mint - companies

• Nexus Select eyes eight retail acquisitions as expansion gathers pace
• Peak XV-backed Neo Group to enter investment banking, hires Ambit's Vikas Khattar to lead push
• WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after brief strike snarled traffic
• AstraZeneca shares sink 7% on report of historic $400 billion merger talks with Bristol Myers Squibb
• Blackstone-backed Aadhar Housing sees no need to raise capital for four years; bets on smaller towns to sustain growth