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Commerce ministry okayed Carbide sale to Dow despite objections: report
14 Jun 2010
Intense lobbying by Dow CEO Andrew Liveris led to the commerce ministry approving the project involving Reliance Petrochemicals and Dow Global in spite of apprehensions expressed by the ministry of chemicals and fertilisers.
Dow may have escaped liability: Khursheed
14 Jun 2010
Three-PSU consortium wins bid for MAMC assets
12 Jun 2010
Maran's Sun rises over SpiceJet
12 Jun 2010
The deal is reported to be at Rs45-48 per share, after a discount to SpiceJet’s current market price at Rs56.05 a share, and will close over the weekend.
Komli Media acquires Australia’s PostClick
11 Jun 2010
Bharti trashes downgrade by Standard & Poor’s
10 Jun 2010
Bharti to follow Indian model for African towers
10 Jun 2010
Bharti Airtel will form separate tower companies in each of the African nations where it is present, marking the commencement of efforts to collaborate with other mobile phone firms to share costs and save money
ABB sets up £860 million bidding battle for UK’s Chloride with Emerson Electric
08 Jun 2010
Swiss ower and automation technology group ABB today said it was acquiring the UK-based Chloride for £860 million, rivalling Emerson's £723-million bid
Bharti acquires Zain, becomes world’s fifth largest mobile operator
08 Jun 2010
The $10.7-billion acquisition is India's second largest cross-border deal after Tata Steel's acquisition of Corus Steel in 2007
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