Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare said it has set up a special committee to evaluate the bids submitted by various parties to invest money into the company. It said the company has received binding offers from the Manipal – TPG consortium and the…
Embattled hospital chain Fortis Healthcare said it received an improved combined offer from the Munjals of Hero MotoCorp and the Burmans of Dabur Ltd. Under the revised terms, the investors are willing to invest Rs 1,500 cr, against the Rs 1,250 cr…
HCL Infosystems said its deal to sell its Middle East and Africa unit for about Rs 7.34 cr has been canceled after the buyer failed to make payment. “The closure of transaction was subject to certain conditions precedent as specified in the…
JSW Steel Limited said it, along with its consortium partner and private equity player AION Investments Private II Ltd, has accept the terms and conditions for the acquisition of the assets of bankrupt steelmaker Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited. The duo were…
Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications cleared a major hurdle for the sale of its assets to Reliance Jio with the Supreme Court lifting the stay imposed by the Bombay High Court on the transaction. However, there was no immediate relief for the…
Tata Steel said it has been declared as the successful resolution applicant by the Committee of Creditors of Bhushan Steel Limited, laying the ground for one of the biggest acquisitions in India’s iron and steel sector. Tata Steel said it has has…
Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone have announced the list of office bearers who will run the company resulting from the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. Balesh Sharma, who is currently Chief Operating Officer of Vodafone India, has been chosen to…
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications said it is confident of completing the sale of the assets related to its mobile network to Reliance Jio on time. The company’s statement was in the context of the Supreme Court refusing to give any urgent relief…
Dish TV India said it has completed the legal process of merging itself with rival Videocon D2h. Dish TV said it has filed all required documents with the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai, Maharashtra today. With this, it said, “the companies have completed…
Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd said it abandoned the deal to acquire the securities business of Religare Enterprises, including the company’s securities and commodities broking and depository participant services. “Due to the seller’s inability to obtain the requisite clearances within the agreed timeline,…
Singapore-based agricultural commodity player Wilmar International has taken a controlling stake in Shree Renuka Sugars, one of India’s largest sugar companies that was saddled with high levels of debt. As of December 30, both the Indian promoter and Wilmar had a stake…
Prestige Estates, arguably the biggest developer of office buildings in Bangalore, said it will pay Rs 336 cr to get 80% of a company that owns 59 acres of land on Outer Ring Road at Sarjapur in Bangalore. “The company intends to…
Bangalore-based real estate player Prestige Estates Projects said Singapore-based GIC Realty Pte Ltd, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has signed a term sheet to explore the possibility of acquiring a ‘significant minority’ stake in the Indian company’s commercial buildings business. The term…
Idea Cellular, one of India’s largest telecom operators, said the recently concluded sale of its shares to institutional investors, along with a recent fund infusion by the promoter, will reduce its net debt by Rs 6,750 cr. “This equity raise of Rs….
Auto components maker Bharat Forge Ltd said it was buying a 45% stake in Tork Motorcycles at a cost of up to Rs 30 cr, taking yet another step towards adapting to the upcoming shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles….
UK’s Vodafone is looking to combine its stake in Indus Towers, India’s largest tower company, with Bharti Infratel, the tower arm of market leader Bharti Airtel, on the basis of $5 bln valuation for its asset, the Economic Times reported, quoting unnamed sources….
Tata Steel said it has completed the acquisition of a 135 MW power plant from a subsidiary of Jasper Industries for Rs 255 paid in cash. The thermal power plant, located in Cuttack district in Odisha, will help it increase its captive…
Idea Cellular and Vodafone India will gear their network heavily towards 4G after merger and will also shut down over 60,000 cell sites as part of network optimization, going by the presentation being made by Idea in front of investors. The companies…
IT services provider Wipro said it will invest $9.9 million (Rs 63 cr) in marketing consultant Harte Hanks and will jointly offer end-to-end marketing technology services to customers. Harte Hanks specializes in omni-channel marketing solutions including consulting, strategic assessment, data, analytics, digital,…
Shriram Transport Finance Company said it has decided to sell a majority stake in its vehicle auction company Shriram Automall to Cartrade.com to create what it called India’s leading used vehicle platform. CarTrade, owned by MXC Solutions India, will acquire majority stake…
