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SolarCity accepts Tesla Motors’ $2.6-bn acquisition offer
02 Aug 2016
The alliance between SolarCity and Tesla, which is also opening the world’s biggest battery factory, would lead to integrated homes that produced power from sunshine that was stored in batteries to charge vehicles overnight
Wipro Infra Engg to buy Israeli aero components manufacturer H R Givon
02 Aug 2016
The acquisition of Givon, Israel's largest manufacturer of metallic aero structure parts, will enable Wipro to broaden its product portfolio and expand its global reach
Uber to sell China subsidiary to rival Didi in $35 bn deal
02 Aug 2016
Under the terms of the deal, Didi will invest $1 billion in Uber and receive Uber's brand, business and data in China, while its Chinese investors will get a 20-per cent stake in the merged company
Petrobras to sell majority stake in oilfield block to Norway's Statoil for $2.5 bn
01 Aug 2016
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is selling its majority stake in one of its largest oil and gas prospects to Norway's Statoil to lower its massive $130-billion debt
PE firm Advent in talks to buy inVentiv for nearly $4 bn
01 Aug 2016
Advent has so far prevailed over rival buyout firm CVC Capital Partners in bidding for inVentiv, one of the largest pharmaceutical contract research organisations in the US
BPCL buys 21% stake in FINO PayTech for Rs251 cr
30 Jul 2016
Oracle to buy cloud computing pioneer NetSuite for $9.3 bn
28 Jul 2016
Enterprise software giant Oracle hopes to expand in the fast-growing cloud business segment through the acquistion, in an effort to offset the slow growth of its software business
Sahara spurns $1.3 bn offer for London, New York hotels
28 Jul 2016
According to Sahara, the offer from a group led by 3Associates was an attempt to ruin the market and disturb existing bidders at a market value that was ‘much higher’; but the bidders insisted the offer was ‘very compelling’
US chipmaker Analog Devices to buy Linear Technology for about $14.8 bn
27 Jul 2016
The acquisition of Linear will enable Analog to diversify into new categories and also emerge as a stronger rival to Texas Instruments, the largest analog chip maker
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