Bananas might hold the key to post-Covid trade
How the banana adapts now could be crucial to understanding the post-pandemic era of trade
Fyffes timeline: A short history of the banana giant
From humble Scottish beginnings to €750 million Japanese takeover
Cantillon: sweet success is not enough as Fyffes’ plans mushroom
Fruit company savours new flavour with the purchase of mushroom producer Highline
Year a long time in banana business
Failed Chiquita deal seems to have done Fyffes’s shareholders a favour
Brazilian billionaire Joseph Safra to buy London’s Gherkin building
Price agreed for landmark tower is said to be about £726 million (€924 million)
Fyffes deal with Chiquita now looks more likely to succeed
Advisory group reverses call for shareholders to vote against merger
Brazilian group sweeten offer to buy Chiquita
Cutrale and Safra raise offer but analysts say Fyffes deal will still go ahead
Stocks slump and bonds rally as global fears mount
Iseq down 2.59%, wiping some €4bn off the value of quoted Irish companies
European stocks rise on US optimism
US GDP grew at a revised 4.6 per cent annualised rate in the second quarter
Fyffes and Chiquita set to secure EU approval for tie-up
The merged company will have a 14 per cent share of the $7 billion global banana market
Brazilians formally engage with Chiquita
Bid threatens to scupper Chiquita proposed $1 billion merger with Fyffes
Fyffes’ dreams of being top banana must wait
Cantillon: as Cutrale/Safra courts Chiquita, all Fyffes can do is wait
Chiquita postpones vote on Fyffes’ acquisition
International banana brand is to engage in talks with rival Brazilian bidder
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