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Reckitt Benckiser in talks to buy baby formula maker Mead Johnson for $16.7 bn
02 Feb 2017
A successful deal would be Reckitt Benckiser’s biggest-ever acquisition, surpassing its 2010 purchase of Durex condom maker SSL International Plc for about £2.5 billion
Vodafone confirms merger talks with Idea Cellular
30 Jan 2017
A merger of the second-largest telco, Vodafone India, and Idea, the third-largest player, would create India's largest telecom player by revenue and subscribers, toppling Bharti Airtel
Wipro to acquire InfoSERVER
25 Jan 2017
Cisco Systems to buy software firm AppDynamics for $3.7 bn
25 Jan 2017
Cisco has swooped in on AppDynamics just ahead of the latter’s planned IPO, paying a relatively high price as it searches for growth beyond its core networking business
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