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ONGC eyes Canadian oil sand assets of ConocoPhillips: report
05 Jun 2012
Oil and Natural Gas Corp is considering to bid for part of ConocoPhillips' Canadian oil sand assets worth around $5 billion
Telstra in talks to sell New Zealand unit TelstraClear to Vodafone
05 Jun 2012
Auckland-based TelstraClear has over 2.5 million customers and holds a 16 per cent market share in New Zealand
US health insurer WellPoint buying eyewear retailer 1-800 Contacts for $900 million: report
04 Jun 2012
BP considers stake sale in Russian joint venture TNK-BP
01 Jun 2012
TNK-BP, which has a market value of $59 billion, generates a quarter of BP’s production and contributed $3.7 billion to its revenues last year
Nike plans to divest Cole Haan and Umbro brands
31 May 2012
Canada’s IT firm CGI to acquire British peer Logica for £1.7 bn
31 May 2012
Canadian IT services company CGI Group Inc today struck a deal to buy its Anglo-Dutch rival Logica Plc for £1.7 billion in order to gain European and outsourcing clients
Italy's Eni to sell 30 % in Snam to state lender for $4.36 bn
31 May 2012
The Italian government issued a decree this month that required Eni to offload at least 25.1 per cent of Snam to reduce the country's €1.9 trillion public debt
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