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Nokia launches first Android range phones
24 Feb 2014
Minority shareholders reject Ruias’ $1.5-bn Essar Energy buy-out offer
24 Feb 2014
Minority shareholders in Essar Energy have rejected a $1.5 billion (£900 million) bid by majority shareholder Ruias to acquire 22- per cent shares of the company saying the offer undervalued the group
Minority shareholders reject Ruias’ $1.5-bn Essar Energy buy-out offer
24 Feb 2014
Minority shareholders in Essar Energy have rejected a $1.5 billion (£900 million) bid by majority shareholder Ruias to acquire 22- per cent shares of the company saying the offer undervalued the group
Bayer close to bagging cancer drug maker Algeta for $2.9-bn
24 Feb 2014
German healthcare major Bayer AG today said that it is close to completing its $2.9-billion acquisition of Algeta, after 92.17 per cent shareholders of the Norwegian cancer drug maker tendered their shares to the offer
Bayer close to bagging cancer drug maker Algeta for $2.9-bn
24 Feb 2014
German healthcare major Bayer AG today said that it is close to completing its $2.9-billion acquisition of Algeta, after 92.17 per cent shareholders of the Norwegian cancer drug maker tendered their shares to the offer
Minority shareholders of Swedish truck maker Scania reject VW $9.21 bn bid
24 Feb 2014
Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for the heavy transport industry, and of industrial and marine engines
Minority shareholders of Swedish truck maker Scania reject VW $9.21 bn bid
24 Feb 2014
Scania is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for the heavy transport industry, and of industrial and marine engines
Sahara case helps SEBI crackdown on dubious investment schemes
24 Feb 2014
The Supreme Court intervention in the high-profile Sahara case has helped the market regulator bring to book the operators of at least five ‘illicit’ money-pooling schemes.
Sahara case helps SEBI crackdown on dubious investment schemes
24 Feb 2014
The Supreme Court intervention in the high-profile Sahara case has helped the market regulator bring to book the operators of at least five ‘illicit’ money-pooling schemes.
Infosys’ to invest Rs425 cr in its biggest Indian campus at Mohali
24 Feb 2014
The Infosys campus is coming up on 50 acres of land allotted by the Punjab government as a SEZ for IT/ITeS units
Google acquires ad-fraud detection specialist Spider.io
22 Feb 2014
The acquisition will help Google to instill confidence among its advertisers that the money they are spending on online ads are for their ads being clicked on by real people and not by botnets
Google acquires ad-fraud detection specialist Spider.io
22 Feb 2014
The acquisition will help Google to instill confidence among its advertisers that the money they are spending on online ads are for their ads being clicked on by real people and not by botnets
Google acquires ad-fraud detection specialist Spider.io
22 Feb 2014
The acquisition will help Google to instill confidence among its advertisers that the money they are spending on online ads are for their ads being clicked on by real people and not by botnets
Google to expand 1-gigabit per second broadband speed to 34 US cities
21 Feb 2014
Google Inc yesterday announced that it plans to expand its Google Fibre high-speed broadband coverage to 34 cities across eight states in the US – a move that will eat into the subscribers of competitors like AT&T, Time Warner Cable and Comcast
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