Firms/companies
Apple to release iPad with 12.9 inch screen
27 Aug 2014
Chinese regulator terms Microsoft media player, browser software sales in China “problematic”
26 Aug 2014
Amazon grabs video game site Twitch for $1 bn under Google's nose
26 Aug 2014
The deal ends talks between Google and Twitch, reported to be hovering around $1 billion
WhatsApp adds 100 mn users in four months
26 Aug 2014
Roche to buy InterMune for $8.3 bn
25 Aug 2014
The purchase of InterMune, a developer of a drug for pulmonary fibrosis, would add $1 billion in global sales for Roche by 2019
ITC tops Fortune's list of 'most admired' Indian firms
25 Aug 2014
Fortune said 19 new entities, including GMR Infra, Shapoorji Pallonji, Idea Cellular, BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd, Cognizant and Abbott Pharma, are on the most-admired list in 2014
Hero Cycles to buy 60% stake in Mifa
25 Aug 2014
The world’s largest bicycle-maker,Hero Cycles, seeks to acquire new electric cycle technology through the acquisition
Jindal Steel wins $22.5 million arbitration award on Bolivia project
23 Aug 2014
The International Chamber of Commerce in Paris ruled on 6 August that ESM unlawfully encashed the guarantees that Jindal Steel Bolivia had placed for the El Mutun iron-ore mining project
Google confirms acquisition of Gecko Design
23 Aug 2014
Oil companies propose laying pipelines along rail tracks
23 Aug 2014
The oil companies have proposed using railway land to lay oil pipelines along side railway tracks for a fee
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