Firms/companies
Google reaches agreement with Apple and Microsoft-owned Rockstar over patent litigation
24 Nov 2014
Last year Rockstar took Google, along with several handset manufacturers whose phones operated on Google's Android operating system, to court over patent infringement
Indian regulator says cement giants Holcim-Lafarge merger to hurt competition
24 Nov 2014
The Competition Commission of India says the equal merger between cement giants Holcim of Switzerland and Lafarge of France is likely to hurt competition in the country.
CESC to close Cossipore power plant
22 Nov 2014
European parliament wants Google split
22 Nov 2014
European concern about Google is linked to the fact that the US company has a massive market share of about 90 per cent in Europe against around 68 per cent in the US
Toyota to recall 422,509 Lexus over fuel leak
22 Nov 2014
Biyani’s Future Group buys out Nilgiris supermarket chain
21 Nov 2014
Nilgiris operates a franchisee-operated convenience store chain with 140 outlets in key urban centres in the four southern states and also owns a portfolio of brands in dairy, bakery, chocolates and staples along with their manufacturing facilities in Bangalore
SBI defends $1bn Adani loan against ‘crony capitalism’ charge
21 Nov 2014
SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya clarified that the bank has only entered into a memorandum of understanding with the group and that funds would only be released after due diligence
Infosys may sack more at BPO unit for 'overcharging Apple'
20 Nov 2014
Internal investigations have revealed that they had produced inflated invoices and purportedly overbilled Apple for many months, although the he amount involved was "financially insignificant"
Kotak Mahindra Bank to acquire ING Vysya Bank
20 Nov 2014
Upon merger, the combined Kotak will have 1,214 branches, with a wide-spread pan-India network, getting both breadth and depth given the strong geographic complementarities between Kotak and ING Vysya
US court dumps Ranbaxy’s bid to stall launch of rival generics
20 Nov 2014
Ranbaxy’s move is seen as risky especially since the drug maker has been under regulatory probe for a long period now
Microsoft Azure cloud-computing service suffers serious outages
19 Nov 2014
Many customers relying on Azure to host websites were hit, including Microsoft itself, whose MSN.com site was inaccessible yesterday
TalkTalk signs deal with O2, dumps Vodafone
19 Nov 2014
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