Firms/companies
EMC buys cloud services provider Virtustream for $1.2 bn
27 May 2015
With falling sales in its main data storage products business, EMC has been looking to expand its cloud services business
Charter to acquire Time Warner Cable for $56 bn
26 May 2015
The combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House will create a leading broadband services and technology company serving 23.9 million customers in 41 states
M&M launches the New Age XUV 500
26 May 2015
Snapdeal acquires M-Commerce platform MartMobi
26 May 2015
Samsung to merge two major units in $8.1 bn deal
26 May 2015
Samsung Group today said that it would merge two major units in an $8.1-billion all-share deal, as part of its restructuring plan
Google files patent for interactive toys
25 May 2015
Global protest over Monsanto’s GM crops, pesticides
25 May 2015
US biotech giant Monsanto is at the receiving end for its prime products, the co-called Roundup crops and neonicotinoid pesticides that have now turned up to be carcinogenic
HSBC confirms possible sale of Brazil unit
23 May 2015
SBI announces partnership with PayPal
22 May 2015
SBI in deal with Snapdeal for seller financing
22 May 2015
User account secret questions not secure: Google
22 May 2015
Idea looks to sell tower business in Rs7,580-cr deal
22 May 2015
Idea Cellular, India's third-largest mobile service provider, owns and operates about 11,000 telecom towers in the country
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
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