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Lenovo Group to buy IBM’s server business for $2.3 billion
23 Jan 2014
Lenovo Group Ltd today said it will buy IBM's low-end server business for $2.3 billion in cash and stock
Verizon to buy Intel Media, Intel's start-up internet service
22 Jan 2014
Verizon Communications is buying Intel’s struggling start-up internet TV service, Intel Media, in a bid to deliver video over both its bundled fibre-optic home broadband service and its 4G wireless
Rolls-Royce may table $13.4-bn bid for Finnish engineering giant Wartsila
21 Jan 2014
A Finnish newspaper today reported British defence and aerospace giant Rolls-Royce may table a bid of around €50 per share for Finland's Wartsila
Lenovo restarts talks to buy IBM’s low-end server unit
21 Jan 2014
Lenovo Group has restarted talks to buy IBM's low-end server unit, as the world’s largest PC maker tries to expand its portfolio amid a shrinking PC market
Anheuser-Busch InBev buys back S Korea's Oriental Brewery for $5.8 bn
20 Jan 2014
AB InBev, the world's biggest brewer, will buy back South Korea's Oriental Brewery that it sold in 2008 to finance the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch
Shell to sell stakes in two Australian projects to Kuwait for $1.14 bn
20 Jan 2014
Shell is under pressure from investors to sell non-core assets to focus on more profitable ventures and improve the company's financials
Tesco eyeing Mothercare: reports
20 Jan 2014
Aurobindo Pharma to acquire Actavis’s European operations
18 Jan 2014
Aurobindo Pharma will acquire the generics commercial operations of Actavis Plc in seven markets across Western Europe
Former Apple and Bang & Olufsen management buy German television maker Loewe
18 Jan 2014
Investors includng the family business owners of Loewe, former management from Apple and Bang & Olufsen are buying the high end TV maker Loewe
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