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US IT defence contractor explores sale
18 Apr 2015
Raytheon to buy network security company Websense in $1.9-bn deal
18 Apr 2015
The deal comes amid strong demand for cybersecurity technology following a spate of high-profile breaches in companies, defence and government establishments
Major buyout firms eyeing TV3 Ireland: reports
17 Apr 2015
Nokia to acquire Alcatel-Lucent in $16.6-bn stock deal
15 Apr 2015
The merged entity would overtake industry giants Ericsson AB and Huawei Technologies in wireless-infrastructure revenue, enabling Nokia to emerge as the world's largest wireless infrastructure provider
Avon explores sale of North America business
15 Apr 2015
Avon Products Inc is exploring options, including potentially selling itself entirely or its struggling North American business, as the 129-year-old beauty products company's fortunes have sharply diminished in recent years
Nokia close to buying Alcatel's mobile networks unit
14 Apr 2015
After selling its handsets business to Microsoft in 2013, Finnish telecom firm Nokia Oyj is in advanced talks to buy Alcatel-Lucent's mobile networks unit in order to better compete with Erricson AB, Bloomberg yesterday reported, citing people familiar with the matter
Heineken to buy Slovenian brewer Pivovarna Laško
14 Apr 2015
GE agrees to sell part of real estate for $23 bn; announces $50-bn share buyback
11 Apr 2015
Diversified industrial group GE yesterday struck a deal to sell a major part of its real estate portfolio to Blackstone Group LP and Wells Fargo & Co for about $23 billion as part of its plan to focus on its core industrial business
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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