date:Nov 05, 2012
producer Puratone Corp to secure hog supplies as farmers struggle to manage heavy losses.
** Italy's Luxottica, the world's biggest premium eyewear maker, has agreed to buy the whole of French luxury eyewear designer Alain Mikli as it seeks acquisitions to boost growth.
** Russian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Sistema may buy a controlling stake in the country's third-largest drugmaker Veropharm, business daily Vedomosti said.
** Alcatel-Lucent is considering selling its submarine cable busine