Fri Apr 17, 2015/Reuters Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) has agreed to buy the beverage business of China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings Ltd (0904.HK) for $400.5 million including debt, to get a foothold in the fast growing multi-grain drinks category. The deal marks Coke’s first takeover in China since the country’s antitrust regulator […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) – Top two (2) world Cement producers, Lafarge and Holcim said on Friday they plan to divest their United States (US) assets as part of their merger deal. In a merger media release made available to InvestAdvocate, both cement giants say the divestment include […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Holcim Ltd,  one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates said on Thursday its rejecting  a proposal of its shareholder Eurocement to elect Filaret Galchev to the board of directors of LafargeHolcim. According to Holcim, it received the proposal after the announcement […]