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CIL to spend Rs35,000 cr on foreign acquisitions by 2017
12 Mar 2013
Coal India Ltd, the world’s biggest coal producer, has proposed an ad-hoc provision of Rs35,000 crore for acquisition and development of mines abroad by 2017
BHP Billiton eyes sales of 10 asset
11 Mar 2013
AT&T mulls taking 25 % stake in Mukesh Ambani’s Jia infocomm for $3.5 bn: report
11 Mar 2013
If the deal materialises, it would be the largest foreign direct investment in India and would value the yet-to-start RJIL at $14 billion
KKR & Co to acquire US machinery maker Gardner Denver for $3.74 bn
09 Mar 2013
Four months after the US industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc put itself up for sale, PE firm KKR & Co has secured a deal to acquire it for $3.74 billion in cash
DP World to sell stakes in Hong Kong container terminals and logistics centre for $742 mn
07 Mar 2013
Time Warner to spin off Time magazine unit
07 Mar 2013
Time Warner Inc yesterday said that it will spin off its magazine unit Time Inc, the largest magazine publisher in the US, in order to focus on its cable television and film businesses
Bank of England governor calls for RBS to be split and sold
07 Mar 2013
Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King yesterday called for the splitting up of the Royal Bank of Scotland and its sale within a year to end the “nonsense” of state ownership
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