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  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

    WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

  • Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart

    MUMBAI - The UK based Standard Chartered (StanChart) Monday announced plans to acquire the Indian private wealth management business of US multinational financial services firm Morgan Stanley for an undisclosed amount as part of plans to expand operations. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. "Standard Chartered India has agreed to acquire Morgan Stanley's onshore private ...

  • Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car Elderly cyclist killed in collision with car

    A man in his 80s has been killed in a road traffic accident in Co. Kildare. The man was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a car on the Dublin Road at Clane on Sunday afternoon. The driver of the car, reportedly in his twenties, attended Naas Garda Station for questioning but left the station on Sunday night without any charges being laid. A post-mortem is expected to be carried out on ...

  • Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States Busy weekend for Enda Kenny in United States

    Taoiseach Enda Kenny has spent the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts furthering the strength of U.S. -Ireland relations. The head of Ireland's government attended a function on Saturday at the JFK Library to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy's 1963 visit to Ireland At the ceremony Kenny addressed an audience of U.S. lawmakers and representatives of the business ...

  • Fergie Premier League manager of year Fergie Premier League manager of year

    Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was named the Premier League manager of the year and accepted the award from the League Manager Association Monday. Ferguson, 71, announced his retirement last week after 27 years at the helm transforming United into a great team with a record of 20 top-flight league titles. His 1,500th and last match in charge of United was a stunning 5-5 draw at ...

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Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Stranger Than Paradise [DVD]

Shot in a vividly elegant black-and-white style that is composed entirely of long takes punctuated by fades to blackness, Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise looked like nothing else on the American film scene in the mid-1980s. An ostensible speck on the map ... ...

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  • Kevin OBrien says no specific plans against Pak spinner Saeed Ajmal

    Irish all-rounder Kevin O'Brien, whose team will face Pakistan in the upcoming two ODI series at home, has said that Saeed Ajmal is a "tricky customer" as well as "one of the best spinners in the world", but have admitted that they have no specific plans on how to tackle Ajmal in the upcoming matches. The 29 year-old, who was also part of the side that knocked Pakistan out of the 2007 World Cup ...

  • Man arrested over Cork city death

    A 26-year old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a homeless man at an apartment complex in Cork last week. Gardaí are treating as murder the death of 58-year-old Liam Manley, who was originally from Gurranebraher in the city. Mr Manley's body was discovered close to an internal refuse chute on the ground floor of the City Garden apartment complex at North Main ...

  • Man arrested in connection with east Belfast murder investigation

    Detectives investigating the murder of a man in east Belfast have arrested a suspect on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Stanley McAuley, 41, was found unconscious in Chamberlain Street on April 14.Police on Tuesday detained the man, aged 48. He is also suspected of withholding information and assisting ...

  • US Actavis acquires Irelands Warner Chilcott

    (MENAFN) Actavis Inc. CEO, Paul Bisaro, announced that the company, one of the world's largest generic drug manufacturers, will acquire Ireland's Warner Chilcott PLC in an all-stock transaction valued at USD8.5 billion, reported AP.The deal would see the creation of the third-largest specialty pharmaceutical company in the US. The combined firm will be incorporated in Ireland, with ...

  • Making nanostructured components a commercial reality

    A new partnership between Loughborough University and MEL Chemicals looks set to make the manufacture of nanostructured ceramic components a commercial ...

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