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Lockheed Martin acquires British IT Amor Group
13 Sep 2013
Dell shareholders approve Michael Dell's $25-bn offer
13 Sep 2013
Dell Shareholders today approved Michael Dell's offer to take the company private for $25 billion, ending six months of bitter opposition from billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn
Time Inc acquires American Express Publishing Corp
12 Sep 2013
New York-based AmEx has been compelled to sell its magazines unit since US banking regulations bar financial firms from undertaking non-financial activities
UltraTech to buy 51% in Jaypee Cement unit for Rs4,000 crore
11 Sep 2013
The Aditya Birla Group firm will acquire a 51-per cent stake in Jaypee Cement’s 5 million tonne per annum Gujarat facility
Cisco enters data storage business with Whiptail acquisition
11 Sep 2013
With this acquisition, though Cisco will enter the $50-billion enterprise storage industry, the deal could affect its existing partnerships EMC and NetApp, both of whom make storage systems-based on flash memory chips
Canada sells part stake in GM for $1.1 bn
11 Sep 2013
IBM to sell its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex for $505 mn
11 Sep 2013
IBM is selling its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex Corp for $430 million in cash and $75 million in stock, giving IBM a stake in the California-based acquirer
Koch Industries to acquire Molex for $7.2 bn
10 Sep 2013
Koch Industries, the second-largest private corporation in the US with annual revenues of about $115 billion, is buying Molex Inc, a maker electronic, electrical and fibre optic interconnection systems
Japan's Suntory to pay $2.11 bn for GSK’s Lucozade, Ribena soft drink brands
10 Sep 2013
Japan's Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd yesterday agreed to buy the Lucozade and Ribena brands from GlaxoSmithKline Plc, for £1.35 billion in order to expand its soft drinks portfolio in Europe
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