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India’s Lanco outbids Chinese rivals to bag Australia’s Griffin for $850 mn
15 Dec 2010
Infrastructure and power generation company Lanco Infratech has outbid Chinese and Japanese rivals to acquire Australia’s Griffin Coal, for around $850 million, making it India’s second-largest investment in the Australian coal sector
Yahoo cuts 600 jobs
15 Dec 2010
Sweden’s Assa Abloy to acquire Cardo for $1.6 bn
14 Dec 2010
Munjals to buy out Honda’s stake in Hero Honda: reports
14 Dec 2010
The deal will not trigger SEBI’s takeover code for a mandatory open offer for buying 20 per cent as the share sale will be between co-promoters of a listed company
BT Group sells stake in Tech Mahindra
14 Dec 2010
Dell to buy data storage firm Compellent for $960 million
14 Dec 2010
The acquisition comes after Dell lost out in September 2010 to Hewlett-Packard in an unprecedented 18-day bidding war for virtual data storage company 3PAR
Thermo Fisher to buy lab equipment specialist Dionex for $2.1 billion
14 Dec 2010
The deal brings two complementary chromatography portfolios together to create the most extensive chromatography instruments, software and consumables offerings.
General Electric to acquire Wellstream Holdings for £800 million
14 Dec 2010
With 2009 turnover of £386 million, Wellstream, is the world's largest supplier of flexible pipes used in offshore drilling
Pranab lauds IT handling of Vodafone case
13 Dec 2010
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