Firms/companies
BHP to spin off $14 bn of assets; to form new company
20 Aug 2014
The divestiture will comprise BHP’s less profitable aluminium, manganese, nickel silver and some coal operations
JSW Steel acquires Welspun Maxsteel in Rs1,000-crore deal
19 Aug 2014
Welspun Maxsteel has a gas-based plant with an installed capacity of 900,000 tonnes per annum and a captive jetty and a captive railway siding
RCom to sell more assets, lower debt by 37% to Rs25,500 cr in a year
18 Aug 2014
Reliance Communications will now increasingly fall back on the key infrastructure like mobile towers and optical fibre of Reliance Jio Infocomm for future expansion while at the same time cutting down on expenditure
Mercedes latest to be indicted in China’s anti-monopoly drive
18 Aug 2014
China's 2008 anti-monopoly law allows the country's anti-trust regulator to impose fines of up to 10 per cent of a company's China revenues for the previous year
It’s India’s turn as China losing competitive edge: Samsung’s Park
18 Aug 2014
Samsung is currently the fourth-largest MNC in India by revenue and expects to be at the top spot latest by the next financial year
Sultan of Brunei bids for Sahara's New York and London hotels: report
18 Aug 2014
An investment firm affiliated with Hassanal Bolkiah, the wealthy Sultan of Brunei, has offered $2 billion for three hotels owned by the Sahara Group
Mahindra Two Wheelers launches Rodeo UZO 125
16 Aug 2014
Coca-Cola to pay $2.15 bn for 16.7% stake in Monster Beverage
16 Aug 2014
Coca-Cola will swap its energy drinks portfolio to Monster, which would become its exclusive energy drinks unit, for its non-energy brands
Google buying social travel apps designer JetPac
16 Aug 2014
Amazon furthers Sunday delivery plans with sortation hubs
16 Aug 2014
Small business owners have traditionally depended on USPS for the bulk of their shipments for small parcel delivery
Welspun lines up Rs15,000 cr for expansion in solar, wind power
16 Aug 2014
Most of the fresh investment will be in the solar space, while on the wind energy front the company plans to have 120 MW by the end of this financial year
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