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Mothercare announces three-year turnaround plan
13 Apr 2012
France Telecom to buy majority stake in Egyptian telecom operator Mobinil for $1.97 bn
13 Apr 2012
France Telecom yesterday said that it would acquire most of its partner's stake in Egyptian telecom operator Mobinil for $1.97 billion
Anheuser Busch close to buying Dominican brewer CND for $2.5 bn
12 Apr 2012
Anheuser Busch InBev is close to buying Dominican brewer, Cervecería Nacional Dominicana SA,for $2.5 billion, jointly with Grupo León Jimenes, which owns 84 per cent in the DNC
Richmont Holdings eyes Avon Products: report
12 Apr 2012
Bharti in talks to buy Qualcomm licences: report
11 Apr 2012
Bharti Airtel is reportedly in advanced discussions with US chipmaker Qualcomm to buy the latter’s fourth-generation licences for about Rs6,000 crore
ACCC approves Foxtel’s acquisition of Austar
10 Apr 2012
AT&T to sell majority stake in Yellow Pages to Cerberus Capital for $950 mn
10 Apr 2012
Under the transaction AT&T, which hired Citigroup and Bank of America as advisors to the deal, would sell a 53-per cent stake in its declining Yellow Pages business for $750 million in cash and Cerberus would take on $200 million debt
Facebook to acquire photo-sharing app maker Instagram for $1 bn
10 Apr 2012
Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, yesterday agreed to buy the popular photo-sharing app maker Instagram, for about $1 billion in cash and stock
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