By Gaurav Pradhan Nokia has announced that it is going to buy Alcatel-Lucent in an all share deal. This is regarded as a big gamble by Nokia for entering the Enterprise Business market. Nokia’s intention is to merge with Alcatel Lucent to become an innovation leader in next gen technology and services for an
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Zomato’s Urbanspoon Acquisition – An Interesting Restaurant Story
By Gaurav Pradhan Zomato, a Gurgaon based company owning the restaurants search app and portal, is ready to set foot in United States with its acquisition of Urbanspoon, a Seattle based bar & restaurant search guide. This was the most ambitious move for Zomato being an all cash deal. This is one of the
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Snapdeal acquires Wishpicker
By Gaurav Pradhan Snapdeal, one of the big players of Indian Online Retail, has acquired Wishpicker which is platform which helps in giving gift purchase recommendations through analytics related to the person which necessary inputs from its social and other profile. This is the fifth acquisition for Snapdeal. Earlier acquisitions were of Doozton (a fashion
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OLA Cabs in Indian Billion Dollar Club
By Gaurav Pradhan OLA Cabs was raised its valuation to nearly US$ 1 billion (₹ 6100 crore), joining the league of Indian valuable start-ups, making itself into a Billion Dollar Club. Japan’s SoftBank Corp financed the company US$ 210 million. Olacabs started their journey from Mumbai, but now they are functional in Bangalore. It is
