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Snapdeal-Flipkart merger may not happen after all
31 Jul 2017
A meeting scheduled for today to close the buyout of Snapdeal by Flipkart has been cancelled, as Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal seem keen to revive it as a leaner, meaner ‘Snapdeal 2.0’
Jeff Bezos briefly overtakes Bill Gates as world's richest: Forbes
28 Jul 2017
Bill Gates, who has been holding the top spot among the world’s wealthiest since May 2013, regained his position by afternoon as Amazon shares gave up much of the gain
Snapdeal sale around corner as Jasper okays Flipkart offer
27 Jul 2017
The buyout deal is almost through but the board wants to take a broader consensus from its major shareholders, including Ratan Tata and PremjiInvest, reports said
Flipkart agrees to $900-950-bn acquisition of Snapdeal
26 Jul 2017
The merger deal does not include FreeCharge and Vulcan Express - the two subsidiaries of Jasper Infotech that owns Snapdeal
FTC probes complaints of Amazon’s discounts
21 Jul 2017
Flipkart set to sweeten offer for Snapdeal; may go up to $950 mn
13 Jul 2017
Snapdeal, which is also engaged in separate discussions for selling Freecharge (mobile wallet operations) and Vulcan Express (logistics), is likely to close these as well over the next few weeks
Amazon gets govt nod to retail food in India
10 Jul 2017
The company will open a wholly-owned subsidiary in India that will stock and sell food online to carry out the business
Snapdeal rejects Flipkart’s Rs5,500 cr buyout offer; talks still on
05 Jul 2017
Snapdeal's board is reported to have rejected a takeover offer of $800-850 million (around Rs5,500 crore) from larger ecommerce rival Flipkart
Citizens Advice warns over ‘phantom goods’ scam
30 Jun 2017
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