Global Knee Prosthesis Market 2016 Industry Research Report

The Toshiba and Western Digital 17 year old joint venture is a strained one at the moment.  This is largely due to a falling out over the flash memory business.  Massive losses in its bankrupt Westinghouse US nuclear division have led to the Japanese firm deciding to sell the flash memory unit which makes portable de [...]

The recent Holland & Barrett purchase was made by L1 Retail, a fund controlled by Russian billionaire, Mikhail Fridman. The £1.8 billion purchase of the health food company was made from the US private equity company Carlyle. Holland & Barrett was part of Nature’s Bounty, a US firm that is now known as NBTY. [...]

The Takata bankruptcy is due to defective airbags. Takata, the Japanese parts manufacturer, has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the US. Defective airbags manufactured by Takata have been found to be defective, and their failure has led to at least 17 deaths worldwide. [...]

Toshiba losses are increasing.  The electronics company has announced that 2016 losses will be more than it had forecast. Losses are now expected to reach 995 billion yen ($8.94 billion) for the year to March. Toshiba’s original estimate for losses had been 950 yen. [...]

American Airlines and Qatar Airways are in discussion over an unsolicited approach for American Airlines shares. The company stated that it has received an approach from Qatar Airways. The latter wants to acquire at least 10% of the American firm’s shares. This corresponds to $808 million (£638 million) worth of sha [...]