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Symantec agrees to charge Carlyle $1 bn less for Veritas
21 Jan 2016
Neither Symantec nor Carlyle gave the exact reasons for lowering the purchase price, but media reports suggested that banks were not able to get a $5.6-billion debt package to fund the deal amid a difficult debt market environment
Microchip to buy Atmel Corp for $3.6 bn
20 Jan 2016
US chipmaker Microchip Technology yesterday struck a deal to buy Atmel Corporation for about $3.6 billion, in the latest of mergers and acquisitions within the semiconductor industry
Jaitley unfazed by Cairn suit for $1 bn damages
20 Jan 2016
Telefonica may buy AT&T's LatAm pay TV assets valued at $10 bn
18 Jan 2016
AT&T is the biggest player in Central and South America with more than 17 million pay TV subscribers, with satellite and cable television services in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and several other countries
Vodafone may soon buy cable firm You Broadand
16 Jan 2016
RCom tower sales talks extended by 10-15 days
15 Jan 2016
Orange to buy two of Airtel’s African operations
13 Jan 2016
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