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CIT to acquire OneWest Bank for $3.4 billion
22 Jul 2014
Privately-owned OneWest Bank operates 73 retail branches and has approximately $23 billion in assets
FTIL to sell 15% MCX stake to Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs459 crore
21 Jul 2014
Financial Technologies will sell a 15-per cent stake in Multi Commodity Exchange to Kotak Mahindra Bank for Rs459 crore, as part of a Sebi-mandated stake sale
Reliance Retail, Bharti in talks to buy Carrefour’s Indian assets
09 Jul 2014
The availability of ready-built cash and carry stores and associated infrastructure is drawing the interest of the two leading Indian retail companies
Macquarie Infrastructure to fully acquire IMTT
08 Jul 2014
SABMiller to divest stake in S African hotel, casino chain Tsogo Sun
07 Jul 2014
Global brewing giant SABMiller says gaming and hotels are not core to the company’s operations
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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