• A plan was announced yesterday to demerge its North American operations.
• Merchant bankers proposed a demerger of the company into two separate businesses.
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Companies that have demerged usually do well because they can concentrate on their own business.
to demerge a company into two separate companies — разделить компанию на две самостоятельные компании
• Break up, as a business
• Split up, as a corporation