M&A
Uber sells food delivery business in India for 9.9% stake in Zomato
21 Jan 2020
The deal gives Uber nearly 10 per cent stake in Zomato, which has a current valuation of $3.55 billion
CCEA approves sale of stake in 5 mining PSUs
08 Jan 2020
Amazon India, Future Retail sign long-term business deal
06 Jan 2020
Under the agreement, Amazon India will become the authorised online sales channel for FRL stores, and FRL will ensure participation of its relevant stores and programmes on the Amazon India marketplace
Union Bank of India, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank to complete merger by 1 April 2020
23 Dec 2019
ArcelorMittal forms JV with Nippon Steel to run Essar Steel
18 Dec 2019
With an annualised crude steel production capacity of 7.5 million tonnes and iron ore pellet facilities with current annual capacity of 14 million tonnes, the new joint venture company AM/NS India plans to increase finished steel shipments to 8.5 million tonnes over the medium-term
Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot agree to $50 billion merger
18 Dec 2019
The new company will be the fourth largest global OEM by volume and third largest by revenue, with annual sales of 8.7 million units and combined revenues of nearly €170 billion
Reliance and BP announce fuel retail joint venture, Jio-BP
17 Dec 2019
As per the agreement, BP will invest Rs7,000 crore for a 49 per cent stake in the joint venture, which will assume ownership of RIL’s existing Indian fuel retail network and access its aviation fuel business to create 5,500 retail sites over five years
$11 bn Asahi-CUB deal hits regulatory bump in Australia
12 Dec 2019
The ACCC move comes as a blow for AB InBev, which has been selling assets and took its Asian business public this year to reduce the $100 billion net debt accumulated after its 2016 acquisition of rival SABMiller
Rel Jio set to bag RCom’s tower, fiber assets with Rs3,600-cr bid
11 Dec 2019
At Rs3,600-crore, Reliance Jio’s bid is the highest for Rcom’s tower business and optical fiber network worth a total Rs10,000 crore
Bharti Telecom seeks nod for Rs4,900-cr FDI to make it foreign
09 Dec 2019
Bharti Airtel has been in discussion with Singtel and other entities for fund infusion and has already applied for government permission to raise the company’s FDI limit to 100 per cent
Phoenix to acquire Swiss Re's UK business for $4.1 bn
06 Dec 2019
The acquisition will create an enlarged Phoenix Group with £329 billion of assets under administration and 14.1 million policies, confirming Phoenix’s position as the largest life and pensions consolidator in Europe
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation