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Essar agrees to sell stake in Vodafone Essar
02 Jul 2011
The deal for Essar's 33-per cent stake in Vodafone Essar, which was earlier signed in April 2011 for $5 billion, is now valued at $5.46 billion, including a withholding tax.
Fortune Brands to list its companies on NYSE
02 Jul 2011
Apple, Microsoft, Sony, RIM bag Nortel patents for $4.5 bn
01 Jul 2011
A consortium of Apple, Microsoft, Sony and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and others have successfully bid for prized patents from the bankrupt
Nortel Networks' patent portfolio for $4.5 billion in an auction that saw Google and Intel bow out
Coffee Day Resorts takes 5.75-% stake in MindTree
01 Jul 2011
With this acquisition, the Coffee Day Resorts promoter's group now owns a 12.35-per cent stake in MindTree
Maple group’s bid for TMX faces several hurdles
30 Jun 2011
News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million
30 Jun 2011
Murdoch had paid $580 million in 2005 for MySpace, which was then one of the hottest properties on the internet; in 2006; it used to account for 80 per cent of the total social networking traffic.
News Corp sells MySpace for $35 million
30 Jun 2011
Murdoch had paid $580 million in 2005 for MySpace, which was then one of the hottest properties on the internet; in 2006; it used to account for 80 per cent of the total social networking traffic.
NMDC in talks to acquire majority stake in Brazilian iron ore mining firm
28 Jun 2011
State-owned NMDC has signed a deal of confidentiality with a Brazilian miner and is currently conducting due diligence surveys of lts iron ore mines
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