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Telecom: Norway's Telenor seeks deals, and a sector wrap-up (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Telecom deal news keeps breaking, from China and India to Sweden, France, the  Americas, and now Norway and Africa. Telenor ASA, at its Capital Markets Day gathering on Thursday, said the total number of subscriptions in its mobile operations has passed 150 million. Bloomberg.com reported that Telenor is actively...

Posted on June 20, 2008 8:23 AM

Renault-Nissan bets on Indian small car (from Corporate Dealmaker)

India's largest motorcycle maker, Bajaj Auto Ltd., and auto manufacturers Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. are forming a joint venture to produce and market a $2500 car code-named ULC. The low-priced car will do battle with Tata Motor Ltd.'s "People's Car" (pictured), which was introduced in January. The...

Posted on May 12, 2008 5:27 PM

Lookback: When Ford first acquired Jaguar, Land Rover (from Corporate Dealmaker)

After a rocky road, Ford Motor Co. is selling Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors Ltd. for $2.3 billion. Ford acquired Jaguar for $ 2.5 billion in 1989 and bought Land Rover from BMW AG in 2000 for $2.75 billion. Both brands were supposed to be a...

Posted on March 28, 2008 12:42 PM

Emerging markets watch: India's new budget and its impact on foreign investors (from Corporate Dealmaker)

India's latest budget, presented in New Delhi on Feb. 29 by Finance Minister Palaniappam Chidambaram, has already drawn plenty of commentary on what it means for various constituencies, and for the prospects of the ruling Congress party in the next election.Here at Corporate Dealmaker, we're particularly interested in the question of...

Posted on March 3, 2008 8:17 AM

With India JV, Boeing continues down path of distributed manufacturing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Boeing Co. and India's Tata Industries Ltd. unveiled plans Thursday for a joint venture to manufacture $500 million worth of defense and military-related components in the subcontinent. The plan is to leverage Tata's manufacturing capabilities...

Posted on February 14, 2008 4:32 PM