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US Airways and bankrupt AMR evaluate potential merger
01 Sep 2012
AMR Corp, the parent company of American Airlines, and US Airways Group Inc are evaluating a potential merger that could match in size the world's largest airline, United Continental Holdings
BT raises Tech Mahindra divestment to 14.1 %
31 Aug 2012
The British company sold the sales through open market transactions on both BSE and NSE
Orchid sells API, R&D unit to Hospira for Rs1,113 crore to reduce debt
30 Aug 2012
The businesses sold accounted for around 23 per cent of the total sales of the company last year
BT sells part stake in Tech Mahindra for Rs556 crore
30 Aug 2012
The London-based £21-billion telecom giant, has been looking to divest its stake in Tech Mahindra since 2008, but had to put its plans on hold following the stock market collapse due to the global recession
Japanese AC maker Daikin to acquire Goodman Global for $3.7 bn
30 Aug 2012
JapaneseAC maker, Daikin Industries Ltd, yesterday finally struck a deal to buy US rival Goodman Global Inc, for $3.7 billion
First Reserve, SK Capital to buy chemicals firm TPC for $850 mn
28 Aug 2012
US specialty chemical maker TPC Group yesterday agreed to sell itself to private equity firms First Reserve Corporation and SK Capital Partners, in a deal valued at $850 million
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