Cork: DPS Engineering, the Irish project management and process engineering group with offices in Dublin, Cork, Holland and Singapore has expanded its operations into North America with the acquisition of the Massachusetts engineering group, Biometics LLP.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Astra Zeneca is this week expected to announce a deal to acquire smaller rival Cambridge Antibody Technology, it was reported today.

Pharmaceuticals giant Astra Zeneca is this week expected to announce a deal to acquire smaller rival Cambridge Antibody Technology, it was reported today.

The value of Britain’s biggest companies continued to slide today as nervy investors pushed the FTSE 100 Index back towards the 4,000 barrier.