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AstraZeneca strikes three oncology deals
04 Nov 2014
British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca today struck three deals to strengthen its oncology business
US medical testing firm LabCorp to buy Covance for $6.1 bn
04 Nov 2014
The acquisition will provide LabCorp with immediate scale and a comprehensive platform in the $141-billion biopharmaceutical research and development market
Bharti SoftBank acquires stake in ScoopWhoop
03 Nov 2014
EXL acquires Overland Solutions
31 Oct 2014
Japan’s SoftBank pushes $10-bn India online market plans
28 Oct 2014
Japanes telecom firm SoftBank, which has already invested $627 million in Snapdeal, is looking for investment opportunities in India’s telecom and e-commerce space
CSL to acquire Novartis’ influenza vaccine unit
27 Oct 2014
Pfizer's $11-bn share repurchase ends chances of renewed bid for AstraZeneca
25 Oct 2014
US drugmaker Pfizer’s board yesterday authorised a new $11-billion share repurchase plan, which analysts say puts an end to speculations that it would renew its bid for British rival AstraZeneca
Nokia to become Lumia as Microsoft takes control
22 Oct 2014
AbbVie calls off $55-bn acquisition of Shire over US tax rules
22 Oct 2014
AbbVie said the new US tax rules would keep it from gaining access to its overseas cash without having to pay hefty US taxes
Government issues draft order for merger of NSEL with FTIL
21 Oct 2014
National Spot Exchange Ltd and its parent Financial Technologies will be merged to form a new company
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