Firms/companies
United Spirits to sell Whyte & Mackay to Philippines-based Emperador for $729 mn
10 May 2014
United Spirits Ltd, India’s largest spirits company, has struck a deal to sell its Whyte & Mackay scotch whisky unit to Philippines-based Emperador
Essar Global Fund wins shareholders approval to buy Essar Energy
10 May 2014
London-based Essar Energy owns the Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, the second-largest private sector refinery in India, the Stanlow refinery in the UK, a 50-per cent stake in the Kenya Petroleum Refinery Limited
Sony launches Xperia Z2 in India
09 May 2014
Bosch connecting two-wheelers with smart phones
08 May 2014
Barclays "bloodbath": 19,000 jobs cut, hundreds of branches to shut
08 May 2014
British banking giant Barclays Plc today said that it will eliminate 19,000 jobs by 2016 and shut hundreds of branches as CEO Antony Jenkins sets out plans to overhaul the bank
Profits double at Japanese carmaker Toyota
08 May 2014
Toyota's profits almost doubled, boosted by the weakness of the yen and cost cutting by the world's auto maker
HSBC first-quarter pre-tax profit down 20 per cent
08 May 2014
Europe's biggest bank, with operations across 75 countries, said revenue prospects were decent in Asia but stood weaker in Latin America, where it had withdrawn from many markets
Vodafone seeks arbitration as tax talks with government collapse
08 May 2014
Vodafone Group Plc has served a fresh international investment arbitration notice to India over the long-running tax dispute now said to be worth around Rs20,000 crore
PSA Singapore to develop JNPT’s fourth terminal
08 May 2014
Twitter’s share price down 18% to $31.85
07 May 2014
Siemens, Mitsubishi in metals alliance
07 May 2014
The JV with approximately 9,000 employees, will focus fully on iron, steel and aluminum industries
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