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Japan's Suntory acquires US spirits maker Beam in $16-bn deal
14 Jan 2014
The deal creates the world's third-biggest premium spirits player with a portfolio of leading brands across key spirits categories, enhanced global reach and expertise in the fast-growing whisky category
Instant messaging overtakes SMS
14 Jan 2014
AAP dampens foreign supermarkets’ Delhi hopes
14 Jan 2014
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal says though FDI in retail improves consumer choices, worldwide experience shows that it also leads to loss of jobs
Charter Communications offers $61 bn to buy Time Warner Cable
14 Jan 2014
Charter’s bid of $132.50 a share for the much larger Time Warner Cable represents one of the biggest takeover offers on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis
Charter Communications offers $61 bn to buy Time Warner Cable
14 Jan 2014
Charter’s bid of $132.50 a share for the much larger Time Warner Cable represents one of the biggest takeover offers on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis
India looks for fresh oil sources overseas
14 Jan 2014
McNally Bharat arm forays into Russia
13 Jan 2014
Subsidised gas quota may go up, but at a price: Moily
13 Jan 2014
Even as petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily said on Sunday said that the government is considering increasing the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household, prices of subsidised cooking gas could go up by Rs75-100 a cylinder
Tullow Oil rises sharply on takeover speculation
11 Jan 2014
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