LAS VEGAS, March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. farm and heavy equipment maker Deere & Co. Thursday said it will lean on overseas markets, where construction equipment sales are expected to boom.
ROUND ROCK, Texas, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Dell Inc. has hired Motorola's former handset chief as president of its consumer business, the troubled U.S. computer maker said Friday.
RYE BROOK, N.Y., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- C. Peter McColough, chief executive of Xerox until his retirement in 1982, has died in Rye Brook, N.Y., at the age of 86.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the storied Chicago chewing gum maker, has named its first non-founding family member as chief executive. William D. Perez is replacing Bill Wrigley Jr. as president and chief executive, the company said in a news release Monday.
LONDON, July 10 (UPI) -- Kraft Foods Inc. will spend about $1.1 billion to buy Britain's iconic United Biscuits, a noted maker of cookies.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Lottomatica SpA, Italy's lottery manager, is buying Rhode Island-based Gtech Holdings Corp., a gambling equipment maker, for $4.8 billion. The purchase price, which includes debt assumption, is a 15-percent premium to Gtech's value on Sept. 9, the day bef
PARIS, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- France's Gemplus International SA has agreed to merge with rival Axalto Holding NV to create the world's largest smart card maker.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Deutsche Telekom said Friday a former executive of Siemens will head T-Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary.
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- PeopleSoft in Pleasanton, Calif., Friday ended Craig Conway's role as president and chief executive.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Network equipment giant Cisco Systems, Inc. recorded $618 million in net income for first-quarter fiscal 2003, ended Oct. 26, vs. a year-earlier loss of $268 million, the company said Wednesday.
