Avago Broadcom Deal in $37 Billion
Economy

Avago Broadcom Deal in $37 Billion

Avago Technologies Ltd. has struck a landmark deal (the largest ever in the semiconductor or the high-tech industry) with its competitor Broadcom Corp., in which Avago will pay the Broadcom shareholders $37 billion ($17 billion in cash and $20 billion in shares). To raise the required $17 billion in cash, Avago will seek $9 billion in cash from various banks—it worked with the following during the deal: Deutsche Bank AG, Bank of America Corp., Barclays PLC, Credit Suisse Group AG and Citigroup Inc.; the rest of the amount would come from its own reserve. The deal should be closed by the firs

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Adani Group’s Foray into Defence Manufacturing
Economy

Adani Group’s Foray into Defence Manufacturing

Adani Group is mulling a foray into defence and aerospace production, keeping pace with several other big industrial groups’ drives into the “Make-in-India” initiative. Big defence spending is in the offing as defence is being seen as a sunrise sector. The place pitched for the possible manufacturing is an obvious choice: Mundra in Gujarat (it is the country’s largest private port and SEZ), utilizing its sea and land linkages. Adani executives—including Karan Adani, the elder son of Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group—have met delegates from large overseas defenc

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India on the Verge of a New Chapter in Global Economy
Economy

India on the Verge of a New Chapter in Global Economy

Forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a fulfilment now as India’s economy is growing faster than China’s. India has been moving in the opposite direction while many countries around the world are dealing with low growth. It’s definitely a special moment for India with so much growth prospect in front of it! Observing India’s third-quarter GDP growth and comparing it with that of China’s in the fiscal 2014–2015, the IMF had foretold in March 2015 itself that India would surpass China’s economy and soon become the fastest growing economy in the world. Amid the shak

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