facilities
November 20th, 2009 |
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Water company Hyflux today announced its expansion plans and investments for its Hyflux Innovation Centre global headquarters and a new membrane manufacturing facility Hyflux Production Hub.
Sprint to Invest Another $1.5B in Clearwire
November 9th, 2009 |
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In addition to Sprint’s new investment in Clearwire’s 4G WiMax technology, Clearwire partners Comcast, Intel, Time Warner and Bright House Networks also combine to invest $500 million.
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Sprint Nextel plans to
invest another $1 billion into Clearwire’s WiMax 4G technology with Comcast,
Intel, Time Warner and Bright House Networks contributing another combined $500
million, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Clearwire
and Sprint Nextel are the only two U.S. carriers
betti…
Study: 94% of Enterprises Will Invest in Social Media Despite Recession
October 7th, 2009 |
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A survey of 400 companies found that 94 percent of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise social media tools such as blogs, wikis and microblogging tools from providers such as IBM, MindTouch, Socialcast, Mzinga and Jive Software. The results seem counterintuitive in light of the recession, but it shows the importance of these tools for social networking and collaboration, and proves that they are not just a fad in the enterprise. Social analytics tools are also part of the trend.
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Despite the nagging recession, a new study found that 94
percent of enterprises plan to maintain or increase their investment in enterprise
social media tools such as blogs, wikis and microblogging tools.
Deloitte, Beeline Labs and the Society for
New Communications Research survey…
NEC, Juniper Invest in Blade Networks
September 9th, 2009 |
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NEC and Juniper are investing in Blade Network Technologies, which specializes in data center networking. The investments along with one by an unnamed tech company brings the value of Blade Networks to $230 million. The move comes a day after Juniper and Nokia Siemens announce a joint venture to offer a Carrier Ethernet solution. Networking vendors are looking for ways to gain traction at a time when market leader Cisco Systems is being hit by the global recession and also is expanding its reach in the data center.
– With networking leader Cisco Systems expanding its reach into the
data center and the global recession pressuring enterprises to look at
options, other networking companies are looking to gain traction in the
highly competitive space.
Blade Network Technologies is getting a boost from other tech…
Should We Invest In Geriatric Healthcare in Germany and the U.S. and Youth-Oriented Companies in China, India and Brazil?
September 3rd, 2009 |
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Populations in Germany and the U.S. are aging, while those in China, India and Brazil are quite young (see this).Does that mean that sectors which cater to the elderly – like geriatric healthcare – will boom in Germany and the U.S. (leading trend forec…
Amy Domini: Still Not Scared to Invest
July 14th, 2009 |
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Since I last wrote in May, the market drifted downward only to work its way back up to the same level again. This story…