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Rolls-Daimler in bid to take over Daimler engine supplier, Tognum
07 Apr 2011
Rolls and Daimler plan to run the engine business as a 50:50 joint venture with the Bergen gas and marine diesel engine division of Rolls to be merge with the new company
Fraud fallout: Satyam, PwC to pay US authorities $17.5 mn
06 Apr 2011
Mahindra Satyam and its former auditor PwC agreed to pay a combined $17.5 million to settle US probes into the accounting fraud at Satyam in 2009
BHEL set to buy Germany’s AE&E Lentjes: report
05 Apr 2011
HC orders Satyam to pay CBDT Rs350 crore
31 Mar 2011
DuPont extends $6-billion offer for Danisco till 29 April
30 Mar 2011
Only 6 per cent of Danisco shareholders accepted the offer as of 29 March against the 90 per cent acceptance level required for DuPont to carry out the deal and delist Danisco.
iGate's open offer for Patni to start on 8 April
30 Mar 2011
The open offer was earlier scheduled for 4 March but was delayed pending approval from India's market regulator
Prism Informatics acquires Germany's GOD Barcode
30 Mar 2011
International Paper of US buys majority stake in AP Paper
30 Mar 2011
The world’s largest paper company has bought 53.5 per cent in Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills from its promoters, the Bangurs, in a deal worth about Rs1,400 crores
India’s Essar Energy picks up UK refinery for $1.3-bn
30 Mar 2011
India's Essar Energy has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow refinery in northwest England for $1.3-bn, including stock at the site.
Aban subsidiary to sell Venture Drilling stake
29 Mar 2011
Essar to buy Shell's Stanlow refinery for $350 million and inventory cost
29 Mar 2011
The acquisition of Stanlow Refinery, the second largest refinery in the UK, will give Essar Energy direct access to the UK market.
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