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Apple acquires AI startup Perceptio: Bloomberg
06 Oct 2015
Gujarat NRE Coke to sell windmill business
06 Oct 2015
Suncor tables $3.3-bn hostile bid for Canadian Oil Sands
06 Oct 2015
Including outstanding debt of $1.8 billion at COS, the total transaction is valued over $5 billion, making the deal Suncor's second-biggest since its acquisition of Petro-Canada in 2009
Mondelez mulls sale of European cheese, grocery businesses
03 Oct 2015
The move comes over a year after Mondelez agreed to split its coffee unit and merge it with that of rival DE Master Blenders 1753
Teva to buy Mexican drugmaker Rimsa for $2.3 bn
03 Oct 2015
With this acquisition, Teva will become a leading pharmaceutical company in Mexico, the second-largest market in Latin America and one of the top five emerging markets globally
US regulator approves $3.7-bn M&T Bank-Hudson City merger
01 Oct 2015
The combination will create the 14th-biggest bank in the US with combined assets of around $132 billion
Metals firm Alcoa to split into two publicly traded entities
30 Sep 2015
The split would happen in the second half of 2016 with the legacy aluminum firm retaining the name Alcoa
Reliance Commmunictions close to merging SSTL’s India ops
30 Sep 2015
SSTL, which offers CDMA telecom services under the brand MTS, is a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and Shyam Group of India
US media analytics firms ComScore, Rentrak to merge in $800-mn deal
30 Sep 2015
Both media analytics firms hope to create a leading cross-platform measurement company to take on rival Nielsen Holdings
Reynolds American to sell Natural American Spirit brand to Japan Tobacco for $5 bn
29 Sep 2015
US tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc today struck a deal to sell the international rights to its additive-free Natural American Spirit brand outside the US to the Japan Tobacco Group of companies
Burger King to buy Belgian-based burger chain Quick Group
29 Sep 2015
Burger King, fast-food chain, France, Quick Group, Olivier Bertrand, private-equity firm, Qualium Investissement
China’s Alibaba invests undisclosed sum in Paytm
29 Sep 2015
Japan Tobacco in advanced talks to buy Reynolds American's Sante Fe Natural Tobacco unit for $5 bn
29 Sep 2015
Govt may consider lowering stake in PSU banks to 52%: Jaitley
28 Sep 2015
The government may consider reducing its stake in state-run banks to 52 per cent and give more operational freedom to public sector banks
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