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Bharti-MTN deal may face SA regulatory hurdles
15 Sep 2009
South African authorities have made clear in recent days that the transaction faces close scrutiny, with the country's communication regulator saying the deal may face public hearings
Magna likely to shed 10,500 Opel, Vauxhall jobs in Europe
15 Sep 2009
Confirming the fears of the critics of the GM-Magna deal, the Canadian car parts manufacturer said it may cut10,500 jobs at Opel and Vauxhall in Europe in the coming 12 months
AMR Corp joins fray for JAL stake, after Delta, Air France-KLM
15 Sep 2009
Texas-based AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is planning to inject millions of dollars in to loss-making Japan Airlines Corp
Yahoo to offload entire stake in Alibaba.com
14 Sep 2009
Avaya bags Nortel’s telecom unit with $900 million bid
14 Sep 2009
Avaya Inc today bagged Nortel Networks' enterprise solutions division for $900 million in a bankruptcy auction
BASF India board okays Ciba India merger
14 Sep 2009
Following parent BASF's acquisition of Ciba Holding AG, a the board of BASF India approves the merger of Ciba India and its two affiliate firms with itself
Deutsche Telekom eyes US’s Sprint Nextel
14 Sep 2009
Kraft’s low growth business model unappealing: Cadbury
14 Sep 2009
Cadbury says it finds suitor Kraft's low-growth, conglomerate model an unappealing prospect as it differs from Cadbury’s pure play growth strategy
UK’s 3i Group sells venture portfolio for £130 million
14 Sep 2009
The UK-based PE firm 3i Group Plc plans to sell its venture portfolio of investments to a rival consortium comprising UK’s Coller Capital and DFJ Esprit and US-based HarbourVest Partners
Dr Reddy's scotches stake sale rumours
11 Sep 2009
Magna, Sberbank win GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units
11 Sep 2009
After a prolonged battle involving various parties across Atlantic and Baltic, Magna and Sberbank have won GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units
Hershey's, Nestle may counterbid for Cadbury
By By Ravi Kunder | 10 Sep 2009
China arms CNPC with $30-billion loan for overseas acquisitions
10 Sep 2009
The five-year low-interest loan has been extended by state-owned China Development Bank as the country hopes to cash in on low asset values to make cheap acquisitions
China’s CNPC pulls out of Verenex Energy takeover
10 Sep 2009
Libyan refusal to ratify the deal forces China's state-owned CNPC to pull out of its planned acquisition of Verenex Energy's Libyan opeartion
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