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TCS to buy back shares worth Rs16,000 crore
20 Feb 2017
The share buyback, when completed, will be India's biggest, surpassing Reliance Industries' 2012 share repurchase of Rs10,400 crore
Kraft calls off Unilever bid amid mutual praise
20 Feb 2017
News that the proposed $143-billion deal, what would have been the third-largest of all time, was off came in a terse joint statement from the two companies
Kraft calls off Unilever bid amid mutual praise
20 Feb 2017
News that the proposed $143-billion deal, what would have been the third-largest of all time, was off came in a terse joint statement from the two companies
Kraft Heinz may sweeten $140-bn bid as Unilever rejects takeover bid
18 Feb 2017
Kraft Heinz suggested it could make another offer after Unilever said the initial offer of $50 a share "fundamentally undervalues" the company, despite being nearly 20 per cent higher than Thursday's closing price
Kraft Heinz may sweeten $140-bn bid as Unilever rejects takeover bid
18 Feb 2017
Kraft Heinz suggested it could make another offer after Unilever said the initial offer of $50 a share "fundamentally undervalues" the company, despite being nearly 20 per cent higher than Thursday's closing price
Alphabet’s Project Loon hits high gear despite Lankan snag
18 Feb 2017
Advances in artificial intelligence-infused navigation software have significantly sped up Google’s plans to deploy Project Loon internet balloons to serve remote regions of the world
Samsung chief Jay Y Lee arrested in graft scandal
17 Feb 2017
Lee, scion of South Korea's richest family, is a suspect in the influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye in December
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