M&A
American Vanadium seeks Japanese partner
05 May 2012
BG to sell Brazilian gas distribution business Comgas to Cosan for $1.8 bn
04 May 2012
Cosan SA Industria e Comercio, Brazil's largest and the world's fifth-largest producer of ethanol, will get access to 4,000 km of pipelines that deliver natural gas to over 500,000 customers in 57 cities
Telenor group chairman Harald Norvik resigns
03 May 2012
Vodafone heads huddle with Pranab over ‘retro’ tax; but no luck yet
02 May 2012
The move to amend tax laws with retrospective effect is seen as mainly aimed at extracting over Rs11,000 crore from Vodafone over its 2007 buy-out of Hutchinson Whampoa’s majority stake in what was then Hutchinson Essar
Aditya Birla Nuvo to acquire 50% stake in Pantaloon for Rs1,600 crore
30 Apr 2012
Pantaloons owner, the Future Group, is currently negotiating to raise funds, both in retail and non-retail businesses, to reduce debt of over Rs 7,000 crore, out of which Rs 4,800 crore is in core retail business
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