M&A
Carlos Slim reopens talks with Videocon for stake
28 May 2015
Carlos Slim, the world's richest man after Bill Gates and owner of America Movil, is in discussions with the Videocon group for a stake as he eyes India’s expanding telecom business
Hormel Foods to acquire Applegate Farms
27 May 2015
Australia’s AGL Energy plans $780-mn asset sale
27 May 2015
EMC buys cloud services provider Virtustream for $1.2 bn
27 May 2015
With falling sales in its main data storage products business, EMC has been looking to expand its cloud services business
Charter to acquire Time Warner Cable for $56 bn
26 May 2015
The combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House will create a leading broadband services and technology company serving 23.9 million customers in 41 states
MHI to split machine tools business in October
26 May 2015
Snapdeal acquires M-Commerce platform MartMobi
26 May 2015
Samsung to merge two major units in $8.1 bn deal
26 May 2015
Samsung Group today said that it would merge two major units in an $8.1-billion all-share deal, as part of its restructuring plan
HSBC confirms possible sale of Brazil unit
23 May 2015
Idea looks to sell tower business in Rs7,580-cr deal
22 May 2015
Idea Cellular, India's third-largest mobile service provider, owns and operates about 11,000 telecom towers in the country
IBM takes stakes in in WayBlazer, Sellpoints to advance Watson-powered apps in online travel and shopping
22 May 2015
Intel Corp, Altera Corp resume buyout talks
19 May 2015
BHP spin-off South32 makes modest debut in ASX
19 May 2015
FBI looking into suspicious bid for Avon
18 May 2015
S.Africa’s Brait to acquire British fashion retailer New Look for $1.2 bn
16 May 2015
New Look, founded in 1969 by India-born entrepreneur Tom Singh, OBE, has grown from a single store to a l,800-store chain across the globe in 21 countries
Nokia Chennai Plant crosses 2-mn units milestone
15 May 2015
After nearly seven years of operation, Nokia Networks' Chennai plant has manufactured over two million components for telecommunications networks of which about a quarter have been used for 4G technology
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