French tycoon Xavier Niel becomes Vodafone's top shareholder in $6 billion dealFrench billionaire Xavier Niel will soon be Vodafone's largest shareholder. UAE's e& group is selling its entire stake for nearly six billi...
10 Jul, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
First French AI billionaires emerge after €11.7 billion Mistral funding roundMistral AI's three founders, Arthur Mensch, Timothee Lacroix, and Guillaume Lample, are now billionaires. A recent funding round valued the...
11 Sep, 2025, 04.10 PM IST
Nita, Mukesh Ambani to attend President Trump InaugurationMukesh and Nita Ambani will attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC. They will participate in several events, ...
18 Jan, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Vodafone completes 8 bn euro sale of Italian unit to SwisscomVodafone has sold its Italian unit to Swisscom for 8 billion euros as part of its Europe-wide restructuring. Proceeds will be used to reduc...
02 Jan, 2025, 05.22 PM IST
France's Macron warns against 'punitive' AI regulationThe European Union must avoid overly restrictive regulation of artificial intelligence technologies, French President Emmanuel Macron said ...
17 Nov, 2023, 09.19 PM IST
France's Mistral AI raises 105 million euros shortly after being set upThe fund-raising highlights the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector as well as Europe's desire to create rivals to Sili...
14 Jun, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
Vodafone layoffs: New CEO says to cut 11,000 jobs, forecasts flat earningsVodafone layoffs: The new CEO, Margherita Della Valle, has announced plans to lay off 11,000 jobs over three years to simplify the telecoms...
16 May, 2023, 09.18 PM IST
Liberty Global takes 5% 'opportunistic' stake in Vodafone"We believe, like many others, that Vodafone’s current share price does not reflect the underlying long-term value of their operating busin...
14 Feb, 2023, 01.16 AM IST
Mukesh Ambani eyeing Thrive Capital stakeIndia's Mukesh Ambani, Brazil's Jorge Paulo Lemann and France's Xavier Niel will join KKR & Co co-founder Henry Kravis and Walt Disney Co C...
25 Jan, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
Vodafone teams up with KKR and GIP in $16 billion towers dealA consortium led by the two infrastructure investors and backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund will buy up to half of Vodafone's 8...
10 Nov, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Drop out of school to get this billionaire’s attentionBillionaire Xavier Niel, founder of phone company Iliad SA, has a habit of supporting unconventional people
02 Dec, 2018, 02.50 PM IST
New Vodafone CEO needs `safe pair of hands' for deals, rivalryFormer CEO Colao spent $6.5 bn since 2011 to get control of its Indian unit, Read will have to decide what to do with Voda’s 45% stake in t...
16 May, 2018, 06.17 AM IST
Vodafone bets on customer data to avoid India-style price war in ItalyVodafone, the world's second largest mobile operator, is the number three mobile player in Italy where it competes against former monopoly ...
16 Nov, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
60-year old Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is world's wealthiest bachelor: Report60-year old Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is world's wealthiest bachelor, followed by 79-year old Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani...
04 Dec, 2013, 05.24 PM IST
At home with GeNext: Obama wows students at St Xavier’s College“Mr President, you have said that the US troops will start withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2011. Has the US been unable to fulfil the visio...
08 Nov, 2010, 12.20 AM IST
- Le Monde takeover battle in final stretch
Le Monde newspaper announced two firm takeover offers, one including France Telecom subsidiary Orange, the second from a consortium led by ...
21 Jun, 2010, 11.19 PM IST
- France Telecom to buy stake in Le Monde
France Telecom is set to buy a stake in Le Monde, the chief executive said in an interview today, raising the prospect that the state will ...
20 Jun, 2010, 03.59 PM IST