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Growing demand for ethical products has encouraged more companies to certify output
Fruit business began more than century ago in a corner shop
The healthy premium paid by the Japanese trading house is hardly nuts
Deal would allow Japanese trading house to expand its European food business
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Bank downbeat on US shale production
The $1.3bn deal is the sweetest the US banana group could get
End to three-month campaign against Irish deal
Shareholders of US banana company vote against proposed merger with Irish rival
Safra and Cutrale families say proposal offers more value than Chiquita’s merger agreement with Dublin’s Fyffes and faces no regulatory hurdles
Collapse of AbbVie-Shire does not herald the end
Cutrale and Safra families improve offer to 144 year-old US banana group
Banana groups increase planned Chiquita stake to 59.6%
Shift in stance by the US government is an important indicator of future M&A volumes
A new Brazilian bid at $15 for the US company – against the existing $13 – would be fair
US producer says it will press ahead with Irish tax-driven merger
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