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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge
04 Feb 2011
The merger would form world's No 2 steelmaker with a combined capacity of 37.5 million tonnes and revenues of over $58.54 billion
Chevron bid for Atlas Energy meets RIL roadblock
04 Feb 2011
Reliance has hired financial and legal advisors to discuss concerns about the proposed $3.2-billion acquisition of Atlas by oil giant Chevron
Russia’s Stock Exchanges Micex and RTS to merge
02 Feb 2011
In a deal valued at around $4.6 billion, Micex yesterday signed a non-binding merger agreement with RTS to acquire a 35-per cent stake
Greencore gets more time for Northern bid
01 Feb 2011
RPG Group, Aditya Birla in bid to buy Evonik
31 Jan 2011
Birla Carbon to acquire Columbian Chemicals
31 Jan 2011
ArcelorMittal spins off stainless steel business
27 Jan 2011
3i picks up minority stake in BVG India
27 Jan 2011
EU regulator approves Intel’s $7.68-bn McAfee acquisition
27 Jan 2011
Intel has committed not to actively impede competitors' security solutions from running on Intel CPUs or chipsets in exchange for regulatory approval
Mahindras buy undisclosed stake in East India Co
25 Jan 2011
L&T to split into nine separate units
25 Jan 2011
The nine companies will be in the area of power, hydrocarbons, machinery and products, switchgear, heavy engineering, infrastructure, building and factories, metals and minerals and electrical businesses
Rio Tinto's $3.9 billion bid gets backing of full board of Riversdale
24 Jan 2011
Although Misra has backed the Rio Tinto bid as a Riversdale director and not as a Tata representative on the board, Tata's capital constraints make it an unlikely counterbidder
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