An entertaining journey
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A 21st century spice route

Although South Africa has historically been on the spice route, staying there these days calls for some new skills, as Alan Swaby learns.

US defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin has been awarded an $841.9 million contract to produce 24 F-16 aircraft for Morocco, which ordered the jets in 2008.  The contract is for production of 24 new F-16 fighters, as well as for electronic warfare gear and support equipment.  The contract builds on an initial $233 million the company received in June 2008 to begin production of the aircraft.  Morocco selected the F-16 in 2007. The Rafale jet produced by French company Dassault was among those competing for the contract.

The Italian car maker Fiat has announced plans to increase its car production to up to one million vehicles over the next three years.

The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to acquire Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Chattem Inc. for $1.9 billion.

The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis has agreed to acquire Tennessee, US-based Chattem Inc. for $1.9 billion (Ôé¼1.3 billion).

The Dutch sportscar maker Spyker has extended its bid deadline for Saab indefinitely, in order to give parent company General Motors (GM) more time to respond.

Terex Corp., the world's number three maker of heavy earth-moving equipment, is to sell its mining business to mining equipment maker Bucyrus International Inc. for $1.3 billion.  The Terex unit being sold includes hydraulic mining excavators and electric drive mining trucks.