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RIL exits fuel retailing in Mauritius, sells 76% stake in Gulf Africa Petroleum Co to Total
30 Mar 2017
EC blocks LSE's £21-bn merger with Deutsche Borse
29 Mar 2017
The European Commission has blocked the merger between LSE and Deutsche Boerse after the London exchange rejected the commission's condition for it to offload its 60-per cent stake in the Italian trading platform MTS
SBI to hike stake in SBI card to 74% as GE Capital seeks exit
29 Mar 2017
The SBI board has approved hike of the bank's stake in its two credit card joint ventures with General Electric Company to 74 per cent
Vedanta receives all approvals for Cairn merger except RBI nod
28 Mar 2017
Vedanta said on Tuesday that its board will consider this week payment of interim dividend to the shareholders of Cairn India following the merger of the oil firm with itself
European regulator approves $130-bn Dow Chemical-DuPont merger with conditions
28 Mar 2017
The European regulator yesterday approved the $130 billion Dow Chemical-DuPont merger after both companies agreed to divest several assets including nearly all their R&D operations
SoftBank brokering merger of Snapdeal, Flipkart: report
28 Mar 2017
The Japanese telecom and internet group is likely to invest up to $1.5 billion in the merged entity by picking up primary and secondary shares, giving it around 15-per cent stake in the Flipkart-Snapdeal combine
Toshiba to file for bankruptcy as Westinghouse losses mount to $9 bn
27 Mar 2017
Toshiba will seek shareholders’ approval for the sale of the chip unit on Thursday, while Chapter 11 filing for Westinghouse would be done by the US unit's board
Motherson Sumi acquires Finland’s PKC Group for €571 mn
27 Mar 2017
The acquisition will help auto component major Motherson Sumi Systems expand its footprint significantly in the American and European commercial vehicle segment
SBI to stay trim post-merger to cut costs
27 Mar 2017
SBI plans to shut down 47 per cent of associate banks' offices post-merger and reduce its workforce by 10 per cent over the next two years
Shell to sell onshore oil fields in Gabon to Carlyle Group
25 Mar 2017
The sale is part of Shell's plans to sell assets worth $30 billion after it completed its $49-billion acquisition of BG Group in February last year
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