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Facebook in talks to buy Israeli mobile navigation start-up Waze for $1 bn: report
09 May 2013
Facebook Inc is in late-stage talks to buy Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for up to $1 billion
Petronas to buy OGX's Brazilian offshore field stake for $850 mn
08 May 2013
Malaysian oil giant Petronas will acquire 40 per cent of OGX’s interest in two oil blocks in Brazil from OGX, Brazil's second-biggest oil company
Dell to buy cloud software firm Enstratius
07 May 2013
Consortium led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate to acquire BMC Software for $6.9 bn
07 May 2013
The consortium is said to have topped an offer from a rival consortium comprising KKR & Co, TPG Capital and Thomas Bravo
Bharti Airtel to sell 5% stake to Qatar Foundation for $1.26 bn
03 May 2013
The investment comes after Bharti Airtel recently raised $1.5 billion through overseas bonds in order to service its massive $11.7 billion debt
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway to acquire rest of IMC for $2.05 bn
02 May 2013
Berkshire Hathaway, which already holds 80 per cent in IMC, has offered to buy the remaining 20 per cent from the founders in an all-cash deal
Etihad to appoint three directors on Jet airways
30 Apr 2013
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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
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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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