M&A
Mahindra in talks to buy Peugeot's scooter unit: report
16 Sep 2014
The acquisition of Peugeot Motocycles would give Mahindra the necessary technology to compete with rivals Hero MotoCorp Ltd and Honda Motor Co
TUI Travel to merge with parent to create £5.2-bn tourism giant
16 Sep 2014
The merger would see TUI Travel, which serves 30 million customers join TUI AG, owner of 230 hotels and seven cruise ships
Cognizant to acquire US healthcare IT services firm TriZetto for $2.7 bn in cash
15 Sep 2014
The merger will create a fully-integrated healthcare technology and operations leader with more than $3 billion in combined revenue and a client base of nearly 245,000 healthcare providers
Heineken rejects SABMiller take over approach
15 Sep 2014
Lanco to sell 3,000 MW capacity to raise Rs5,000 crore
10 Sep 2014
Lanco has not specified the assets to be sold, but merely said these could either be already operational projects or those under development
BSNL-MTNL merger likely by July next year: official
08 Sep 2014
The long-pending merger of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Ningam Ltd, the two state-owned telecom operators, is likely to take place by July next year in a move to synergise operations by offering services as a single entity
BSNL-MTNL merger likely by July next year: official
08 Sep 2014
The long-pending merger of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Ningam Ltd, the two state-owned telecom operators, is likely to take place by July next year in a move to synergise operations by offering services as a single entity
BSNL-MTNL merger likely by July next year: official
08 Sep 2014
The long-pending merger of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Ningam Ltd, the two state-owned telecom operators, is likely to take place by July next year in a move to synergise operations by offering services as a single entity
Sweden’s Electrolux to buy GE appliance unit for $3.3 bn
08 Sep 2014
The deal is Electrolux’s biggest ever acquisition that would double its sales in North America and help it take on rival Whirlpool Corp
Airtel divests African telecom tower assets to Eaton Towers
08 Sep 2014
Bharti Airtel has divested 3,500 telecom towers to Eaton Towers in six countries across Africa, which it will lease back under a 10-year contract
Latest articles
Featured articles
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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
06 Mar 2023
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