GSK rejects £50 billion Unilever offer for consumer assets

17-01-2022
GlaxoSmithKline had rejected a £50 billion cash-and-stock buyout bid from Unilever for its consumer health business

Toronto’s Royal Bank Plaza agrees $916mln skyscraper takeover by Zara's Ortega

16-01-2022
Spanish billionaire Ortega had reached a $916 million deal to purchase a Toronto skyscraper Royal Bank Plaza

Los Gatos’s Netflix raises monthly subscription prices in the US, Canada; shares soar

15-01-2022
Netflix said in a statement on Friday that the media streaming pioneer would raise its monthly subscription prices by $1 to $2 in the US and Canada

Columbia’s NRF says US holiday sales surmount supply chain snarls

15-01-2022
US holiday sales had handily beaten an analysts' forecast of 11.5 per cent growth last year

New York City asset manager BlackRock assets breach $10 trillion

15-01-2022
BlackRock Inc's assets under management had breached a landmark $10 trillion on Friday

Walldorf’s SAP reports 28% jump in Q4 cloud revenues, projects 26% growth in ‘22

15-01-2022
German software industry giant SAP SE had reported a 28 per cent leapfrog in fourth-quarter cloud revenues

Michigan’s Ford crosses $100bn market valuation for first time

14-01-2022
Ford Motor Co's market valuation surged above $100 billion for the first time on record on Thursday

Californian PE giant TPG valued at over $10bn in stellar US public market debut

14-01-2022
TPG Capital, the 30-year-old American PE giant had surged more than 12 per cent in a chartbuster US public market debut, valuing the firm at a whopping $10 billion

China’s annual auto sales up for first time since 2017

13-01-2022
China’s annual auto sales rose for the first time in nearly half a decade last year

London-based Fintech firm Checkout.com’s valuation hits $40bn after latest funding

13-01-2022
London-based fintech firm Checkout.com has been valued at an eye-popping $40 billion following its latest round of fundraising campaign

Take-Two to buy ‘FarmVille’ maker Zynga for $11bn in largest-ever gaming deal

12-01-2022
New York City-based maker of "Grand Theft Auto" and "Red Dead Redemption," Take-Two, has been set to buy "Farmville" maker Zynga in an $11.04 billion cash and stock deal

Crude oil prices near $84/barrel as Omicron impact expected to be short-lived

12-01-2022
Crude oil prices mushroomed as much as 3 per cent on Tuesday

Airbus outstrips Boeing with 611 deliveries in 2021, retains industry crown

11-01-2022
Airbus SE retains the global aviation manufacturing industry crown for a third straight year in a row

Italy’s Cucinelli reports 31% revenue-jump in '21; sales return to pre-pandemic level

11-01-2022
Italian luxury fashion brand Cucinelli's revenues had returned to pre-pandemic levels last year

US hybrid car sales hit record highs on 2021 as Toyota leads the bents in trend

10-01-2022
US hybrid car sales hit record in 2021 with Toyota leading the tally