M&A
Citigroup abandons fight for Wachovia; will press lawsuit against Wells Fargo
10 October 2008
Tata Consultancy Services to acquire Citigroup Global Services for $505 million
08 October 2008
Commonwealth Bank offers to buy HBOS arm West Bank for $1.44 billion
07 October 2008
Heinz acquires Australian food company for $288 million
07 October 2008
Scotiabank buys Sun Life's mutual fund stake for C$2.3 billion
07 October 2008
TNS gives in to WPP’s offer
07 October 2008
eBay spends $1.3 billion on acquisitions but cuts 1000 jobs
07 October 2008
Eli Lilly to acquire ImClone for $6.5 billion
06 October 2008
Reliance Big Entertainment acquires stake in US Willow TV
06 October 2008
Fed intervenes as Wachovia gets Citi’s stay overruled
06 October 2008
China calls for Europe to reject BHP Billiton - Rio Tinto merger
06 October 2008
Netherlands government acquires Fortis' Dutch unit for €16.8 billion
04 October 2008
Orbotech completes acquisition of Photon Dynamics
04 October 2008
AIG to refocus on property, casualty
04 October 2008
McLeod Russel group to acquire Vietnam tea company for Rs32 crore
04 October 2008
Nomura to buy Lehman's India back office operations, retain staff
04 October 2008
Delayed approval of Ranbaxy deal brings $445 million windfall for Daiichi
04 October 2008
Mystery buyer Eli Lilly reported to outbid Bristol-Myers with $6.1 billion for ImClone
04 October 2008
Citi fumes as Wells Fargo steals Wachovia
04 October 2008
Wells Fargo edges Citi to grab Wachovia for $15.1 billion
03 October 2008
Emami woos Zandu shareholders by increasing offer price to Rs16,500
03 October 2008
Tata Steel buys stake in Canadian miner for $22 million
03 October 2008
HCL sidelines Infosys in Axon acquisition
03 October 2008
Credit squeeze takes its toll on Xstrata, Roche acquisition bids
03 October 2008
Hewlett-Packard in LeftHand acquisition for $360 million
02 October 2008
BHP's $114 billion bid for Rio gets Australia regulatory nod
01 October 2008
Polaris Software to acquire US-based insurance technology firm SEEC
01 October 2008
British Sky Broadcasting might have to sell more of its stake in ITV
01 October 2008
Private equity firms Bain, Hellman buy Lehman investment unit for $2.15 billion
01 October 2008
Court orders Hexion to conclude Huntsman merger
30 September 2008
InBev to become Anheuser-Busch InBev; chareholders approve hiking capital
29 September 2008
Citi to acquire Wachovia assets in a US government-backed rescue
29 September 2008
Benelux governments inject €11.2 billion to save Fortis
29 September 2008
AIG may sell over 15 businesses to repay $85 billion Fed loan
29 September 2008
BPL sells minority stake to Deutsche Bank
29 September 2008
Boeing to acquire tracking equipment manufacturer Tapestry Solutions
27 September 2008
Alpharma rejects King Pharmaceuticals’ $1.55 billion offer as inadequate
27 September 2008
HCL Tech makes $811 million counterbid for UK's Axon
26 September 2008
Wrigley shareholders vote for $23 billion sale to Mars
26 September 2008
Federal Reserve seizes WaMu; auctions it to JPMorgan for $1.9 billion
26 September 2008
Sterlite set to acquire Ascaro for $2.6 billion
26 September 2008
Alitalia rescue efforts strengthen - Air France – KLM to take 20 per cent
26 September 2008
Delta – Northwest Airlines merger approved
26 September 2008
Medtronic buys CryoCath Technologies for $380 million to expand cardiac treatment portfolio
26 September 2008
Sinopec buys Tanganyika Oil in Syria for $2 billion
25 September 2008
Washington Mutual’s stock plummets on ratings downgrade
25 September 2008
Autoline acquires Italian design firms
25 September 2008
US IP licensor Transmeta puts itself up for sale
25 September 2008
Nestle in talks to acquire US confectioner Hershey: report
24 September 2008
Warren Buffett invests $5 billion in Goldman Sachs
24 September 2008
Gap to acquire women's active wear maker Athleta
23 September 2008
Waren Buffet to acquire Tungaloy Corp from Nomura subsidiary
23 September 2008
Nomura to buy Lehman's banking, equities units in Europe, Middle East
23 September 2008
Barclays to employ 10,000 Lehman US staff; no respite for holders of $110 billion bonds
23 September 2008
Washington Mutual shares seesaw on conflicting news; Citigroup mentioned as possible acquirer
23 September 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb raises bid for ImClone to $4.7 billion
23 September 2008
US FAA approves plan for Delta/Northwest merger
23 September 2008
UAE's Etisalat buys 45 per cent in Swan Telecom
23 September 2008
EDF teams up with KKR, TPG to make $6.2 billion counter bid for Constellation
23 September 2008
McAfee acquires Secure Computing for $465 million
23 September 2008
French pharma Sanofi-Aventis acquires Zentiva for $2.6 billion
23 September 2008
Mitsubishi UFJ to acquire 20 per cent in Morgan Stanley for $8.4 billion
22 September 2008
HSBC dumps Korea Exchange Bank acquisition plan
20 September 2008
Reliance Entertainment completes deal with Spielberg's DreamWorks
20 September 2008
Legal concerns over Russian carrier S7's bid for Austrian Airlines
20 September 2008
Hindalco to invest Rs19,800 croes in multi-location expansion
20 September 2008
Mukta Arts acquires majority stake in Coruscant Tec
20 September 2008
Cisco announces purchase of instant messaging technology provider Jabber
20 September 2008
Nortel shares plunge to 25-year low on gloomy forecast; looking to sell off major unit
19 September 2008
Acquisition by Chinese banks creating opportunities for foreign banks: The Boston Consulting Group
19 September 2008
HCL Technologies eyes major acquisitions in US
19 September 2008
WL Ross in talks with Jet, Kingfisher to evaluate merge opportunities for SpiceJet: Report
19 September 2008
BPCL, Videocon JV to acquire Brazil’s EnCana Brasil Petroleo for $283 million
19 September 2008
Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy bids $4.7 billion for Constellation Energy
19 September 2008
BHP signs iron ore deal with BlueScope to clear way for Rio merger
18 September 2008
Investor group CAI withdraws Alitalia offer: Reports
18 September 2008
Morgan Stanley, WaMu, seek mergers
18 September 2008
Lupin acquires majority stake in South Africa's Pharma Dynamics
18 September 2008
Morgan Stanley weighing merger option?
17 September 2008
SanDisk rejects Samsung's $5.85-billion bid
17 September 2008
Porsche acquires controlling stake in Volkswagen
17 September 2008
Barclays to pick select parts of Lehman for $1.75 billion
17 September 2008
Bayer acquires German biotech drug developer Direvo Biotech AG
16 September 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb files IPO registration for Mead Johnson
16 September 2008
Temasek's notional gains on Merrill Lynch investment may still evaporate
16 September 2008
Barclays in talks to acquire Lehman's securities business
16 September 2008
Electronics retailer Best Buy to acquire Napster
16 September 2008
State Bank of Indore, State Bank of Patiala to merge with SBI
16 September 2008
HP to lay off 24,600 in EDS integration
16 September 2008
Electronic Arts withdraws its $2-billion hostile bid for Take Two Interactive
15 September 2008
Tata Group may gain as Orient Express votes on annulling promoters' veto powers
15 September 2008
BASF plans to acquire Ciba Holding AG for approximately €3.8 billion
15 September 2008
TBWA Worldwide acquires 49-per cent cent stake in Omnicom's TBWA India
15 September 2008
Bank of America buys Merrill Lynch
15 September 2008
Emami doubles offer price to Rs15,000 per Zandu share
15 September 2008
Crompton Greaves acquires US heavy transmissions equipment maker MSE Power Systems
15 September 2008
Mahindra eying Italian two-wheeler maker Malaguti: report
13 September 2008
South African IT firm Datatec buys majority stake in Indian counterpart Inflow Tech
13 September 2008
Uncle Sam to the rescue of Lehman Brothers
12 September 2008
Textron to divest fluid business to Clyde Blowers
12 September 2008
Alitalia unions mull proposal, weigh concessions
12 September 2008
Deutsche Bank to acquire stake in Postbank for $9.7 billion
11 September 2008
Suntory, Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Bacardi eye United Spirits stake
11 September 2008
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim acquires 6.4 stake in New York Times
11 September 2008
Microsoft to sell Greenfield Online's internet survey solutions to ZM Capital
11 September 2008
British government completes controversial privatisation of defence group QinetiQ
11 September 2008
Infosys target Axon may invite rival bids from Fujitsu, NTTSoft, HCL
11 September 2008
ImClone rejects Bristol-Myers Squibb's $4.3 billion bid; cites $6.1 billion fresh offer
10 September 2008
Tata Teleservices to offer strategic stake to DoCoMo
10 September 2008
S7 plans renewed fleet and a 'sensational' offer for Austrian stake
10 September 2008
Ruias sell 17 per cent in BPL for $80 million amidst arbitration
10 September 2008
Air France - KLM seeks a share of the in consolidation pie through minority stakes in Austrian, Alitalia
10 September 2008
French equipment maker acquires US-based Gehl
09 September 2008
Eni SpA to acquire First Calgary in order to beef up reserves
09 September 2008
Marlboro maker Altria to acquire UST for $10.4 billion
08 September 2008
French energy giant EDF gets closer to acquiring British Energy
08 September 2008
ONGC Videsh to conclude Imperial deal in 4-5 weeks: Deora
06 September 2008
Marlboro-maker Altria looking to buy smokeless tobacco company UST for $10 billion
06 September 2008
No.2 Russian steelmaker NLMK buys US steel producer Beta for $400 million in cash
06 September 2008
Lehman Brothers may split to tide over current crisis
05 September 2008
Tata Power loses Senoko bid; Marubeni to buy it for $2.5 billion
05 September 2008
Flash memory maker SanDisk on Samsung’s takeover radar
05 September 2008
Linux vendor Red Hat buys Israeli virtualisation company for $107 million
05 September 2008
Tata Power to acquire 10 per cent in Australia's Geodynamics
04 September 2008
Sun extends offer for Taro by a month as Israeli SC stays acquisition
04 September 2008
EC puts review of BHP's $160 billion bid for Rio on hold; seeks more data
04 September 2008
Coke pulls-off biggest ever acquisition of Chinese firm with $2.4-billion buy of Huiyuan Juice
04 September 2008
Tata Power to bid for Senoko; SBI to underwrite $1 billion loan
02 September 2008
HC seeks copy of Ambani family MoU on RIL-RNRL gas supply issue
02 September 2008
Sir Richard Branson mulling $2.6 billion bid for London’s Gatwick
02 September 2008
Temasek offers optional financial arrangement to Senoko bidders
02 September 2008
Tata Motors' Rs4,200 crore rights issue to open this month-end
02 September 2008
BP buys American shale assets for $1.9 billion
02 September 2008
Air France - KLM may seek minority stake in Alitalia
02 September 2008
Brazil’s No.1 steelmaker Gerdau to invest $1.4 billion in Peru
02 September 2008
LVMH acquires Dutch yacht maker
02 September 2008
Japanese drug maker Shionogi to acquire American rival for $1.1 billion
02 September 2008
Suzlon buys out Martifer; raises REpower stake to 90 per cent
01 September 2008
Germany’s No.2 bank Commerzbank acquires No.3 Dresdner for $14.4 billion
01 September 2008
Vodacom buys Gateway for $700 million
30 August 2008
Bain, Carlyle in shortlist for PCCW stake after first round of bidding
30 August 2008
Lufthansa in talks for equity stake in Brussels Airlines
30 August 2008
Microsoft to acquire price comparison site Ciao's parent, Greenfield Online
29 August 2008
Russia's President Medvedev backs OVL's bid for Imperial Energy takeover
29 August 2008
PepsiCo, Pepsi Bottling buy 75 per cent in Russian juice leader JSC Lebedyansky for $1.4 billion
29 August 2008
Aditya Birla Group acquires majority stake in brokerage firm Apollo Sindhoori Capital Investments
28 August 2008
Cisco to aquire PostPath
28 August 2008
Ricoh to acquire US office equipment distributor Ikon Office Solutions for $1.62 billion
28 August 2008
GfK gives up, WPP expected to win TNS: Reports
27 August 2008
Sun Pharma wins Taro takeover case in Israel
27 August 2008
ONGC finalises Imperial Energy acquisition terms
27 August 2008
Hyundai Heavy Industries, Posco join race for Daewoo Shipbuilding
27 August 2008
Counterbid rumours boost Axon shares by 21 per cent, Infosys pares gains
27 August 2008
HP completes $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS
27 August 2008
Cabinet likely to clear Daiichi-Ranbaxy deal next month
26 August 2008
GM looking to Gulf Arab buyers for Hummer: report
26 August 2008
GE Capital to delist transportation financial services arm
26 August 2008
ONGC trumps Sinopec with $2.6-billion bid for UK's Imperial Energy
26 August 2008
Broadcom acquires AMD’s digital television business for $192.8 million in cash
26 August 2008
Essar Group to invest $500 million in Kenyan telecom business
26 August 2008
Tata Motors plans big promotion of Jaguar, Land Rover in India
25 August 2008
Canada’s largest oilfield-services provider Precision buys American peer for $2.02 billion
25 August 2008
HCL Technologies to acquire Control Point Solutions, Inc
25 August 2008
Norsk Hydro seeks 30-per cent stake in ONGC gas block
25 August 2008
Infosys to acquire UK's Axon for $753 million
25 August 2008
BHP-Rio merger would push up iron ore prices, says Australian regulator
25 August 2008
ONGC close to acquiring Imperial Energy, says London paper; possible roadblock on GOI investment norms
25 August 2008
British Energy's largest private shareholder favours its merger with Centrica
25 August 2008
Genentech Says Employee Plan May Cost $371 Million
23 August 2008
Heinekin raises S&N acquisition's synergy benefits target
23 August 2008
Tata Tea to divest plantation stake to workers; eyes overseas acquisitions
23 August 2008
Korea Development Bank eyeing Lehman Bros
23 August 2008
Sun Microsystems a takeover target: report
23 August 2008
Russian steelmaker Severstal buys American coal miner for $1.3 billion
23 August 2008
Continental agrees to conditional sale to Schaeffler
22 August 2008
ONGC arm lead race for Imperial Energy: report
22 August 2008
STMicroelectronics to acquire NXP's stake in joint venture and strike new JV with Ericsson
22 August 2008
India emerging a net exporter of takeover deals: KPMG
21 August 2008
Decline in global deal activity predicted
21 August 2008
Monsanto sells milk-hormone business to Eli Lilly for $300 million
21 August 2008
Lupin acquires stake in Australian pharma firm Generic Health
21 August 2008
Germany moves law to block takeovers by foreign funds
21 August 2008
ArcelorMittal announces major investments in Brazil
20 August 2008
Kirloskar Electric to acquire two German companies
20 August 2008
Balaji Telefilms and Star call it quits
20 August 2008
Google sued for patent infringement by California-based software developer
19 August 2008
$8.3 billion NYMEX acquisition strengthens world's No1 derivatives market CME
19 August 2008
CNPC, Sinopec in joint bid for Peruvian oil and gas firm Petro-Tech
19 August 2008
General Dynamics acquires support services provider, Jet Aviation, for $2.25 billion
19 August 2008
UTV acquire 80% stake in True Games Interactive
19 August 2008
Origin may opt for LNG joint venture, dump BG's $11.9-billion offer
19 August 2008
Symantec acquires PC for undisclosed amount
19 August 2008
Citi may sell India BPO arm to TCS as it rejigs Asia Pacific operations
19 August 2008
Mahindra takes majority stake in China's Yancheng Tractor
18 August 2008
Australia’s No 2 bank Commonwealth may buy BankWest for $5.2 billion
18 August 2008
Cadence drops $1.6-billion hostile bid for Mentor Graphics
16 August 2008
Finance ministry clears SBI-SBS merger; bank employees plan protest
14 August 2008
ArcelorMittal signs JV with Valin Steel Group of China
14 August 2008
Sun Pharma gets US regulator's approval for Taro open offer
14 August 2008
eBay seeks stake in South Korean online retailer Gmarket
14 August 2008
Genentech rejects Roche’s $43.7-billion takeover offer as too low
13 August 2008
Novolipetsk Steel to acquire John Maneely Company from The Carlyle Group for $3.53 billion
13 August 2008
Australian pharma firm CSL buys US rival Talecris for $3.1 billion
13 August 2008
Tata Capital ties up with Mitsubishi UFJ
13 August 2008
Voltas acquires majority stake in projects contractor Rohini Industrial Electricals
13 August 2008
Japan’s largest bank offers $3 billion for remaining stake of its US unit
12 August 2008
Genpact looking at acquisitions in India, US
12 August 2008
Tata Steel to double borrowings to Rs40,000 crore
12 August 2008
K K Birla's Texmaco to become holding company for heavy engineering, foundry units
12 August 2008
DoT asks Idea to return licences in Punjab or Karnataka for Spice merger
11 August 2008
Sprint may divest Nextel's iDen business
11 August 2008
Retail software maker JDA acquires i2 Technologies for $346 million
11 August 2008
ArcelorMittal takes 49 per cent in Brazilian miner
11 August 2008
Virgin wants McCain, Obama to oppose American Air-BA-Iberia link-up
11 August 2008
Centrica adds $7.7 billion cash part to all-share offer for British Energy stake
11 August 2008
UPS eyes TNT for a $15 billion acquisition
11 August 2008
General Motors to pay $277 million in lawsuit settlement
09 August 2008
Rio Tinto contemplating divestment of US assets
09 August 2008
Tata Steel looks at mining acquisitions in the US, Africa, Australia: reports
08 August 2008
TransAlta rejects $7.8 billion takeover bid by American hedge funds
07 August 2008
Google sells Performics search-marketing unit to advertising giant Publicis
07 August 2008
CBaySystems acquires majority stake in MedQuist from Philips
07 August 2008
South Africa's Lonmin rejects Xstrata's $10 billion hostile bid
06 August 2008
Finance ministry clears Daiichi-Ranbaxy deal among 24 FDI proposals
06 August 2008
Siemens plans to pull out of joint venture with Fujitsu
06 August 2008
Tata Power shortlisted to bid for Senoko Power-Singapore
06 August 2008
Coal India looks at mines in Mozambique, Indonesia; invites EoIs for reviving old mines
06 August 2008
Sony takes up sole ownership of Sony BMG; buys out Bertelsmann for $1.2 billion
06 August 2008
Major Yahoo shareholder demands vote recount
05 August 2008
Essar group's Aegis buys US BPO firm for $250 million
05 August 2008
Daiichi to launch open offer for Ranbaxy on 16 August
05 August 2008
Booz Allen Hamilton divests government business to The Carlyle Group
05 August 2008
Carl Icahn finds Bristol-Myers' offer for ImClone Systems low
04 August 2008
Chinese regulators stall ArcelorMittal's takeover of Chinese steel firm
04 August 2008
China's Sinopec competes with ONGC's $2.5-billion bid for UK’s Imperial Energy
04 August 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb completes sell-off of ConvaTec to PE firms
04 August 2008
Anil Ambani bids for UK's Newcastle United football club
04 August 2008
Chinese competition authorities may reject BHP bid for Rio
02 August 2008
Emami eyes healthcare acquisitions in the UK, South Africa
02 August 2008
British retailer Kingfisher sells Italian unit Castorama for $872 million
02 August 2008
Forrester acquires JupiterResearch
02 August 2008
Yahoo board wins vote of confidence
02 August 2008
WPP launches sixth and formal hostile bid for TNS
02 August 2008
Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Acquires Beijing Dabao Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
01 August 2008
Tata Steel sets up overseas holding arm in Singapore; plans to raise funds for acquisitions
01 August 2008
Japan's TDK to acquire Germany's Epcos for $1.9 billion
01 August 2008
GE Energy Financial Services acquires stake in Spain's largest solar power firm
01 August 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire ImClone Systems for $4.5-billion
31 July 2008
ITC Infotech to acquire US IT company
31 July 2008
Bidding war for British publisher Informa in offing as it receives competing takeover proposal
31 July 2008
Kinetic Motors to retire debt with M&M cash
31 July 2008
Siemens divests SEN to private US equity group, Gores
30 July 2008
Zinc miner Teck Cominco to acquire world's second largest coal producer for $14.1 billion
30 July 2008
Minining firm Bradken to acquire AmeriCast from PE firm Castle Harlan
30 July 2008
Sun set for a long battle for Taro
30 July 2008
M&M in aquisition deal with Kinetic Motors
30 July 2008
Lupin enter Europe with acquisition of German pharma marketing agency Hormosan
30 July 2008
Estee Lauder's investment in India's top spa brand to spur retail strategy
30 July 2008
Temasek takes a 10-per cent stake in Merrill Lynch for $900 million
29 July 2008
IBM acquires French software firm ILOG for $340 million
29 July 2008
Unilever to sell North American detergents business to Vestar for $1.45 billion
29 July 2008
Rolta acquires Chicago based WhittmanHart Consulting
29 July 2008
Private equity giant KKR to go public
28 July 2008
US regulators approve Sirius-XM merger to create satellite radio monopoly
26 July 2008
Origin Energy petitions Takeovers Panel from letting BG take its bid to shareholders
26 July 2008
South African authorities charge Vodacom executive with perjury
26 July 2008
HP Announces European Commission Approval of EDS Acquisition; Agrees to Settle Litigation Relating to Acquisition
26 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys 70 per cent in Brazilian steel processor Manchester Tubos
25 July 2008
Times of India group eyes UK’s Trinity Mirror: report
25 July 2008
GE Healthcare to Acquire Vital Signs, Inc., Expanding GE’s Monitoring, Anesthesia and Respiratory Care Offerings
25 July 2008
Roche bids for Genentech on Monday, acquires Mirus on Tuesday and Arius on Wednesday
25 July 2008
China vetoes Carlyle’s acquisition of machinery maker Xugong Group
25 July 2008
Cabinet clears merger of State Bank of Saurashtra with SBI
24 July 2008
Centrica to take 51-per cent stake in Belgian business SPE
24 July 2008
RBS fails to sell of Australian assets; faces multi-million pound lawsuit by hedge fund
24 July 2008
GE focuses on Middle East with $8-billion carbon-neutral city
24 July 2008
Cisco announces $120-million acquisition to strengthen home consumer section
23 July 2008
American hedge funds make $7.8 billion bid for Canada’s largest power utility
23 July 2008
Dr Reddy’s to buy back Perlecan Pharma stake from ICICI Ventures and Citigroup
22 July 2008
Global M&A environment to deteriorate in H2 08: KPMG
22 July 2008
Jordan LP acquires Harvey Gulf International Marine
22 July 2008
XM Radio - Satellite Radio closer to merger as FCC set to approve deal conditionally
22 July 2008
Inmarsat stock declines in London after Harbinger breaks off takeover talks
21 July 2008
Bilcare Ltd, MeadWestVaco jointly acquire US pharmaceuticals packaging firm International Labs
21 July 2008
Icahn to join Yahoo! board; calls-off proxy slate
21 July 2008
US equity firms shop for stake in Huawei unit
21 July 2008
Tata Power buys 26 per cent stake in Bhutan power project
21 July 2008
Sanofi-aventis to acquire Symbion Holdings for $544 million
21 July 2008
ArcelorMittal acquires US coal producer Concept Group
21 July 2008