M&A
Moller-Maersk calls off $1.3 billion acquisition of two oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico
25 Jan 2010
NAB completes due diligence on Axa
23 Jan 2010
NAB completes due diligence on Axa
23 Jan 2010
Reliance-ADAG in race to acquire MGM: report
23 Jan 2010
Hershey rules out a counterbid for Cadbury
23 Jan 2010
Coca-Cola eyes Russian juice maker Nidan Soki: report
22 Jan 2010
The acquisition of Nidan Soki, if it comes through, would catapult Coca-Cola to the No 1 spot in the Russian juice market overtaking its arch rival Pepsi
GM shuts Belgian Opel plant, cuts 2600 jobs
21 Jan 2010
Oracle finally gets the EC nod for Sun Microsystems acquisition
21 Jan 2010
Software giant Oracle Corporation today finally won unconditional approval for its $7.4-billion acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems
T Rowe Price becomes biggest UTI shareholder with 26 per cent
21 Jan 2010
With US asset management company T Rowe Price completing a 26-per cent stake acquisition in UTI, the restructuring of India’s oldest and now fourth largest mutual fund company is almost complete
Buffett to increase Posco stake: report
20 Jan 2010
Cadbury finally falls to Kraft’s sweetened bid
19 Jan 2010
The iconic 186-year old UK confectioner Cadbury today finally gave up its struggle to remain independent after the world’s second largest food and beverage company Kraft Foods raised its takeover offer to $19.6 billion
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
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