M&A
Scotland’s Weir Group eyes $5.5 bn buyout of Finnish rival Metso Oyj
01 Apr 2014
Scottish pump and drilling equipment maker Weir Group is in talks to buy Finnish rival Metso Oyj in a $14.17-billion deal
Babcock to buy Spanish helicopter transport services firm Avincis for $1.5 bn
27 Mar 2014
In addition to paying $1.5 billion, British defence support and engineering services group Babcock International will also assume £705 million of Avincis’s net debt taking the total deal value to about $2.76 billion
Telenor Broadcast sells Conax to Swiss group
26 Mar 2014
Facebook to buy virtual reality headset maker start-up Oculus for $2 bn
26 Mar 2014
Making its second mega acquisition this year, Facebook yesterday struck a deal to buy 20-month start-up Oculus VR Inc, a maker of a virtual reality headset, for $2 billion in cash and stock
Kodak seeks buyer for its Eastman Business Park
26 Mar 2014
Eastman Kodak Co, which last year emerged from bankruptcy, is seeking a buyer for its Eastman Business Park – one of the largest industrial and technology parks in the US
L'Oreal to divest Galderma stake to Nestle
25 Mar 2014
Nokia says Microsoft deal to be delayed a month
24 Mar 2014
Nokia today said its $7.2-billion deal with software giant Microsoft is likely be delayed by a month due to pending regulatory approvals in Asia
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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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