Firms/companies
Toyota nears $1 bn settlement over mishandling unintended acceleration recalls
10 Feb 2014
Toyota Motor Corp is close to finalising a deal agreeing to pay $1 billion to settle a US federal criminal investigation into unintended acceleration problem in some vehicles in 2009
Nestle looks at options for stake in L'Oreal
10 Feb 2014
Wockhardt Q3 net down 29% at Rs304 crore
10 Feb 2014
Thomas Cook, Sterling Holidays to merge in Rs870-cr deal
08 Feb 2014
The merger, which is expected to close by the fourth quarter of 2014, will give Thomas Cook access to Sterling Resorts' 19 properties in 16 holiday destinations across India
Apple buys back $14 bn stock in two weeks after weak results
07 Feb 2014
Including the latest share buyback, Apple had bought back share worth more than $40 billion over the past 12 months, which was a record for any company over a similar time period
Twitter value down $8 bn on slowing growth
07 Feb 2014
Twitter, which went public last November, disappointed investors with its first set of results that revealed a dramatic slowdown in growth
Cabinet clears Vodafone’s Rs10,141-cr buy-out of India operations
07 Feb 2014
Vodafone Plc will buy out the two main minority shareholders in Vodafone India – the Ajay Piramal-led Piramal Enterprises and Analjit Singh, founder-head of Max India Ltd, who together hold a little over 15 per cent equity
Tata Motors sets up an interim committee
07 Feb 2014
Cyrus Mistry to take direct charge of Tata Motors after Slym’s death
07 Feb 2014
For the first time since taking over as chairman of Tata Sons just over a year ago, Cyrus Mistry has taken direct charge of a group company, Tata Motors, after the death of its managing director Karl Slym
IBM seeks buyers for semiconductor unit
07 Feb 2014
The semiconductor market remains one of the most competitive in the world, and IBM has recently seen its profits shrink in this division
Google acquires 5.94% stake in Lenovo for $750 mn
07 Feb 2014
The stake was acquired on the day Beijing-based Lenovo agreed to buy Google's Motorola handset division for $2.91 billion
Maruti Suzuki launches auto-gear small car Celerio at Rs3.9-4.96 lakh
06 Feb 2014
Maruti Suzuki India today announced the launch of its new small car `Celerio’ with automatic gear shifts, at a base price of Rs3.90 lakh and the high-end variant costing Rs4.96 lakh
Sony agrees to sell PC business to Japan Industrial Partners
06 Feb 2014
Japanese electronics giant Sony today said that it has entered into a deal to sell its PC business operating under the Vaio brand
Bharti Airtel restructures African operations
06 Feb 2014
HCL enters healthcare with HCL Avitas
06 Feb 2014
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