Firms/companies
Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy merger deal gets conditional CCI nod
09 Dec 2014
The CCI has asked the two companies to sell off seven brands with combined sales of less than Rs50 crore and market share of 60 to 80 per cent, which the regulator felt, would adversely affect competition
ICICI Bank to hike ATM charges from 1 January
08 Dec 2014
Infosys founders sell stake worth Rs6,484 crore
08 Dec 2014
Even after this sale, the founder group will continue to have a substantial shareholding in the company
Honda widens recalls over faulty Takata airbags to 6 mn cars
08 Dec 2014
Honda is increasing the number of US vehicle recalls due to defective airbags manufactured by Japanese ancillary supplier Takata to six million
Ssangyong to launch its first car ‘Tivoli’ since Mahindra buyout
06 Dec 2014
Ssangyong Motors, the South Korean subsidiary of India’s Mahindra & Mahindra, is set to launch its first car, Tivoli, following the buyout more than three years ago
Railways opens CST-Panvel high-speed corridor for FDI
06 Dec 2014
While the railways can allow a foreign investor to put in the entire amount, Indian Railways is willing to provide up to 20 per cent the project cost by way of viability gap funding
Merck & Co in talks to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals for more than $7 bn
06 Dec 2014
Cubist Pharmaceuticals develops drugs for potentially life-threatening infections caused by dangerous bacteria categorised as serious and urgent public health threats
ICICI Bank to exit Russia with sale of banking unit to lender Sovcombank
06 Dec 2014
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private-sector lender, plans to sell its Russian subsidiary ICICI Bank Eurasia Limited Liability Company to Sovcombank, a mid-sized Russian bank, for an undisclosed sum
SBI cuts deposit rates by 0,25% as lending slows
05 Dec 2014
SAIL share sale oversubscribed within hours
05 Dec 2014
GSK abandons sale of older drugs portfolio
05 Dec 2014
Barnes & Noble to buy Microsoft's 17% stake in Nook e-reader unit
05 Dec 2014
The largest US bookstore chain, Barnes & Noble Inc operates Nook, one of the web's largest e-commerce sites, which features more than two million titles for its electronic reader, Nook Bookstore
Intel to invest up to $1.6 bn in Chengdu chip plant
04 Dec 2014
Intel hopes China would help boost its presence in the mobile sector, where its market share remains low
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