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Topic: Mergers

Competition watchdog flags concern over $8.5 bn Disney-Reliance merger citing cricket broadcast rights

The merged company, majority-owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance, would control cricket broadcast rights, sparking concerns over pricing power and dominance in advertising.

Reliance and Disney announce $8.5 billion media assets merger in India

Reliance will infuse $1.4 billion in the merged entity, with the company and its affiliates holding a more than 63% stake. Disney will hold about 37%, the companies said in a joint statement.

‘It was my father’s dream to see Rahul as PM’ — YS Sharmila joins Congress

Sharmila also announced the merger of her YSR Telangana Party with Congress. She founded the outfit after parting ways with her brother, Andhra CM Jagan Reddy, in July 2021.

HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh says merger to be effective from 1 July, reports CNBC-TV18

HDFC had, in April last year, announced the country's biggest ever merger with HDFC Bank, worth $40 billion.

ZEE-Sony India merger sure to happen irrespective of Punit Goenka being CEO, reports ET

Report comes day after Sony Pictures Entertainment said it took country's markets regulator's order banning Zee Entertainment CEO from holding board positions 'seriously'.

Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines announce merger of Air India, Vistara by March 2024

As part of the deal, SIA would also pump in $250 million in Air India, giving it a 25.1% stake in an enlarged Air India group.

Railways merger plan — new officers could come via common exam, old ones to remain in silos

Existing officers would continue in their departments, while the new officers could be recruited into a common IRMS. Railways spokesperson says matter is being deliberated upon.

Piyush Goyal pushes to ‘fast track’ merger of railway services, seeks to convince officers

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal met officers of different railway services Wednesday to address concerns over proposed merger, find ways to bypass hurdles.

Covid pandemic gives businesses plenty of reasons to get back to dealmaking

It was the pharma industry that kicked off the global megamerger wave last time around, in early 2014.

Tata’s steel plan thrown back into doubt as merger collapses

Tata has been trying to find a solution for its European business since being hit by the 2016 commodity crisis.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.