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Europe's largest sanitaryware maker Grohe to be sold to Japan's Lixil for $4-bn
27 Sep 2013
Europe's largest sanitary fittings maker Grohe AG yesterday agreed to be acquired by Japan's largest manufacturer of building materials Lixil Corp and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) for €3.06 billion ($4.1 billion
eBay to buy payment processor Braintree for $800 million
27 Sep 2013
US online retailer eBay Inc is buying Chicago-based payment processing company Braintree Payment Solutions, for $800 million in cash, in order to boost its PayPal unit's mobile commerce business
ONGC Videsh may bid for Tanzanian oil blocks
27 Sep 2013
Poddar group to prune stake in Gillette India, cede promoter role to P&G
27 Sep 2013
After the stock sale, Cincinnati-headquartered P&G will become the sole owner of Gillette India
ONGC to raise $4 bn overseas to fund Mozambique acquisitions
26 Sep 2013
With Reserve Bank raising it's main lending rate by to 7.50 per cent, it has become cheaper for Indian companies to raise money overseas
Japan’s Lixil tables preliminary $4-bn bid for German sanitaryware maker Grohe
26 Sep 2013
Lixil Corp, Japan's largest manufacturer group for building materials and housing equipment, has tabled a preliminary $4 billion takeover bid for Europe's largest sanitary fittings maker Grohe AG
Applied Materials to buy Tokyo Electron in $9.39-bn stock deal
25 Sep 2013
The combination will create a global giant in the fields of both semiconductor and display technologies, capable of providing affordable personal devices such as PCs, smartphones and tablets to consumers around the world
Blackberry receives $4.7-bn buyout offer from Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Financial
24 Sep 2013
Analysts say that if Blackberry continues to remain listed, it would go bankrupt in six months after burning its $2.8 billion cash reserves
Fiat to buy out General Motors in VM Motori JV
23 Sep 2013
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