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Air India makes a record-breaking deal worth Rs 7 lakh crores with Boeing and Airbus

Many eminent personalities, including Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak, hailed the Air India deal. In a bet on the explosive growth of air travel in Asia, Air India has committed to purchase 470 planes from industrial rivals Airbus and Boeing, representing the largest order of brand-new passenger aircraft in history. According to the airline’s chairman, …

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Tata steel’s mega move: Merger to take place by FY24

Mergers and Acquisitions

In recent developments, Tata Steel Long Products, Tata Metaliks, The Tinplate Company of India, TRF Limited, Indian Steel & Wire Products, Tata Steel Mining, and S&T Mining will be merged. The merger is an important step towards streamlining the company's structure. Tata Steel CEO and MD TV Narendran said, "we had already announced (merger of) …

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ITC to acquire health food brand Yoga Bar

Mergers and Acquisitions

The move signifies ITC’s intentions to fortify its portfolio in the health foods space

Tata is embarking on a new venture with Apple Inc.

Mergers and Acquisitions

If the acquisition goes through, India will have its first homegrown iPhone manufacturer

Microsoft is poised to invest $10 billion in ChatGPT

Mergers and Acquisitions

Microsoft is aiming to incorporate OpenAI’s language into its offerings, like Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word apps.

Adani Group to pay more for NDTV shares bought under open offer

Mergers and Acquisitions

Shareholders who relinquished their NDTV shares in Adani Group’s open offer would receive an additional Rs 48.65 per share, raising the total price per share to Rs 342.65

YES Bank partners with Microsoft to create new banking app

Mergers and Acquisitions

The bank claimed that this would allow it to better meet the varying requirements of its customers for loans, payments, deposits, investments, cards, and other financial services

Is the bird truly free: Purge of top execs, reversal of lifelong bans, the Twitter saga ensues

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Elon Musk sacked at least four top executives right after the takeover, including the CEO Parag Agarwal and CFO Ned Segal. Tweets and declares “The bird is freed.” Aims to reverse the ban on Donald Trump. More enthralling than the wait for a Marvel movie, the Twitter deal which finally culminated in the last 24 …

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Is Twitter looking for a white knight while swallowing the poison pill?

Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategy, Technology

How long can Twitter’s shareholders stomach its poison pill in the face of Musk’s offer? This article looks at the alternatives for the social media behemoth.

Elon Musk’s bid spotlights Twitter’s unique role in public discourse – and what changes might be in store

Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategy

Twitter has been in the news a lot lately, albeit for the wrong reasons. Its stock growth has languished and the platform itself has largely remained the same since its founding in 2006. On April 14, 2022, Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, made an offer to buy Twitter and take the public company private. …

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