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Babcock to buy Spanish helicopter transport services firm Avincis for $1.5 bn
27 Mar 2014
In addition to paying $1.5 billion, British defence support and engineering services group Babcock International will also assume £705 million of Avincis’s net debt taking the total deal value to about $2.76 billion
Telenor Broadcast sells Conax to Swiss group
26 Mar 2014
Facebook to buy virtual reality headset maker start-up Oculus for $2 bn
26 Mar 2014
Making its second mega acquisition this year, Facebook yesterday struck a deal to buy 20-month start-up Oculus VR Inc, a maker of a virtual reality headset, for $2 billion in cash and stock
Kodak seeks buyer for its Eastman Business Park
26 Mar 2014
Eastman Kodak Co, which last year emerged from bankruptcy, is seeking a buyer for its Eastman Business Park – one of the largest industrial and technology parks in the US
L'Oreal to divest Galderma stake to Nestle
25 Mar 2014
Nokia says Microsoft deal to be delayed a month
24 Mar 2014
Nokia today said its $7.2-billion deal with software giant Microsoft is likely be delayed by a month due to pending regulatory approvals in Asia
BSE in talks to acquire United Stock Exchange: report
24 Mar 2014
Bombay Stock Exchange, the country’s oldest bourse, is in preliminary talks to acquire United Stock Exchange, in a bid to take on the younger but bigger National Stock Exchange
BlackBerry reaches deal to sell majority of its Canadian real estate
22 Mar 2014
BlackBerry will sell more than 3 million square feet of space as well as vacant lands and lease back a portion of the spac
Temasek acquires 24.9% in Li Ka-shing's A S Watson Co for $5.7 bn
21 Mar 2014
Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, today agreed to buy a 24.9-per cent stake in billionaire Li Ka-shing's health and beauty chain A S Watson
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