{"id":645640,"date":"2017-07-26T04:14:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T04:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/26\/adm-enters-the-fray-to-buy-ncmp\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T04:14:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T04:14:01","slug":"adm-enters-the-fray-to-buy-ncmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/07\/26\/adm-enters-the-fray-to-buy-ncmp\/","title":{"rendered":"ADM enters the fray to buy NCMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>M&A WATCH- <\/strong>Swiss firm <strong>Archer Daniels Midland<\/strong> (ADM) will bid for another food company in Egypt after the winner of the bidding war for <strong>National Company for Maize Products <\/strong>is made clear,according <a href=\"https:\/\/alborsanews.com\/2017\/07\/25\/1039747\">to Al Borsa<\/a>. 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