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Cinven eyes $2.5 bn from sale of UK hospital chain Spire Healthcare
07 Mar 2014
Spire is a leading provider of private healthcare, with 37 private hospitals throughout the UK employing over 7,600 people and treating over 9 million patients annually
Tariff revision likely to weaken operating performance of India's state-owned power companies
06 Mar 2014
Finnish solar firm Fortum ropes in former Tata Power executive Sanjay Aggarwal for India venture
05 Mar 2014
Finnish solar firm Fortum ropes in former Tata Power executive Sanjay Aggarwal for India venture
05 Mar 2014
Indian media, entertainment industry grew 12% in 2013: survey
05 Mar 2014
India’s media and entertainment industry reached Rs92,800 crore in 2013, logging a healthy 12 per cent growth, largely driven by digitisation
One “villain” of the housing crisis played only a small role
04 Mar 2014
One of the major factors blamed for the sub prime mortgage crisis may have actually played only a minor role in the housing meltdown, new research by Itzhak Ben-David, an author of the study and assistant professor of finance at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business, suggests
RJ Reynolds mulls stake in $20-bn rival Lorillard Inc: Report
04 Mar 2014
US tobacco giant RJ Reynolds, which is 42-per cent owned by the UK's British American Tobacco, is weighing a bid for rival Lorillard Inc, which has a market cap of nearly $20 billion.
India second to Russia in cyber-attack vulnerability
03 Mar 2014
India ranks second in the list of most cyber attack-prone countries for mobile devices, designed for phishing and stealing banking details
BT calls for ending subsidies to BSkyB, TalkTalk
03 Mar 2014
Blackstone acquires 20% stake in Versace
28 Feb 2014
New York-based PE firm Blackstone will buy a 20-per cent stake through a capital infusion share purchase from a holding company controlled by the Versace family
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