Rumblings on Coffee Day Group's Amazon safari

Source: Business Standard

Siddhartha, through one of his group companies, had acquired a 30-year lease for close to a million acres of forest land for timber in the forests of Guyana. The intention was to take timber from this forest and ship it all the way to ...
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John Shinal's Tech Investor: Facebook IPO a ‘missed opportunity’

Source: MarketWatch

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Siddhartha set to increase stake in Cafe Coffee Day holding company

Source: Sify

V G Siddhartha, the owner of Coffee Day Group, is set to increase his stake in Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Limited, an arm of the group which holds the coffee retailing chain business — Café Coffee Day. According to investment ...
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Source: All Things Digital

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Source: Bloomberg.com

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Source: AdWeek

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Source: The Portland Maine Press Herald

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Source: PE Hub

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