Gokaldas Exports Ltd, India’s largest garment manufacturer and exporter, has decided to offer 70 per cent stake to the US-based private equity major Blackstone Group for Rs 676 crore (including a 20 per cent open offer). Blackstone, which has...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has dropped the plans to open its own bank, putting an end to a two-year controversy that roiled financial-services companies that feared direct competition from the world's largest retailer.
Wal-Mart notified the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that...
Grupo Elektra Mexican retail giant will open operations in Argentina in 2007, offering banking and retail services. It is believed that the company has planned such operations either in the form of a new venture or through acquisition.
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