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Payments bank tailor-made for telcos: Crisil
28 Nov 2014
German utility E.ON close to selling Spanish operations for $3.1 bn
28 Nov 2014
E.ON SE, Germany's biggest utility, is close to selling its Spanish operations to Australian infrastructure investor Macquarie Group Ltd and a unit of Kuwait sovereign wealth fund
Lava may acquire Nokia's Chennai plant: report
27 Nov 2014
Renewables overtake N-power to emerge Scotland's top energy source
27 Nov 2014
Renewable energy has emerged as the main power source in Scotland, displacing nuclear-generated energy
Medtronic’s $42.9-bn Covidien deal approved by US regulator
27 Nov 2014
Medtronic Inc, the world's fourth-largest medical device maker, has received US regulatory approval to acquire Dublin-based Covidien Plc, subject to the condition that it sells its drug-coated balloon catheter business
OnePlus One coming to India
26 Nov 2014
Danone said to target Mead Johnson with sale of $2 bn stake in Yakult
26 Nov 2014
Groupe Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, is said to be weighing plans to sell its stake worth $2 billion in Japanese dairy-drink producer Yakult Honsha Co, to raise funds for a possible acquisition of US baby-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co, valued at $20.5 billion
OPEC may decide on production curbs at tomorrow’s meet
26 Nov 2014
OPEC looks set for a compromise decision on restricting production and supply of oil, as the OPEC basket of crude fell to a low of $74.28 a barrel
Xiaomi launches Redmi Note 3G and 4G models
25 Nov 2014
Canadian PE firm Onex to acquire Swiss carton maker SIG Combibloc for $4.66 bn
25 Nov 2014
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp yesterday struck a deal to acquire SIG Combibloc Group, the world’s second-largest maker of drink cartons
Devices maker Stryker mulls $16-bn bid for British peer Smith & Nephew
25 Nov 2014
US medical device maker Stryker Corp is considering structuring the transaction as a tax inversion move, allowing it to move its base to the UK, where the taxes are lower than in the US
Michelin set to mass-produce its airless radial tyre ‘Tweel’
24 Nov 2014
Tyre giant Michelin has not only reinvented the wheel as we know it, but is also gearing up to mass-produce it.
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