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Goldman Sachs acquires Benchmark AMC
17 Mar 2011
M&M completes buyout of Korea’s SsangYong
15 Mar 2011
Mahindra, which emerged as the preferred bidder for SsangYong in August 2010, will now hold a 70 per cent stake in SMC, for which it has paid $463 million
Nippon Life acquires 26-% in Reliance Life Insurance
15 Mar 2011
Nippon Life's acquisition of a 26-per cent stake in Reliance Life Insurance for Rs.3,062 crore is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Indian insurance sector
Suzlon promoters sell off 2.25 per cent stake
15 Mar 2011
Buffett's Berkshire buys Lubrizol for $9.7 billion
14 Mar 2011
The transaction, which values Lubrizol at approximately $9.7 billion, including around $0.7 billion in net debt, makes it one of the largest acquisitions by Berkshire Hathaway
France Telecom-Orange JV to buy 44 per cent in Iraq's Korek Telecom
14 Mar 2011
France Telecom-Orange will have the option to increase its indirect stake in Korek Telecom to 27 per cent by 2014 and up to 51 per cent by 2016
At 80 Murdoch looks to take over BSkyB
12 Mar 2011
Rio Tinto raises offer price for Riversdale
12 Mar 2011
Nippon Life set to buy 26 per cent in Reliance Life for $724 million
11 Mar 2011
With expected average economic growth rate of over 9 per cent and a comparatively low level of insurance penetration, India is seen by insurance firms as the most potential market other than China.
Essar group to revive Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company
10 Mar 2011
Essar Africa Holdings Limited, a privately held company of the Essar group, will inject an initial $750 million to restart production at Zimbabwe's state-run steel firm
AIG repays another $6.9-bn TARP loan
09 Mar 2011
The US government had bailed out AIG with total loans of $182.5 billion following the global financial crisis, making it to be the biggest single bailout in US history
Sprint Nextel in talks to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom
09 Mar 2011
Deutsche Telekom aims to acquire a a 50-per cent stake in the combined entity through the deal to compete with bigger rivals AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless
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