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Eurofins to buy Denmark’s VBM Laboratories
24 Mar 2017
eBay may swap its India unit for a $500 mn stake in Flipkart
24 Mar 2017
For eBay, which failed to use its first mover advantage in India after acquiring Baazee.com to make an entry into the market in 2005, a merger of its India operations with that of Flipkart will be seen as a win
Flipkart set to absorb eBay’s Indian unit: report
24 Mar 2017
In another sign of possible consolidation in India’s crowded ecommerce space, eBay is reportedly in talks to sell its under-performing India unit to Flipkart
Apple to acquire automation app Workflow
23 Mar 2017
AkzoNobel rejects PPG's revised acquisition offer
22 Mar 2017
AkzoNobel today said it had rejected a second unsolicited, takeover offer by PPG Industries Inc as it had failed to reflect the current and future value of AkzoNobel
Bharatiya Mahila Bank tobe merged with SBI
21 Mar 2017
Kumar Mangalam Birla to head merged idea-Vodafone entity
20 Mar 2017
The merger of India's number two and number three telecom firms will create the country's largest telecom operator with 400 million subscribers and the widest network in the country
Unilever prepares to sell Flora, Bertolli and Stork brands for around £6 bn
20 Mar 2017
Kraft Heinz, which made and then withdrew an unsolicited $143-billion takeover bid for Unilever, may emerge as a possible buyer for the "spreads" business, which generates 4 per cent of Unilever’s entire revenue
Idea, Vodafone India announce merger
20 Mar 2017
Idea-Vodafone merger will create India's largest telecom operator in the country with the widest network, 400 million subscribers and Rs80,000 crore in annual revenues
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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