The bruising battle for control of a bankrupt Indian retailer isn’t over yet, and two of the world’s richest men are already heading for a second round on the cricket field.
The stake sale, which will give Generali majority control over the JV, comes as the Future Group is locked in a prolonged legal battle with partner Amazon.
In its plea, Amazon alleged wilful disobedience of Singapore arbitrator’s ruling temporarily restraining Future Group from going ahead with sale of its retail operations to Reliance.
The legal spat between two of the world’s richest men – Amazon’s Jeff Bezos & Reliance’s Mukesh Ambani – has also sparked a ‘foreign versus local’ debate.
Biyani’s Future Group is caught in a tussle for India’s consumer retail market, worth nearly $1 trillion, between firms led by two of the world’s richest men.
By seeking to stall Ambani’s purchase of Future, Bezos may be signalling he’d rather remain a rival. Or, he’s buying time to sweeten offer currently on table.
Hearing Amazon’s request for an interim order, an arbitration court in Singapore has put temporary hold on Future Group's $3.4 bn deal to sell assets to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance.
I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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