BRF signed a $ 340 million ($ 1.258 billion) buy-out of Tyson Foods operations in Thailand and Europe on Thursday, considering the closing of the US currency yesterday. The transaction was announced at 5 pm by Tyson. In practice, the sale of the operations in Europe and Thailand (four factories in the Asian country, one…

Wave of acquisitions shakes up e-commerce Nielsen is close to buying Ebit consultancy, specializing in e-commerce. Webmotors, the largest Brazilian site for buying and selling cars, acquires the Loop auctioneer. Nielsen is close to buying Busbit’s Ebit consultancy, strengthening its business in e-commerce. The operation was approved this week, without restrictions, by Cade (Administrative Council…