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US regulator grants conditional approval to $43-bn ChemChina-Syngenta merger
05 Apr 2017
The US federal regulator yesterday approved the $43-billion merger between State-owned China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and Switzerland's Syngenta AG on condition that it divest three products
SNC-Lavalin tables $2.6-bn buyout offer for British engineering and consultancy firm WS Atkins
03 Apr 2017
Essar sells Aegis to Capital Square Partners
03 Apr 2017
BP sells North Sea Pipeline System to Ineos
03 Apr 2017
Ineos, run by British businessman Jim Ratcliffe, is currently engaged in a $600-million project to bring Shale Gas Ethane from the US to its petrochemical plants in Scotland and Norway
Astellas Pharma to buy Belgium’s Ogeda for upto $853 mn
03 Apr 2017
Japanese pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy Belgium-based privately-owned drug discovery firm Ogeda SA
Johnson & Johnson succeeds in $30-bn tender offer for Actelion
31 Mar 2017
J&J had clinched the deal in December after raising its offer to $280 per share or $30 billion in cash, which included spinning off Actelion's research and development pipeline
Silver Lake, Broadcom table $17.9-bn bid for Toshiba’s chip unit
31 Mar 2017
Toshiba is ready to sell a majority stake or even its entire stake in the Nand memory chip unit, its most valuable business, to cover losses from its Westinghouse N-power plant business
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
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Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
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Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
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US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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