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Oil woes force Japanese refinery giants to merge
04 Dec 2015
The merger is in line with government’s mid-term policy that calls for reorganising the petroleum sector to improve competitiveness and make forays into midstream and downstream businesses abroad
Canadian Oil Sands reviewing other takeover offers after rejecting Suncor’s $3.23 bn bid
26 Nov 2015
Pinnacle Foods to buy Boulder Brands for $710 mn
25 Nov 2015
SunEdison of US to sell solar capacity to India
25 Nov 2015
Shire preparing to mount new bid for Baxalta
25 Nov 2015
British drugmaker Shire Plc is preparing to table a new takeover offer for Baxalta, almost four months after the US biotech firm rejected its unsolicited $30-billion bid
Ratan Tata invests in Singapore big data start-up Crayon
25 Nov 2015
Crayon has been rated as one of the most successful and innovative big data start-ups for 2014 and 2015
Idea Cellular in deal to buy Videocon’s spectrum for Rs3,310 crore
25 Nov 2015
Idea Cellular, which is already a leader in these two circles, would be acquiring 1800 MHz spectrum in these service areas
Alibaba’s Jack Ma in talks to buy Hong Kong newspaper
24 Nov 2015
Ma will be the latest internet tycoon to buy a traditional newspaper, following Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and reversing the perception that the days of print media are numbered
US politicians unite to flay Pfizer-Allergan deal
24 Nov 2015
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said the deal would “leave US taxpayers holding the bag”, while her Republican rival Donald Trump called it “disgusting”
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