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02-May-18 MC Payment will acquire Singapore e-tailer iFashion Group, valuing the company at USD19 mn. The lifestyle e-commerce platform has been growing via acquisitions, snapping up other fashion and e-commerce labels in Southeast Asia. [image: MC Payment]
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27-Apr-18 Ant Financial, a unit of Alibaba, is buying a 20 percent stake in Bangladeshi mobile financial services provider bKash. Established in 2010, bKash runs a network of more than 180,000 agents with over 30 million registered accounts. [image: Reuters / Bobby Yip]
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23-Apr-18 Walmart Inc is close to finalizing a deal to buy a majority stake in India’s leading e-commerce company Flipkart for at least USD12 bn. The deal would give Walmart a foothold in a market of 1.3 bn people. [image: Bloomberg News]
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23-Apr-18 Fortis, with around 30 hospitals, is a rare and attractive asset in a growing market. But potential suitors have so far held back from making bold bids for the group as it faces rising debt and a regulatory probe. [image: ET Healthworld]
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20-Apr-18 India's Fortis Healthcare is setting up a committee to assess bids for the company, excluding non-binding offers. This is a setback for Malaysia's IHH and China's Fosun, which had submitted non-binding offers and sought time for due diligence. [image: Medicare News]
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