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Shanghai launches $7.9-bn yuan fund to aid overseas acquisitions
17 Feb 2012
The provincial government of Shanghai has launched a $7.9 billion fund to aid Chinese companies to make overseas acquisitions as part of Beijing’s plan to internationalise the yuan
Carl Icahn launches $2.6-bn bid for CVR Energy
17 Feb 2012
Icahn, the largest shareholder in CVR Energy with a 14.5-per cent stake, wants a change in the entire board of oil refiner and fertilizer maker CVR Energy
Marico stock up 4 per cent on Paras Pharma
16 Feb 2012
Deutsche Telekom mulls selling UK joint venture
16 Feb 2012
Former Olympus chairman, six others arrested in Japan
16 Feb 2012
Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, the former chairman, resigned late last year after Briton Michael Woodford, a former CEO, blew the whistle on the scam in the Japanese company
BP cuts book value of its RIL holding by over 10%
16 Feb 2012
BP's move follows hard on the heels of a top petroleum ministry official saying that Reliance’s Krishna-Godavari D6 offshore fields may see production drop to an all-time low of about 27 units day by April
Telenor aims to dump Unitech
16 Feb 2012
Chesapeake Energy announces $12-bn asset sale to reduce debt
14 Feb 2012
Chesapeake says its 2012 financial plan aims to fully cover planned capital spending for this year and provide additional liquidity for 2013
EU and US regulators approve Google-Motorola merger
14 Feb 2012
Regulators have warned Google that they would monitor its use of Motorola Mobility’s portfolio of 17,000 patents, particularly those that are deemed standards essential
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