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Taiwan, with over nineteen million people, of which one million are first-time voters, registered to cast their ballots across almost 18,000 polling stations in the island country. The voters will receive three ballots -- a presidential ballot, a regional or aboriginal legislator ballot, and a ballot for a political party that will determine legislator-at-large seats. Taiwanese voters will be choosing a successor to Tsai Ing-wen, the nation's first female president, who cannot seek re-election due to term limits after winning in 2016 and 2020.

Taiwan is holding a presidential election on Saturday that neighboring China has warned could mean the difference between peace and war on the island, which Beijing claims as its territory even though Taiwan has governed itself for nearly three-quarters of a century. The election is believed to be a close race between the candidate of the incumbent party that Beijing has described as independence-minded and the candidate of the main opposition party, which is seen as standing for warmer ties with the mainland.

₹5,100 crore, will be an all-cash deal. "The Board of Directors approved the acquisition of 100 percent of the issued equity share capital of Capital Foods Private Limited. The Company, thereafter, has entered into Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) and Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA) with the existing promoters and shareholders of the target company to acquire the entire issued equity share capital in a phased manner," said Tata Consumer in an exchange filing.

Lexdale International on Friday sold around 1% stake in FSN E-commerce through the open market for Rs 495 crore. The asset management firm sold 2,62,37,880 shares of the Nykaa brand owner at Rs 188.83 a share, bulk deals data showed. Shares of Nykaa parent ended 3% down on the National Stock Exchange at Rs 187.60.

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NTT Corporation has fully exited its 69.14% controlling stake in Pune-based IT consulting and services firm Nihilent Ltd selling it to the founder and promoter LC Singh. While the exact deal size was not disclosed, in mid-2022, NTT was seeking a valuation for Nihilent at around Rs 2,500 crore ($314 million then).

Dolly Khanna raised a stake in textile maker Deepak Spinners in the December quarter. The Chennai-based investor bought a 0.18% stake or 13,000 shares in the third quarter, according to exchange data. With the additional stake, Khanna's stake in the company increased to 1.83% at the end of December 2023 from about 1.65% at the end of September 2023. The company is majority-owned by public shareholders at 54.33%, while promoters own the rest of 45.67%, according to the latest shareholding data available with the exchanges. In the public holding, there is no significant stake by mutual funds and foreign investors, but retail investors own 25%. Deepak Spinners, one of the leading textile players, makes dyed synthetic yarn.

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has increased its stake in Navin Fluorine International, one of the largest Indian manufacturers of speciality fluorochemicals, by about 0.24% through open market. The insurance behemoth disclosed in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it bought 1.21 lakh shares of Navin Fluorine International on January 08 at an average price of ₹3,630.39 apiece. As a result of this transaction, LIC's overall stake in Navin Fluorine International crossed over 5%, reaching 5.04%.

Match Group's (NASDAQ:MTCH) shares experienced an 8.3% surge in premarket trading Tuesday.

The clock is ticking for Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and his family to decide whether to sell their remaining stake in the Pilot truck stop chain to fellow billionaire Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway company

Ashish Kacholia portfolio: Shares of Basilic Fly Studio Limited witnessed huge buying interest during morning deals on Monday and hit a new lifetime high of ₹440 apiece on NSE. The SME stock that was listed on the NSE SME Emerge platform in September 2023 at a whopping 180 per cent premium against its upper price band of ₹97 per equity share, is one of the multibagger IPOs that the Indian stock market has delivered in 2023.

Dave, a fintech firm specializing in financial services through its mobile application, is set to acquire a $100-million convertible promissory note previously issued to FTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. 

Amber Group company, has acquired 60% stake in Ascent Circuits Pvt. Ltd.

Saluja has not been issued any additional stock options of Religare Finvest, rebutting a call for an investigation by the Burman family into the alleged allotment of 8 per cent stake through Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) in violations of rules. In a statement, Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) said the approval sought at the AGM of RFL (Religare Finvest Ltd) held on September 26, 2023 was to seek enabling approval of shareholders for the proposed grant of ESOPs of RFL to Rashmi Saluja under the RFL ESOP Plan 2019. RFL is a subsidiary of Religare Enterprises.

Adani group, which is redeveloping Dharavi slums, plans to finance the entire project via internal accruals and possible sale of equity in the special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up for the project, according to sources. Earlier this week, the company had appointed three companies, including noted architect Hafeez Contractor, as city planners to present a draft development plan for the Asia's largest slum cluster. In a statement, the group, which has promised to invest Rs 21,000 crore in the project, said it roped in design firm Sasaki, consultancy firm Buro Happold as design planners for the project as well as some experts from Singapore Housing Development Board. The statement did not mention any timeline for the project. The Adani group had in November 2022 won the bid to redevelop Dharavi, with an initial equity investment of Rs 5,069 crore. Hafeez Contractor is known for revolutionary social housing and slum rehabilitation authority projects in the city, while Sasaki is an interdisciplinary design firm from the US and Buro Happold is a consultancy from England known for its creative and value-driven infrastructure solutions. When asked about the media reports that the company was about to reach financial closure for the project with two lenders agreeing to fund it, a source in the know said the tender conditions are very clear, we cannot raise any debt to fund the project. We will dip into our own finances and look at other innovative financial instruments.

₹3,390 per share resulting in a 1.44 per cent stake in the company. The Avenue Supermarts' promoter through his investment vehicles Derive Trading and Bright Star, already holds 30.7 per cent stake in the company. Along with Damani, SBI Mutual Fund (SBI MF) also acquired 2.25 lakh shares of VST Industries today, at an average price of ₹3,390 per share, according to BSE.

Stock in focus: Vodafone Idea shares will be under the lens of market observers and investors as Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has sough clarification from the telecom company in regard to media reports on its possible tie-up with Elon Musk's Starlink. The news report claims that the Government of India (GoI) may sell its 33 per cent stake in the telecom company to tech-giant and American billionnaire Elon Musk and his satellite internet venture Starlink collaborating with the carrier.

Bharti Airtel Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of 49.45 lakh shares or 97.1 per cent stake in Beetel Teletech, another Bharti Group company, according to a filing. Pegging the cost of acquisition at Rs 669 crore, the filing said this acquisition is a part of the company's strategy to enable indigenisation initiatives within its own ecosystem of telecom products in line with the Government's policy of 'Make In India' and add distribution and service capabilities (including system integration) largely for the enterprise business.

Japan-based Monex Group is set to acquire a majority stake in Canadian crypto asset manager 3iQ.

(Reuters) — DBS Group (OTC:DBSDY) Holdings said on Friday it was raising its stake in China's Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank in a S$376 million ($284.72 million) deal, as it looks to tap into growing opportunities in the Greater China region.

The Federal Bank on Thursday that it has received the approval from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to permit ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (ICICI AMC) to acquire an aggregate holding of up to 9.95 percent of stake in the bank. «The Federal Bank Ltd (“Bank”) has received an intimation from the Reserve Bank of India (“RBI”) on December 28, 2023, that it has accorded its approval to ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd.