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AT&T confirms $85.4-bn acquisition of Time Warner
24 Oct 2016
US telecom giant AT&T Inc on Saturday confirmed speculations that it had struck a mega deal to buy Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion in cash and stock, in what could be the year's biggest deal
AT&T to announce acquisition of Time Warner for $85 billion: report
22 Oct 2016
A deal, which would be the biggest in the world this year, would give the telecom company control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets
Wipro to acquire US cloud-computing company Appirio for $500 million
21 Oct 2016
Appirio brings to Wipro, Topcoder, a leading crowdsourcing marketplace connecting over a million designers, developers and data scientists around the world with customers, a game changer in today’s digital economy
Japan’s Terumo to buy some medical devices from Abbott and St. Jude Medical for $1.12 bn
18 Oct 2016
SSE to sell 16.7% in Scotia Gas Networks to Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund for £621 mn
18 Oct 2016
Rosneft-led group buys Essar Oil and related operations for $12.9 bn
15 Oct 2016
The all-cash deal encompasses EOL’s 20 million tonne refinery in Gujarat, India, and its pan-India retail outlets
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