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HP revenues beat forecasts
21 Feb 2014
Activist investor Nelson Peltz renews call to split PepsiCo
21 Feb 2014
Activist investor Nelson Peltz has once renewed his campaign to split up PepsiCo, a week after the food and beverage giant headed by CEO Indra Nooyi said that it would not spin off its North-American beverage business
Activist investor Nelson Peltz renews call to split PepsiCo
21 Feb 2014
Activist investor Nelson Peltz has once renewed his campaign to split up PepsiCo, a week after the food and beverage giant headed by CEO Indra Nooyi said that it would not spin off its North-American beverage business
Airtel to move Nigeria’s SC after losing $3-mn dispute in Lagos high court
21 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel said the disputed shares are in an escrow account and the judgement would have no impact on the stake of Bharti Airtel or other Airtel Nigeria shareholders
Airtel to move Nigeria’s SC after losing $3-mn dispute in Lagos high court
21 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel said the disputed shares are in an escrow account and the judgement would have no impact on the stake of Bharti Airtel or other Airtel Nigeria shareholders
Shell to sell Australian downstream businesses to Swiss-based oil trader Vitol for $2.6 bn
21 Feb 2014
Shell has recently sold its refineries in the UK, Germany, France, Norway and the Czech Republic, downstream businesses in Egypt, Spain, Greece, Finland and Sweden to focus on upstream exploration and production
Shell to sell Australian downstream businesses to Swiss-based oil trader Vitol for $2.6 bn
21 Feb 2014
Shell has recently sold its refineries in the UK, Germany, France, Norway and the Czech Republic, downstream businesses in Egypt, Spain, Greece, Finland and Sweden to focus on upstream exploration and production
Airtel becomes first telco to cross 200-mn subscriber mark in India
20 Feb 2014
Starting out in 1999, Airtel reached its 100-million subscriber mark in 2009, doubling it within five years in 2014
Facebook to buy smartphone-messaging app WhatsApp for a staggering $16 bn
20 Feb 2014
The WhatsApp deal is the biggest in the internet industry after the whopping $124-billion merger between AOL and Time Warner merger in 2001
Facebook to buy smartphone-messaging app WhatsApp for a staggering $16 bn
20 Feb 2014
The WhatsApp deal is the biggest in the internet industry after the whopping $124-billion merger between AOL and Time Warner merger in 2001
Mahindra comes up with rent-a-battery scheme for e2o electric car
19 Feb 2014
Under the scheme, a customer needs to pay an 'energy fee' starting from Rs2,599 per month which will allow the user to drive 50,000 km (800 km of usage per month) over five years
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