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Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, P&G in fray for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare unit
20 Feb 2014
Bayer, Novartis, Reckitt Benckiser, and Procter & Gamble are among the companies that are exploring a deal to buy Merck &Co's consumer healthcare unit
Actavis to acquire Forest Laboratories for $25 billion
19 Feb 2014
The deal, the largest in the pharmaceutical sector so far this year, will create a specialty pharmaceuticals giant
China overtakes India as top gold consumer
19 Feb 2014
China imported 1,066 tonnes of the yellow metal in 2013 against the 975 tonnes India bought during the year, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends report
FDA pushes for warnings on generic drugs
18 Feb 2014
7-mn members to decide on Co-op Group's business future
18 Feb 2014
After suffering the worst year in its 150-year history, the United Kingdom’s Co-operative Group is turning to its 7 million member-customers, asking them what it should be like in the 21st century
Airtel confirms takeover of Loop Mobile; avoids disclosing deal size
18 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services company, today confirmed acquisition of Loop Mobile, for an undisclsed sum
Airtel confirms takeover of Loop Mobile; avoids disclosing deal size
18 Feb 2014
Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile services company, today confirmed acquisition of Loop Mobile, for an undisclsed sum
Starr Investment consortium in pact to buy MultiPlan for reported $4.4 bn
18 Feb 2014
With a network of over 900,000 healthcare providers and extensive proprietary analytics, MultiPlan generates over $11 billion in medical cost savings on about 40 million claims annually
Actavis in talks to buy Forest Laboratories for around $25 bn
18 Feb 2014
Actavis, the world's third-largest generics prescription drug manufacturer, hopes to use the Forest acquisition to deal with the tying up of hospitals, insurers and doctors to negotiate directly to buy prescription drugs at cheaper rates from manufacturers
Reader's Digest UK sold for just £1 to media tycoon Mike Luckwell
17 Feb 2014
The UK edition of Reader's Digest has been sold by its private equity owner Better Capital for £1 to media tycoon Mike Luckwell
Online fund-raising site Kickstarter hacked
17 Feb 2014
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