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India and Cyprus are poised to sign a new tax treaty which might close doors on investors using loopholes in the bilateral agreement to avoid paying taxes in India. Government is reportedly coming up with a new policy on non- convenonal resources as it plans to take up ethanol blending in petrol to 22.5% and in diesel to 15%. Indian Hotels Co Ltd has sold 5.1% stake in Belmond Ltd, the firm that ran a chain of luxury hotels under Orient Express banner. GMR Energy Ltd has entered into definive agreements with Adani Transmission Ltd to sell transmission projects Maru Transmission Services Ltd and Aravali Transmission Services Ltd. Reserve Bank of India has given its final approval to Equitas Holdings Ltd to launch a Small Finance Bank. UltraTech Cements deal with Jaiprakash Associates for buying its cement assets has run into trouble as Jaypee Group failed to meet certain transacon commitments including clearing statu- tory dues and providing working capital. The World Bank has commied USD 1bn to support solar energy programme in India. Tata Communicaons Ltd has inked an agreement to sell its South African telecom arm Neotel to Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, in a deal worth USD 428mn. Reliance Industries and State Bank of India have signed the shareholder agreement to set up a payments bank joint venture. Dr. Reddys Laboratories said it was very close to compleng remediaon work at three facilies—under the scanner of the US FDA —before it approaches the agency for re-inspecon. Jul 04, 2016 “I always used fundamentals. But the fact is that often, the time frame of my investments was short- term” - Michael Steinhardt Newsletter from Treeline Business Solutions NIGERIA BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS INDIA BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS Federal Government has signed an agreement with China Civil Engineering Construcon Co. to expend USD 11.1bn for the con- strucon of Lagos-Calabar railway line. Nigerias Minister of Transport disclosed that General Electric (GE) would invest USD 2bn in the country's rail projects. Nigerian Communicaons Commission formally declared MTN Nigeria as the winner of the 2.6GHz spectrum aucon. The Lagos State Execuve Council approved the restructuring of Lekki Concession Companys Loan Facility provided by local and internaonal lenders. Central Bank of Nigeria is reportedly planning to resume dollar sales to Bureaux de Change to arrest the depreciaon of Naira. Central Bank of Nigeria said it has set aside N2.5bn to fund the members of Naonal Youth Service Corps with good business ideas. Federal Government directed the immediate re-opening of Naonal Economic Reconstrucon Fund almost one week aſter it was shut. Telecom firm, MTN said it has paid addional N30bn to the Nige- rian Communicaons Commission as part of the N330bn fine. Delta State Government signed a Memorandum of Understand- ing with development partners to kick- start the construcon of the Delta Commercial City project in Asaba. Federal Government is set to review the Naonal Housing Fund and also recapitalise the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria to boost access to mortgage loans.

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India and Cyprus are poised to sign a new tax treaty which might

close doors on investors using loopholes in the bilateral

agreement to avoid paying taxes in India.

Government is reportedly coming up with a new policy on non-

conventional resources as it plans to take up ethanol blending in

petrol to 22.5% and in diesel to 15%.

Indian Hotels Co Ltd has sold 5.1% stake in Belmond Ltd, the firm

that ran a chain of luxury hotels under Orient Express banner.

GMR Energy Ltd has entered into definitive agreements with

Adani Transmission Ltd to sell transmission projects Maru

Transmission Services Ltd and Aravali Transmission Services Ltd.

Reserve Bank of India has given its final approval to Equitas

Holdings Ltd to launch a Small Finance Bank.

UltraTech Cement’s deal with Jaiprakash Associates for buying its

cement assets has run into trouble as Jaypee Group failed to

meet certain transaction commitments including clearing statu-

tory dues and providing working capital.

The World Bank has committed USD 1bn to support solar energy

programme in India.

Tata Communications Ltd has inked an agreement to sell its

South African telecom arm Neotel to Liquid Telecom, a subsidiary

of Econet Wireless Global, in a deal worth USD 428mn.

Reliance Industries and State Bank of India have signed the

shareholder agreement to set up a payments bank joint venture.

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories said it was very close to completing

remediation work at three facilities—under the scanner of the

US FDA —before it approaches the agency for re-inspection.

Jul 04, 2016

“I always used fundamentals. But the fact is that

often, the time frame of my investments was short-

term” - Michael Steinhardt

Newsletter from

Treeline Business Solutions

NIGERIA BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS INDIA BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

Federal Government has signed an agreement with China Civil

Engineering Construction Co. to expend USD 11.1bn for the con-

struction of Lagos-Calabar railway line.

Nigeria’s Minister of Transport disclosed that General Electric

(GE) would invest USD 2bn in the country's rail projects.

Nigerian Communications Commission formally declared MTN

Nigeria as the winner of the 2.6GHz spectrum auction.

The Lagos State Executive Council approved the restructuring of

Lekki Concession Company’s Loan Facility provided by local and

international lenders.

Central Bank of Nigeria is reportedly planning to resume dollar

sales to Bureaux de Change to arrest the depreciation of Naira.

Central Bank of Nigeria said it has set aside N2.5bn to fund the

members of National Youth Service Corps with good business

ideas.

Federal Government directed the immediate re-opening of

National Economic Reconstruction Fund almost one week after it

was shut.

Telecom firm, MTN said it has paid additional N30bn to the Nige-

rian Communications Commission as part of the N330bn fine.

Delta State Government signed a Memorandum of Understand-

ing with development partners to kick- start the construction of

the Delta Commercial City project in Asaba.

Federal Government is set to review the National Housing Fund

and also recapitalise the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria to

boost access to mortgage loans.

GLOBAL BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

Standard & Poor's Ratings lowered its long-term credit rating on the European Union to 'AA' from 'AA+' but raised its outlook to "Stable" from

"Negative".

State-owned Postal Savings Bank of China has filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) seeking to raise as much as USD 10bn.

Volkswagen has reportedly reached a USD 15bn settlement with US car owners after admitting it cheated emission tests.

Dow Chemical Co. plans to eliminate about 2,500 jobs and shut plants in North Carolina and Japan to achieve USD 500mn in cost savings.

Hershey has rejected a USD 23bn offer from Mondelez that would bring the best known biscuit and chocolate brands under one roof.

Sanofi agreed to a EUR 22.8b asset swap with Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH that will bolster the French drugmaker’s business in selling

over-the-counter drugs.

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