A U.S.-led group – the Crown consortium – has revealed its interest to acquire the ailing Volvo unit from Ford Motor Co. (F). The group included former Ford director Michael Dingman and former Ford and Chrysler executive Shamel Rushwin. In 1999, Ford had acquired the Volvo Car Corporation from Sweden-based Volvo Group for $6.45 billion. However, the company put up the unit for sale in December last year in an effort to cut costs and raise cash amidst plunging industry-wide auto sales. Ford had discussions with many automakers for the sale, including Renault SA and China’s third-largest automaker, Dongfeng Motor Group. So far, China's Geely Automotive has submitted the only concrete bid for the unit. Media reports have disclosed that Geely has valued the unit at around $2 billion. Rumors had spread that Crown consortium had offered significantly less than Geely, but both plans involved ...

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EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (OTCBB:EFIR) announced today that it has signed a binding letter of intent to acquire privately owned South Atlantic Traffic Corporation (”SATCO”), a Florida corporation. SATCO has been in business since 2001 and has several offices throughout the Southeast United States. They carry a variety of products and inventory geared primarily towards the transportation industry, which reportedly generate nearly $15 million in annual revenues. SATCO’s products range from traffic signal equipment, traffic and light poles, data/video systems and ITS surveillance systems. This acquisition will vertically integrate with the Company’s recently acquired M3 Unit and will help accelerate future anticipated

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