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28-Feb-19 Future Retail, which operates local retail chains such as Food Hall and Nilgiris, has secured a deal with 7-Eleven to set up the first 7-Eleven stores in India and will convert some of its existing operations into 7-Elevens. [image: Reuters / Toru Hanai]
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22-Feb-19 Thai energy company PTT plans to invest up to USD11.3 bn over the next five years to boost its natural gas portfolio and energy infrastructure. "We want to become a global LNG portfolio player," said Arawadee Photisaro, VP. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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21-Feb-19 After weathering storms of bad loans and profitability, Axis Bank has set its sights on an insurance business acquisition within a year, according to CEO Amitabh Chaudhry. Peers ICICI and HDFC already have life- and non-life insurance operations. [image: Business Today]
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20-Feb-19 Millicom, a cable and mobile operator in Latin America and Africa, has bought the mobile telecom assets of Spain’s Telefonica in Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, for USD1.65 bn. In Jan-19 Telefonica sold its Guatemalan and El Salvadoran operations. [image: Reuters]
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01-Feb-19 Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek has now raised more than USD1 bn with the close of its Series F funding round. Investors included tech giants Google and Tencent as well as Chinese e-commerce player JD.com and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. [image: afif c. kusuma / iStock Editorial / Getty Image]
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