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ICICI Bank and the Bank of Rajasthan | Advantage ‘zyaada’

Or, How the economic valuation at market prices has thrown the markets in disarray It’s very satisfying, though a little strangely, to note the market reaction to Bank of Rajasthan’s final pricing for purchase by ICICI Bank. First let me

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Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, India

Amazon gets behind the technology

After all, Amazon will have to do a lot of value buying to keep the spirit of competition with the iPad! Amazon has acquired New York-based startup Touchco, according to Nick Bilton at the New York Times. Touchco specializes in touch-screen

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Posted in O'nomics, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Citibank out of Private Equity , Real Estate

Private Equity is a specialised business, in that the players concerned are unlikely to turn up to defend their investments and even trading actions to a Senate Banking Committee, even as Volcker deigns to equate risk limits umbrella to the

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Posted in Private Equity

Dairy Milk in my Oreo, Irene

Warren Buffet invested Kraft was finally able to up the offer beyond 840p without issuing additional equity and convince Cadbury to sign the dotted line, with the deal announcement after Tuesday afternoon’s deadline expires in London. The Nabisco acquisition is

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Posted in Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Making Chocolate Kisses for Eggheads

It gets wierd(er). I am flummoxed. Let me bite into a little late night chocolate. Searing hot. One would have thought, esp the fat cat bankers and the Bens, that Cadbury’s needed a richer valuation. As the story unfolds however,

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Posted in Global, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle, US

Is it Novartis? Is it Kraft? Just the cheese.

It’s not even about Cadbury’s anymore And I am not wondering about the title, just who is the bigger offender in this new twist Nestle: $NSRGY                      Kraft: $KFT    

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Posted in Financial Markets

It's NBC Universal

[picapp align="left" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7234592" src="9/3/8/8/COMCAST_BUYS_NBC_d4ad.JPG?adImageId=8008008&imageId=7234592" width="500" height="342" /] [picapp align="right" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7172769" src="4/2/7/8/General_Electric_And_e942.jpg?adImageId=8008197&imageId=7172769" width="380" height="253" /] The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company

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Posted in Retail Lifestyle, US

After AOL Warner, the new megalith?

Can conventional media survive yet? The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company into a leading producer of movies and television shows and a

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Posted in Amitonomics, ETC, Film making, Media and Entertainment, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US

The epic saga: In which Vivendi gets out of the way

GE has finally got itself a new doorstop with Vivendi agreeing to sell out 20% in NBC Universal for $5.8 billion (MarketWatch story) Now one only needs to wait for Comcast to get in and bid for NBC and then

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Posted in Financial Markets, GDOW, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US

ING gets to make a profit, Buyer Beware?

The Discussion on Citi, BofA results, GS bonuses and JPM’s growth is scheduled on the same Diwali weekend as well.. The ING Sale: Will OCBC grow into a larger Pan Asian role? ING has sold the Asian private banking business

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Posted in Amitonomics, Emerging Markets, Financial Services, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized