New York-based REcap Partners-LLC has agreed to acquire Chennai-based business process outsourcing (BPO) firm HOV Services along with its two units operational in Beijing and Hong Kong for total consideration of Rs 950 crore. 

In February 2007, HOV Services came in headlines when it acquired US-based Lason for $148 million. The deal was considered as the one of the biggest acquisitions in the BPO segment.

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Hyderabad-based Ranklin Solutions has acquired US-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) firm Cigniti for an undisclosed amount.

Cigniti has around six major ERP installations across the world, and is also an implementation partner for other technologies including Java (Sun Microsystems). The company has presence in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and has over 250 employees on its payroll.

However, the officials of Ranklin Soluitions, neither disclosed the value of the deal nor the turnover of the acquired company, referring a non-disclosure agreement.

Chennai-based non-voice BPO service provider, Vishal Information Technologies got listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) at a discount of 13.33% at Rs 130 as against its issue price of Rs 150.

The scrip gained strength and touched an intra-day high of Rs 184. It also touched an intra-day low of Rs 125.60 thus far. The scrip was trading around Rs 177 and more than 10.81 lakh shares exchanged hands on the NSE.

Similar movement was seen on the Bombay Stock Exchange, where the scrip of the company got listed at Rs 150.

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