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GE to buy 75% in German 3D printing maker Concept Laser for $599 mn
28 Oct 2016
The move comes a day after GE abandoned its €683-million takeover offer for German 3D printer maker SLM Solutions Group
Qualcomm to buy NXP Semiconductors for $39 bn
27 Oct 2016
Qualcomm Inc, the world’s biggest chip maker, today struck a deal to buy NXP Semiconductors NV for $39 billion in a bid to emerge as the world's largest automotive chip supplier
Embraer to pay $205 mn to settle bribery charges
25 Oct 2016
HNA Group to buy about 25% in Hilton from Blackstone Group for $6.5 bn
25 Oct 2016
The deal comes five months after the Beijing-based company acquired Radisson and Country Inns & Suites hotel chain owner Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, for an undisclosed sum
HollyFrontier in advanced talks to buy Suncor Energy’s Petro-Canada lubricants unit for $1 bn
24 Oct 2016
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
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