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Bank of Nova Scotia to buy majority stake in Colombia's Banco Colpatria for $1 billion
20 Oct 2011
The deal gives Scotiabank a large retail banking presence in Colombia with 175 branches and 308 ATMs
Permira may acquire Genesys from Alcatel-Lucent for $1.5 bn in cash
20 Oct 2011
Permira had been in exclusive talks with Alcatel-Lucent for several months, even though it allowed rival bids from other suitors
Abott to split into two
19 Oct 2011
Norway’s Statoil bids $4.4 bn for Brigham Exploration
18 Oct 2011
Norway’s largest oil company, Statoil has launched a $4.4 billion cash bid for Brigham Exploration Co, to expand into the unconventional gas business in the US
Reliance suspends drilling at blocks covered under BP deal
18 Oct 2011
Reliance Industries has suspended drilling at its oil and gas exploration blocks covered under a deal with new venture partner BP pending a review
UK security group G4S to acquire Denmark’s facilities company ISS for $8.2 bn
17 Oct 2011
After the merger G4S will become the second-largest non-governmental employer in the world, with more than 1.15 million employees, after US retail giant Wal-Mart
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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