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Essar Oil completes $12.9 bn sale of India assets to Russia's Rosneft
21 Aug 2017
Essar Oil today announced the completion of the sale of its India assets, including a 20-million tonne oil refinery, 3,500 retail outlets, and the nearby Vadinar port, to a Rosneft-led consortium
Tata Power may hive off defence-related SED arm
14 Aug 2017
SoftBank Vision Fund invests $2-2.5 bn in Flipkart
10 Aug 2017
While the company did not reveal the quantum of investment, Flipkart said this is the biggest-ever private investment in an Indian technology company, and will make the Vision Fund one of the largest shareholders in Flipkart
Bharti Airtel completes divestment in tower arm
08 Aug 2017
Vodafone-Idea merger only awaits outcome of NCLT probe
08 Aug 2017
Market regulator Sebi and the stock exchanges have given conditional go-ahead for the proposed $23-billion merger between Idea Cellular and Vodafone India
Toyota to take 5% stake in Mazda
05 Aug 2017
Govt to block $1.3bn sale of Gland Pharma to China’s Fosun
01 Aug 2017
A pioneer in injectables, including vials, ampoules, pre-filled syringes, lyophilized vials, dry powders, infusions and ophthalmic solutions, Gland Pharma’s manufacturing facilities are accepted by all global regulatory agencies
Snapdeal, Flipkart call off merger deal
01 Aug 2017
The decision follows objections raised by Snapdeal's smaller investors on the terms of the deal and payouts and the emergence of an alternative `Snapdeal 2.0’ strategy
Max Life-HDFC Life deal called off
31 Jul 2017
Snapdeal-Flipkart merger may not happen after all
31 Jul 2017
A meeting scheduled for today to close the buyout of Snapdeal by Flipkart has been cancelled, as Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal seem keen to revive it as a leaner, meaner ‘Snapdeal 2.0’
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