Industry
Spectrum Brands to buy car care products maker Armored AutoGroup for $1.4 bn
29 Apr 2015
US consumer products company Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy car care products maker Armored AutoGroup Parent Inc from private equity firm Avista Capital Partners
XPO Logistics to buy French rival Norbert Dentressangle for $3.53 bn
29 Apr 2015
The acquisition brings to XPO's fold access to Europe's largest fleet network of 7,700 owned trucks, 3,200 trucks contracted through owner-operators and access to an additional 12,000 independent carriers
Barrick Gold to sell stake in Chilean copper mine
28 Apr 2015
Barrick reported a 35-per cent plunge in net income to $57 million in the first quarter on the back of a 6 per cent fall in gold prices and a 17 per cent decline in the price of copper
Australia’s M2 Group joins the race for iiNet with $1.3-bn bid
27 Apr 2015
Under M2’s scheme, iiNet shareholders would get 0.803 M2 shares plus A$0.75 cash per share as a special dividend against TPG offer of A$8.8 per share besides getting to own about 42 per cent of the share capital of the enlarged M2 Group
Xiaomi bolsters India plans with strategic investment by Ratan Tata
27 Apr 2015
Xiaomi, which clocked one million sales within its first five months of operations, is also keen to set up an R&D centre in India as it aims to become the top handset maker in the country within five years
Ashoka Buildcon raises Rs500 crore through QIP
27 Apr 2015
TransCanada seeks US nod for new $600-mn pipeline as Keystone lingers
25 Apr 2015
Canada’s largest pipeline operator TransCanada Corp is seeking US approval for another cross-border pipeline as it awaits a final decision for its $8-billion Keystone XL pipeline project
Perrigo Co rejects Mylan's $33-bn sweetened bid
25 Apr 2015
Generic drugmaker Mylan NV yesterday raised its takeover offer for Perrigo Co to $33 billion, in a move widely seen as an attempt to ward off an unsolicited bid from larger rival Teva Pharmaceuticals
Skype to offer new Skype app designed for India
25 Apr 2015
Comcast scraps merger agreement with Time Warner Cable
25 Apr 2015
The move scraps a giant deal that faced opposition from consumers and a possible veto from federal regulators
SAARC countries to strengthen health cooperation
24 Apr 2015
Rural internet spread to increase five-fold by 2018: study
24 Apr 2015
By 2018, the country will have 55 crore internet users, of which 28 crore would be from smaller towns and cities, signalling good news for online commerce platforms, says a report on digital consumption by Boston Consulting
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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