MGM Holdings has yet to cite a reason for terminating its CEO five year contract. MGM Holdings Inc stated, it has begun a search for a new CEO and will replace its current Chief Executive Gary Barber. The move comes… Read More ›
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Wal-Mart in talks to purchase 40% stake in Flipkart
The strategic move by Wal-Mart represents a direct challenge to Amazon’s strategy of dominating the e-commerce space in India, Asia’s third largest economy. As per two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Wal-Mart Inc is in talks to purchase… Read More ›
L‘Oreal willing to buy Nestle’s 23% stake in its company, if it decides to sell: L‘Oreal’s CEO
Jean-Paul Agon, L‘Oreal CEO made these comments while releasing the firm’s 4th quarter results. On Friday, L‘Oreal Chief Executive stated, the French cosmetic giant is ready to purchase Nestle’s 23% stake in the firm if Nestle decides to sell it…. Read More ›
Blackstone Group LP in advanced talks to acquire Thomson Reuters’ F&R business for more than $17 billion
Thomson Reuters’ Financial and Risk business accounts for more than 50% of the group’s total revenues. As per 3 sources familiar with the matter at hand, Blackstone Group LP, a private equity firm, is in advanced talks to With Thomson… Read More ›
Siemens to crystalise the value of its healthcare business in first half of 2018
This will be Germany’s largest IPO since Deutsche Telekom’s in 1996. Ahead of Healthineers’ IPO scheduled for the first half of 2018, Siemen’s healthcare business, the German giant will test the appetite of sovereign wealth funds to secure anchor investments… Read More ›
SoftBank weighing its options for investing in Uber
Given Masayoshi Son’s vision of a future driven by AI and interconnected vehicles and its spread of investments in ride hailing and ride sharing companies in major markets of the world, including in India’s Ola and China’s Didi, and given… Read More ›
Berkshire Hathaway Inc buys 38.6% stake in Pilot Flying J
Pilot Flying J is one of the largest truck stop operators in the U.S. On Tuesday, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc stated it is buying a 38.6% stake in Pilot Flying J, one of the largest truck stops operators in… Read More ›
Google to acquire a stake in HTC for $1.1 billion
The deal deepens Google’s investments in its Pixel line up. On Thursday, in a joint statement, Alphabet Inc’s Google and HTC, have said, the former will acquire a stake in HTC’s smartphone operations for $1.1 billion. As part of the… Read More ›
T-Mobile in exploratory talks with Sprint Corp
The deal is likely to attract rigorous scrutiny from antitrust regulators. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, T-Mobile, the largest wireless operator in the U.S., is exploring the potential acquisition of its rival Sprint Corp in an… Read More ›
Plug Power to power growth of Amazon.com
Plug Power, a fuel cell manufacturer, already powers the forklifts at Wal-Mart. Now it will be powering Amazon’s forklifts too. This is of strategic nature, since adopting fuel cell technology could help Amazon free up human resources and space. Plug… Read More ›