management > M&A/restructuring M&A Skype founders wrangle 14 per cent stake in settlement deal with eBay 07 November 2009 CIC to take 15-per cent stake for $1.58 billion in US power producer AES 07 November 2009 L N Mittal's daughter-in-law Megha to acquire fashion house Escada 06 November 2009 Scripps Networks Interactive to acquire controlling interest in Travel Channel 06 November 2009 Buy out firms TPG, CPP to acquire IMS Health for $5.2 billion 06 November 2009 After GVT bid, Telefonica to acqire HanseNet for $1.34 billion 06 November 2009 GVK buys 12 per cent in Bangalore airport from Swiss company 05 November 2009 Bitter legal battle for Skype technology likely to end: report 05 November 2009 TVS Shriram Growth Fund to acquire 25-per cent stake in Landmark 05 November 2009 Octant Interactive acquires Esha News Monitoring 05 November 2009 Australian regulator approves China’s investment in Centrex Metals 05 November 2009 Wipro buys Yardley lines in area-specific deal 05 November 2009 Telefonica eclipses Vivendi's bid for Brazil’s GVT with $4 billion offer 05 November 2009 Berkshire Hathaway in transition to an industrial conglomerate 04 November 2009 EU regulator may block Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems: report 04 November 2009 Kraft confirms $9-billion loan for Cadbury acquisition 04 November 2009 GM says ‘No’ to Magna; decides to keep Opel 04 November 2009 Dubai’s ENOC to acquire Dragon Oil for $1.9 billion 04 November 2009 Berkshire Hathaway to acquire BNSF for $34 billion 03 November 2009 Cisco acquires set-top box business of DVN Holdings for $44.5 million 03 November 2009 Bayer CropScience acquires Athenix or Bayer $365 million 03 November 2009 Merck - Schering-Plough merger approved bu US, Swiss and Canadian regulators 30 October 2009 KPIT Cummins buys out American IT firm Sparta 30 October 2009 PNB to buy majority stake in Kazakh’s Dana Bank 30 October 2009 Ford names China’s Geely Group as preferred bidder for Volvo 29 October 2009 ConocoPhillips plans to sell $10-billion in assets 29 October 2009 CIC to invest $500 million for 15-per cent stake in Canadian coal miner Mongolian assets 28 October 2009 Cisco to acquire ScanSafe for $183 million 28 October 2009 Dassault Systemes to acquire IBM’s PLM sales operation for $600 million 27 October 2009 Barclays acquires Standard Life Bank for £226 million 27 October 2009 Tech Mahindra merger with Satyam next year 27 October 2009 Galleon sells part stake in Shriram EPC to pay off investors 26 October 2009 Lloyds unit in talks to buy outsourcing firm CPA Global 26 October 2009 Anglo American to sell non-core assets worth $7 billion 26 October 2009 Australia flip-flops on Chinese investments, approves Yanzhou's $3.5-billion bid for Felix 24 October 2009 GM delays Opel sale to Magna till 3 November 24 October 2009 Foster’s to spin-off 13 less profitable brands in joint venture 23 October 2009 HSBC to increase stake in Vietnam's largest insurance and financial services group 22 October 2009 MeadWestvaco sells Paxonix business to Persistent Systems 22 October 2009 Renault-Nissan likely to dump M&M as partner 22 October 2009 Equinix takes over rival Switch & Data for $689 million 22 October 2009 Korea National Oil acquires Canada's Harvest Energy for $3.95 billion 22 October 2009 Bank of America to sell First Republic Bank for $1 billion 22 October 2009 LIC raises equity holding in Tata Tea to 13.93 per cent 21 October 2009 Volkswagen lifts initial Porsche stake to 49.9 per cent 21 October 2009 Australia’s Moly mines secures $700-million Chinese investment 21 October 2009 Tata Motors buys out Spanish coach maker Hispano Carrocera 20 October 2009 Lion-Asia raised bid price for Aussie mining firm Polaris 20 October 2009 Venture capital investments in India down 74 per cent in Q3 20 October 2009 Swiss HR firm Adecco acquires MPS Group for $1.3 billion 20 October 2009 Morgan Stanley sells asset management unit to Invesco for $1.5 billion 20 October 2009 Sprint Nextel’s acquisition of iPCS to end row over iDEN 20 October 2009 Telenor allowed to hold up to 74 per cent in Unitech Wireless 19 October 2009 Etisalat acquires Millicom's Sri Lanka business for $207 million 19 October 2009 Energy Developments rejects Pacific Equity's $380-million bid 19 October 2009 CVC-Cosmen consortium pulls out of bid for National Express; Stagecoach bids £1.7 billion 19 October 2009 Pfizer completes Wyeth acquisition 16 October 2009 BHP Billiton lobbied to torpedo Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal 16 October 2009 BHP Billiton to acquire iron ore miner UMC for A$204 million 16 October 2009 Google ready for acquisitions after spectacular 3Q 16 October 2009 Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton junk Pilbara ore marketing plan 16 October 2009 Xstrata abandos Anglo bid, for now 16 October 2009 RHJ acquires Kleinwort Benson for £225 million 16 October 2009 Lloyds to sell HBOS portfolio management unit to Rathbone 16 October 2009 Singapore's OCBC to acquire ING Asia private bank for $1.5 billion 15 October 2009 Polaris Software acquires Laser Soft Infosystems 15 October 2009 NDTV to buy back 26 per cent NBC Universal stake 15 October 2009 Government approves sale of Andrew Yule JV stake to Continental Conti Tech 15 October 2009 Cognizant acquires UBS India service center; enters into long-term service agreement 15 October 2009 RIL eyeing assets in EU: reports 15 October 2009 AB InBev sells East European beer operations to CVC for $2.2 billion 15 October 2009 Thomson Reuters to acquire financial commentary site Breakingviews 15 October 2009 Canadian miner Pan American Silver to acquire Aquiline Resources for $608 million 15 October 2009 Cliffs Natural to acquire Wabush Mines stake from ArcelorMittal, US Steel 14 October 2009 Telstra opposes split, terms government plan ‘unnecessary and damaging’ 14 October 2009 McGraw-Hill sells BusinessWeek to Bloomberg 14 October 2009 Cisco in deal to buy Starent Networks for $2.9 billion 14 October 2009 Merck KGaA acquires Banagalore bioscience firm 13 October 2009 Novartis enters into $265-million schizophrenia drug deal with Vanda 13 October 2009 Onyx Pharmaceuticals to acquire Proteolix for $276 million 13 October 2009 Xstrata sells Chilean copper-gold project stake to Barrick Gold for $465 million 13 October 2009 AIG sells Taiwan life insurance unit to Primus for $2.15 billion 13 October 2009 Venture Capital fundraising dives to lowest levels in 6 years 13 October 2009 Kuwait’s Securities Group joins BSNL, MTNL in hunger for Zain 12 October 2009 Qatar sovereign fund acquires majority stake in Canary Wharf 12 October 2009 Trinity College acquires O2 Arena for £24 million 10 October 2009 Kimberly-Clark acquires I-Flow for $276 million 10 October 2009 GM finalises Hummer sale deal with China’s Tengzhong 10 October 2009 Novartis acquires global marketing rights for new drug from Paratek 09 October 2009 Australian regulator asks Baosteel to resubmit application for Aquila Resources 09 October 2009 Spain, Britain refuse aid to German-backed Opel sale to Magna 09 October 2009 Blackstone Group clinches $2.7-billion deal to acquire theme parks from Anheuser-Busch InBev 09 October 2009 MTNL seeks to establish offshore presence with bids for Kuwaiti and African telcos 09 October 2009 HSBC re-enters negotiations to acquire Asian assets of RBS and ING: report 08 October 2009 Norwegian sovereign fund demands termination of VW's Porsche acquisition 08 October 2009 Compuware acquires Gomez Inc for $295 million 08 October 2009 Securities Tribunal asks Daiichi to offer Rs160 per Zenotech share 08 October 2009 Ciena puts in play Nortel’s ethernet assets with $521 million stalking horse bid 07 October 2009 Citigroup to divest energy-trading unit Phibro: reports 07 October 2009 Essar and Jindal in bidding war for Australian coal producer Rocklands 07 October 2009 Julius Baer to acquire ING Swiss private bank for $505 million 07 October 2009 PE firms invest $763 million in Indian companies in Q3 ‘09 07 October 2009 Bharti to add 100 million users, may bid for wi-max: Sunil Mittal 07 October 2009 L&T likely to sell Mahindra Satyam stake with expiry of lock-in 07 October 2009 Birlas’ UltraTech Cement to absorb Samruddhi Cement 07 October 2009 Exxon to acquire Kosmos Energy’s stake in Ghana oil field for $4 billion 07 October 2009 Emerson Electric to acquire Avocent for $1.2 billion 06 October 2009 No revival talks with MTN: Bharti 06 October 2009 Cambridge Tech to divest Global Solutions 06 October 2009 Baosteel bids $1.59 billion for 30-per cent stake in Anglo American’s Minas mine 05 October 2009 CIL prepares to import coal, sell local mines 05 October 2009 BSNL, MTNL back Vavasi consortium's bid for Zain stake 05 October 2009 GE to merge all healthcare units into Wipro JV 03 October 2009 EDF to cut €4 billion debt with sale of UK electricity distribution business 03 October 2009 Blackstone in talks to acquire Anheuser-Busch theme parks: report 03 October 2009 Anglo hopes to rid Xstrata’s $68-billion merger bid by 20 October 03 October 2009 GM to close Saturn as buyout deal collapses 01 October 2009 Cisco to acquire Norway’s Tandberg for $3 billion 01 October 2009 Despite reports, Comcast denies $35-billion NBC Universal takeover talks 01 October 2009 Bank of America to sell unit to Ameriprise for $1 billion 01 October 2009 Bharti calls off merger talks with South Africa's MTN 30 September 2009 Great Offshore battle heads for Diwali climax 30 September 2009 CIC acquires stake in Kazakh Energy for $939 million 30 September 2009 UK regulator sets 9 November deadline for Kraft's Cadbury bid 30 September 2009 HSBC takes over Jessops in restructuring 30 September 2009 MindTree buys Kyocera Wireless’ Indian unit 29 September 2009 China keen to acquire $30-billion oil stake in Nigeria: FT 29 September 2009 Lupin buys US rights for cholesterol drug Antara 29 September 2009 Sinochem makes $2.5-billion takeover bid for Australia's Nufarm 29 September 2009 Xerox to acquire outsourcing firm ACS for $6.4 billion 29 September 2009 Abbott to acquire Belgian drug company Solvay for $6.6 billion 29 September 2009 Nokia acquires "social atlas" Dopplr 29 September 2009 L&T Finance buys DBS Cholamandalam for Rs45 crore 26 September 2009 Mahindra to buy out Kirloskar Oil stake in Swaraj Engines: report 25 September 2009 Wipro seeks buyer for French unit 25 September 2009 Asarco judge dumps sweetened Sterlite offer; backs Grupo Mexico bid again 25 September 2009 Unilever to acquire Sara Lee personal care business for $1.88 billion 25 September 2009 Australia rejects another Chinese investment 25 September 2009 BSNL may rope in MTNL for Zain deal 25 September 2009 ANZ buys out joint ventures with ING for A$1.76 billion 25 September 2009 Rebel investor proposes alternative rescue plan for Independent News & Media 24 September 2009 Microsoft says it is not interested in Electronic Arts 24 September 2009 Australia rejects large mining deal with China 24 September 2009 Bharti-MTN deal may trigger open offer, FIPB intervention 23 September 2009 Chinese soveregn fund acquires 15 per cent of Noble Group for $850 million 23 September 2009 Nortel to sell its carrier network business as well 23 September 2009 Pfizer, Wyeth to sell animal drugs business to Boehringer 23 September 2009 Japan’s Suntory to enter Europe with $3.8-billion Orangina deal 23 September 2009 Magna plans drastic job cuts with Opel takeover 22 September 2009 Singapore's GIC pares Citi stake; nets $1.6 billion profit 22 September 2009 Zandu shareholders approve merger with Emami 22 September 2009 Cadbury tells Kraft to “put up or shut up” 22 September 2009 IBM acquires customer management firm RedPill Solutions 22 September 2009 BHP Billiton on the prowl for acquisitions: report 22 September 2009 Rio Tinto sells Alcan Composites to Schweiter Technologies 22 September 2009 JP Morgan may takeover alliance with Cazenove 22 September 2009 Bharti-MTN deal hinges on Manmohan-Zuma talks 22 September 2009 Goldman fund plans to invest $250 million in China’s Geely 22 September 2009 Thomson Reuters buys PR agency Hugin Group 22 September 2009 Dell to acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 billion 22 September 2009 Reliance eyes bankrupt Dutch company LyondellBasel: report 19 September 2009 Department of justice, FBI probe into BoA’s Merrill Lynch acquisition 19 September 2009 Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation to acquire Camec for $960 million 19 September 2009 Warburg Pincus fails to sell its stake in WNS 19 September 2009 S African unions may block Bharti Airtel-MTN deal: report 19 September 2009 Dabur readies war chest of $250-500 million for acquisitions 19 September 2009 Glaxo seeking stake in Dr Reddy’s: report 18 September 2009 Punjab National Bank may buy stake in Kazakh Metrokombank 18 September 2009 Millicom rejects BSNL’s Lankan bid; Bharti Airtel still in fray 18 September 2009 SBI to ramp up overseas business; plans $1 billion acquisitions 18 September 2009 Warren Buffett warns Kraft not to overbid for Cadbury 17 September 2009 Canada may replace Australia as China’s favourite investment destination: study 17 September 2009 Bharati Shipyard raises bid price for Great Offshore, ABG Shipyard still a contender 17 September 2009 Skype sale in cloud as Joltid files lawsuit 17 September 2009 ENRC in talks to acquire cobalt major Camec for $1 billion 17 September 2009 Corning buys Axygen BioScience for $400 million 17 September 2009 BSNL eyes Luxembourg telecom firm's Sri Lanka unit, Celltel 17 September 2009 Adobe agrees to acquire Omniture for $1.8 billion 17 September 2009 GE plans wind turbine unit in India; acquires Norway's ScanWind 16 September 2009 Macquarie Airports sells stake in Bristol; hikes Copenhagen stake 16 September 2009 Hit by losses JAL to cut 6,800 jobs in three years, hints chief 16 September 2009 Bharti-MTN deal: officials dismiss dual listing rumour, but Pranab says it’s possible 16 September 2009 Rio Tinto sell 56-per cent stake in Alcan cable division 15 September 2009 IOC to buy 5 per cent in Oil India for Rs1,100 crore 15 September 2009 CA to acquire NetQoS for $200 million in all-cash transaction 15 September 2009 Shipping ministry backs dilution of stake in Cochin Shipyard 15 September 2009 Bharti-MTN deal may face SA regulatory hurdles 15 September 2009 Magna likely to shed 10,500 Opel, Vauxhall jobs in Europe 15 September 2009 AMR Corp joins fray for JAL stake, after Delta, Air France-KLM 15 September 2009 Yahoo to offload entire stake in Alibaba.com 14 September 2009 RBS to sell Williams & Glyn's to quell EU competition concerns 14 September 2009 Avaya bags Nortel’s telecom unit with $900 million bid 14 September 2009 BASF India board okays Ciba India merger 14 September 2009 Deutsche Telekom eyes US’s Sprint Nextel 14 September 2009 Alcon to acquire Swiss biotech firm, ESBATech for $589 million 14 September 2009 Kraft’s low growth business model unappealing: Cadbury 14 September 2009 UK’s 3i Group sells venture portfolio for £130 million 14 September 2009 After failed Anglo American bid, Xstrata eyes Lonmin once again 12 September 2009 Dr Reddy's scotches stake sale rumours 11 September 2009 Magna, Sberbank win GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units 11 September 2009 National Express board likely to endorse CVC-Cosmen bid 11 September 2009 L&T Finance may buy stake in mutual fund business 10 September 2009 Hershey's, Nestle may counterbid for Cadbury 10 September 2009 Fears of weakening competition greet merger news of Orange, T-mobile in the UK 10 September 2009 Network 18 Holdings gets ‘valid acceptance’ to up stake in TIFC to 80.4 per cent 10 September 2009 China arms CNPC with $30-billion loan for overseas acquisitions 10 September 2009 Barrick Gold to raise up to $4 billion through equity sale 10 September 2009 Japan’s Suntory in talks to buy French rival Orangina 10 September 2009 China’s CNPC pulls out of Verenex Energy takeover 10 September 2009 India-Malaysia group to buy 46 per cent in Kuwait's Zain for $13.7 billion 09 September 2009 French telecom giant Vivendi to launch $2.9 billion bid for Brazil’s GVT 09 September 2009 Roamware to boost presence in mobilr banking with Macalla acquisition 09 September 2009 Chinese firm acquires stakes in two Australian mining FearrAus 09 September 2009 Facet Biotech spurns Biogen’s buyout bid 09 September 2009 Barrick Gold in $625 million deal with Silver Wheaton 09 September 2009 SEBI chief hints at reviewing takeover norms 09 September 2009 Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom UK arms to merge 08 September 2009 L&T Finance in race for Cholomandalam DBS: reports 08 September 2009 Australian takeover panel blocks Bolton bid on Multiplex Prime Property Fund 08 September 2009 British Airways in talks to buy BMI from Lufthansa: report 08 September 2009 China Unicom and Telefonica in $1-billion share swap 08 September 2009 After failed Anglo American bid, Xstrata eyes Lonmin once again 07 September 2009 Sigma acquires Bristol-Myers Sqibb’s brands 07 September 2009 Morgan Stanley may sell Indian back operations: report 07 September 2009 Cadbury rejects Kraft Foods' $16.7 billion merger offer 07 September 2009 AIG sells fund units to Pacific Century for $500 million 07 September 2009 HSBC scouts for ING’s Asian assets: report 07 September 2009 Abu Dhabi's ATIC to acquire Singapore's Chartered Semi 07 September 2009 Two more in fray for Nortel's enterprise business 05 September 2009 Moog likely to acquire GE Aviation subsidiary 05 September 2009 CVC-Cosmen consortium sweetens National Express offer 05 September 2009 Deutsche Telekom mulls sale of T-Mobile UK 05 September 2009 ArcelorMittal to take 35 per cent stake in Uttam Galva 05 September 2009 Axis IT&T acquires 51-per cent stake in Cades Digitech 05 September 2009 Toshiba, China wealth fund eye stake in Areva T&D 04 September 2009 Australia delays ruling on Chinese takeover of Lynas 04 September 2009 Sun-Oracle deal hits EU hurdle 04 September 2009 MTNL in fray to acquire 75 per cent in Nigerian Telecom 03 September 2009 RHJ hikes bid for GM's Opel 03 September 2009 Berkshire, Leucadia join hands to acquire Capmark's mortgage arm 03 September 2009 LEO Pharma to Acquire Peplin for $287.5 million 03 September 2009 BNY Mellon signs definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Arbitrage Compliance 03 September 2009 Bayer acquires two prescription dermatology product lines from SkinMedica in the US 03 September 2009 EMC to acquire eDiscovery software vendor Kazeon 03 September 2009 Dainippon Sumitomo close to buy US drug maker Sepracor 03 September 2009 Danaher acquires MDS division for $1.1 billion 03 September 2009 Tata Group mulls diluting stake in Infiniti Retail 03 September 2009 Abbott expands vision care portfolio; buys Visiogen 03 September 2009 Lukoil acquires 45-per cent stake in TRN; Dow divests refinery stake for $800 million 02 September 2009 TCG Lifescience acquires lab informatics company 02 September 2009 Roche buys Lonza’s Singapore unit for $360 million 02 September 2009 Asian Paints arm sells stake in Berger Paints China 02 September 2009 Ashland Inc. completes sale of Drew Marine to J.F. Lehman & Co. 01 September 2009 US bankruptcy judge backs Grupo Mexico's bid for Ascaro 01 September 2009 EMC acquires California's FastScale Technology 01 September 2009 Sony hives-off Mexican LCD plant 01 September 2009 eBay to sell Skype to a consortium of private investors 01 September 2009 Disney acquires Marvel for $4 billion 01 September 2009 Petrochina buys 60 per cent stake in Canada’s oilsands for $1.7 billion 01 September 2009 Jag, Rover drive Tata Motors deep into red 01 September 2009 Huntsman signs “Stalking Horse” deal with Tronox 31 August 2009 Oilfield service provider Baker Hughes to acquire BJ Services for $5.5 billion 31 August 2009 Re-audited Satyam accounts by December end 31 August 2009 SAT throws out plea against Bharti-MTN merger terms 29 August 2009 Edingburgh-based law firm McGrigor to merge with Irish firm 29 August 2009 FSA inquiry hits Heritage-Genel deal 29 August 2009 EU approves Lufthansa’s Austrian Airlines acquisition 29 August 2009 PetroChina plans to acquire assets worth $3.22-billion from CNPC 29 August 2009 Australian timber company Gunns halts trading pending acquisition talks outcome 29 August 2009 Orange acquires UK digital advertising network Unanimis 29 August 2009 National Express rejects CVC-Cosmen takeover bid 29 August 2009 Tata Motors pledges entire stake in Tata Steel 28 August 2009 Mahindra plans US assembly for `Scorpio' to skirt import curbs 28 August 2009 Contours of Bharti Airtel deal may change: MTN chief 28 August 2009 Baosteel acquires 15-per cent stake in Australian iron ore miner Aquila Resources 28 August 2009 Lake Shore Gold to buy West Timmins for $292 million 28 August 2009 Bondholders seek probe into Zell’s $8.3-billion LBO 27 August 2009 Maryborough to make $90.4 million offer for Tully Sugar 27 August 2009 Maytas Infra sells its stake in UP project to joint venture partners 27 August 2009 Oz Minerals to build shareholder value to fend off potential takeover 27 August 2009 Eldorado to acquire Sino Gold for $1.8 billion 27 August 2009 Precision Castparts buys Carlton Forge for $850 million 27 August 2009 Nasdaq, Brazilian exchange Bovespa in tie up talks 27 August 2009 Yahoo! buys Arabic web portal Maktoob 26 August 2009 Packer's ConsMedia sells Seek stake for $441 million 26 August 2009 Bharti, MTN framework agreement by weekend likely 26 August 2009 Mcleod Russel's UK arm acquires 75 per cent in US tea company Olyana 25 August 2009 Oil Search to sell stake in Exxon's PNG LNG to Abu Dhabi firm 25 August 2009 Centrica bags Venture 25 August 2009 NRS and IRS to merge 25 August 2009 Warner Chilcott acquires P&G's global pharmaceuticals business for $3.1 billion 25 August 2009 Close Brothers in the race for Commerzbank arm 25 August 2009 Woolworths, Lowe’s join hands; to take over Danks 25 August 2009 German chancellor blames GM for Opel sale delay 25 August 2009 Lloyds mulls sale of Clerical Medical to Resolution for $6.6 billion 24 August 2009 Fortis acquires 10 Wockhardt hospitals for Rs909 crore 24 August 2009 M&A deals drop in first half '09: report 24 August 2009 Oracle's acquisition of Sun approved by US justice dept 24 August 2009 Dubai's Nakheel sells Mirvac stake for $171 million 24 August 2009 Tribune to sell Chicago Cubs for $845 million 24 August 2009 Opel talks prolong as GM undecided on Magna offer 22 August 2009 MTN raising $4.5 billion loan for merger with Bharti: report 21 August 2009 McNally arm to acquire German firm KHD Humboldt Wedag 21 August 2009 Oberoi denies receiving proposal from ITC 21 August 2009 Bharti not to raise MTN offer: Sunil Mittal 21 August 2009 Swiss government sells 9-per cent stake in UBS for $6.8 billion 21 August 2009 Wockhardt completes sale of veterinary business to Vétoquinol 20 August 2009 Tata Chemicals becomes largest shareholder in Rallis after stake buy 20 August 2009 Bharti-MTN again extend merger talks to 30 September 20 August 2009 GE, Fanuc to dissolve 22-year joint venture by year end 20 August 2009 DoCoMo-Tata Tele JV looks to gobble up new entrants 20 August 2009 Sterlite raises Asarco offer to $2.1 billion 20 August 2009 Macquarie acquires Lincoln’s asset management unit for $428 million 20 August 2009 Berger sells losing Malaysian arm to Royalton Holdings 19 August 2009 Rallis India-Tata Chemicals merger in the offing : Analysts 19 August 2009 GM confirms deal to sell Saab to Koenigsegg 19 August 2009 Foreign banks lining up to fund Bharti-MTN deal: report 18 August 2009 Rio Tinto to sell Alcan packaging to Amcor for $2.025 billion 18 August 2009 Reliance Communications in talks to acquire African assets of Zain 18 August 2009 MSNBC.com picks up Chicago-based web site EveryBlock 18 August 2009 Air China to buy 12.5 per cent Cathay stake for $820 million 18 August 2009 NAB acquires Challenger’s mortgage management business 18 August 2009 Aurobindo Pharma to acquire Trident Life Sciences 17 August 2009 Quippo to raise Rs900 crore to fund Wireless TT Info Services merger 17 August 2009 Religare bids for ING’s Asian assets 17 August 2009 Commonwealth Bank eyes acquisitions in India, Indonesia 17 August 2009 Southwest gives up Frontier bid; Republic wins 17 August 2009 Amcor close to announcing Alcan's packaging unit purchase 17 August 2009 BB&T assumes charge of Colonial Bank; toll touches 77 17 August 2009 IL&FS renamed HSBC InvestDirect after takeover 14 August 2009 MTN seeks $1 billion more for merger with Bharti: report 14 August 2009 Magna submits revised offer to GM for Opel 14 August 2009 VW acquires 42-per cent stake in Porsche for $4.7 billion 14 August 2009 Yanzhou Coal to acquire Felix Resources for $2.9 billion 14 August 2009 UK's Mitie acquires Dalkia Technical Facilities Management for £130 million 13 August 2009 Hutchison sells Israel's Partner Com stake for $1.38 billion 13 August 2009 Lloyds to spin off Insight for £235 million to Bank of New York Mellon 12 August 2009 IT firm Mphasis buys AIG’s Indian operations 12 August 2009 Mahindra group floats private equity fund Mahindra Partners 12 August 2009 China eyes Canadian Royalties for $148.5 million 12 August 2009 VMware acquires SpringSource for $420 million 12 August 2009 UK’s Friends Provident unable to refuse Resolution offer 11 August 2009 Flush with Irish funds, Tata Motors spurns UK bailout for Jaguar 11 August 2009 Barnes & Noble to buy back College Booksellers in $596 million deal 11 August 2009 Sterlite ups Asarco bid to $1.5 billion; Grupo Mexico outbids with $2 billion 11 August 2009 Dynegy sells assets to LS Power for $1 billion 11 August 2009 Southwest boosts Frontier bid by 50 per cent to $170 million 11 August 2009 RBS sells Pakistan operations to MCB Bank 11 August 2009 Village Roadshow to consider privatisation proposal 10 August 2009 Chinese group to offload part stake in Lenovo parent 10 August 2009 China’s Yanzhou Coal in talks to acquire Australia’s Felix Resources for $2.8 billion 10 August 2009 Microsoft sells Razorfish to Publicis for $530 million 10 August 2009 Essar among bidders for UK’s oil refinery: Report 10 August 2009 Merck, Schering-Plough shareholders approve $41-billion deal 10 August 2009 Platinum Equity bids $35 million for Boston Globe: report 08 August 2009 Global M&A activity down 38 per cent amidst downturn 08 August 2009 Kirin Holdings closer to acquiring Lion Nathan 07 August 2009 Agrium may raise its $4.1-billion bid for CF 06 August 2009 Google to acquire video firm On2 for $106.5 million 06 August 2009 S&P downgrades Tata Motors rating at critical time 05 August 2009 Myer Group mulls $1.5 billion IPO after good result 05 August 2009 Alcoa completes deal to acquire to BHP Billiton’s Suriname stake 05 August 2009 Essar Steel inks deal with Shree Precoated Steels 05 August 2009 ABG Shipyard ups offer for Great Offshore to Rs520 a share 04 August 2009 Despite profit drop, Xstrata pursues Anglo American merger 04 August 2009 Malaysia’s Astro buys additional stake in Sun’s FM network 04 August 2009 Unitech looking to sell telecom tower business: report 04 August 2009 Ybrant Digital enters APAC region with Max Interactive acquisition 04 August 2009 Trinity College rocks: may buy London’s O2 04 August 2009 UK Sports Media Group sells men’s magazine Front 04 August 2009 Ausssie hotel operator Stella to cut ties with Octaviar 04 August 2009 ANZ acquires RBS’s Asian assets for $550 million 04 August 2009 Australia’s GPT Group sells tourism assets for A$84.9 million 04 August 2009 Britannia Building completes mega merger with Co-op Financial 04 August 2009 Godrej Consumer readying Rs1,000-crore war chest to expand operations 04 August 2009 Suspense continues: Bharti, MTN extend talks till 31 August 03 August 2009 NAB to acquire Goldman Sachs’ Aussie wealth management unit 03 August 2009 ANZ plans returning to India by acquiring RBS assets: reports 03 August 2009 Petronas acquires Optimal Group for $660 million 01 August 2009 Telenor proposal to up stake in Unitech gets security clearance: reports 31 July 2009 Alstom, Schneider Electric weigh joint bid for Areva T&D 31 July 2009 Cablevision to spin off Madison Square Garden 31 July 2009 Southwest offers $113.6 million for Frontier 31 July 2009 McAfee expands SaaS domain; buys MX Logic for $170 million 31 July 2009 Elders sells insurance business to QBE for A$315 million 31 July 2009 Citigroup to sell Nikko Asset to Sumitomo Trust for $1.26 billion 30 July 2009 Hello, Yahoo - Microsoft, what about the regulators? 30 July 2009 Microsoft and Yahoo: together at last 30 July 2009 Sanofi-Aventis to acquire Merck's Merial stake for $4 billion 30 July 2009 ABG Shipyard ups ante for Great Offshore; Bharti may follow suit 30 July 2009 US-Canadian courts clear Nortel-Ericsson deal 30 July 2009 Macquarie Group sells stake in Japan’s Haneda airport 30 July 2009 US government to acquire 34-per cent stake in Citigroup 30 July 2009 Nutreco to acquire Cargill’s animal nutrition operation in Spain and Portugal 29 July 2009 Microsoft, Yahoo! agree on joint search 29 July 2009 Magna ups the ante; raises GM's Opel bid 29 July 2009 UAE’s Aabar to buy a 32-per cent stake in Virigin Galactic for $280 million 29 July 2009 Microsoft, Yahoo! near deal on search partnership: Report 29 July 2009 CVC to bid for AB InBev CEE assets with $2.1 billion offer: report 29 July 2009 IBM acquiring software firms SPSS, Ounce Labs 28 July 2009 Telecom mergers: Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile in $483 million deal 28 July 2009 Wockhardt sells its nutrition businesses to Abbott for $130 million 28 July 2009 Time Warner buys back Google’s stake in AOL for $283 million 28 July 2009 Agilent to acquire rival Varian for $1.5 billion 28 July 2009 CVC-Cosmen consortium eyes National Express 28 July 2009 Friends Provident rejects Resolution’s sweetened offer 28 July 2009 Nokia to acquire German address book vendor Cellity 27 July 2009 Sanofi-Aventis to acquire Shantha Biotech for Rs3,757 crore 27 July 2009 China's Sinochem approaches Nufarm with takeover offer 25 July 2009 SingTel seeking $3 billion to fund Bharti-MTN merger: report 25 July 2009 Ericsson acquires Nortel’s CDMA business for $1.13 billion in auction 25 July 2009 Fiat-Chrysler deal gets EU nod 25 July 2009 IRDA finalising merger and acquisition norms for insurance firms 24 July 2009 Amazon to acquire rival Zappos for $847 million 24 July 2009 Macquarie Airports to buy management rights for $281 million 24 July 2009 VW to take over Porsche in reverse bid 24 July 2009 Bristol-Myers to acquire biotechnology company Medarex for $2.4 billion 23 July 2009 Lightspeed Venture Partners invests Rs500 million in Essel Group’s Itz Cash Card 22 July 2009 Chinese wealth fund acquires stake in British distiller Diageo 22 July 2009 Exelon backs away from NRG Energy bid 22 July 2009 Sunil Mitra takes over as divestment secretary 22 July 2009 Raja to review BSNL's financial position ahead of stake sale 21 July 2009 WPP acquires Saffron Hill Research 21 July 2009 HK’s Li & Fung takes 26 per cent of Biyani’s Future Logistics 21 July 2009 GRD board asks shareholders to back agreement with AMEC 20 July 2009 Dioro says Canadian deal offers better value than Avoca bid 20 July 2009 IFCI acquires 5-per cent stake in MCX-SX 20 July 2009 Maytas Infra to sell its stakes in expressway projects 20 July 2009 DLF may divest wind power business to Gaz de France 20 July 2009 Marathon sells 20-per cent stake in Angola to Sinopec, CNOOC for $1.3 billion 18 July 2009 EC approves Pfizer's $68-billion acquisition of Wyeth 18 July 2009 HCL Axon acquires UCS Group's enterprise software business 17 July 2009 Lanco buys DEG's stake in its upcoming Chhattisgarh power project 17 July 2009 Tata Steel hikes stake in Australia's Riversdale Mining to 19.38 per cent 17 July 2009 Daiichi's 'low' bid for Zenotech faces new hurdles 16 July 2009 China turns the heat on Rio Tinto and Australia 16 July 2009 Germany’s MAN acquires 25-per cent stake in China’s Sinotruk for €560 million 15 July 2009 Digital Sky's stock purchase values Facebook at $6.5 billion 15 July 2009 Abu Dhabi’s Aabar takes a stake in electric car maker Tesla 14 July 2009 Centrica told by Venture shareholders to hike its offer to over 900 pence a share 13 July 2009 Belgium's RHJ nearer to Opel deal 13 July 2009 Porsche family members discuss future of firm ahead of July 23 meeting 13 July 2009 China Eastern acquires Shanghai Airlines for $1.3 billion 13 July 2009 Nomura acquires 35 per cent stake in LIC Mutual Fund 13 July 2009 NYT defers bid deadline for The Boston Globe 11 July 2009 Philip Morris to acquire Columbian cigarette maker for $452 million 11 July 2009 Government to support Tech Mahindra on US class action suits 11 July 2009 Dioro board asks shareholders to take no action of Avoca offer 10 July 2009 Tata Group firm TRF acquires Dutch Lanka Trailer Manufacturers for $17 million 10 July 2009 Broadcom abandons $912 million hostile bid to acquire Emulex 10 July 2009 Aegis acquires South African BPO group CCN 10 July 2009 Seven Network chief Kerry Stokes speculated to be eyeing CMH 09 July 2009 EMC wins $2.1-billion bidding war for Data Domain 09 July 2009 NRG Energy rejects Exelon’s sweetened $7.45 billion hostile bid 08 July 2009 Mahindra Satyam gets CLB nod for preferential issue to Tech Mahindra 08 July 2009 Public offer not mandatory in Bharti-MTN deal: SEBI 08 July 2009 Boeing to buy 787 Dreamliner parts maker for $580 million 08 July 2009 Essar Steel close to acquiring Ajmera’s steel unit for Rs700 crore 08 July 2009 Satyam to issue fresh shares to Tech Mahindra 07 July 2009 EMC escalates bidding war for Data Domain with $2.1-billion offer 07 July 2009 ONGC in race for stake in Repsol -YPF's Argentinean arm 07 July 2009 Deutsche Post exits from Deutsche Bank 07 July 2009 Rio Tinto sells Alcan packaging unit for $1.2 billion 06 July 2009 Government tells SBI to go slow on mergers 04 July 2009 Vale may hike stake in Thyssenkrupp's Brazilian steel plant 04 July 2009 Beijing automotive bids for GM’s Opel 04 July 2009 Areva to sell T&D business; Indian arm on the block 04 July 2009 China’s CIC fund to invest $1.5 billion in Canadian miner 04 July 2009 Four government nominees on Mahindra Satyam board to quit 03 July 2009 Debt-ridden INM sells 7.3 per cent stake in Jagaran Prakashan 03 July 2009 J&J to invest $1.5 billion in Elan’s Alzheimer’s drugs 03 July 2009 Kavveri Telecom buys majority stake in Canadian co 03 July 2009 Exelon raises hostile takeover bid for NRG Energy to $7.45 billion 02 July 2009 Coal unions oppose Coal India divestment 02 July 2009 Robin Hood of internet, Pirate Bay sold to Global Gaming for $7.5 million 02 July 2009 Broadcom raises hostile takeover offer for Emulex to $912 million 01 July 2009 Carlyle earmarks $400 million investment in India 01 July 2009 GM's Opel sale in trouble 01 July 2009 Fortis takes over management of S L Raheja Hospital 30 June 2009 Chinalco to participate in Rio Tinto’s rights issue 30 June 2009 Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to form Towers Watson 30 June 2009 Bombay HC clears RIL-RPL merger 29 June 2009 Vodafone mulls acquiring T-Mobile UK 29 June 2009 Microsoft to spin-off Razorfish: reports 29 June 2009 Cash-strapped Wockhardt sells veterinary arm to France’s Vetoquinol 29 June 2009 Anglo American builds defenses should Xstrata’s merger proposal turn hostile 29 June 2009 US court clears S Kumars' acquisition of Hartmarx Corp 27 June 2009 EMC Corp extends Data Domain offer period to 10 July 27 June 2009 Tata Motors reports Rs2,505 core consolidated loss in FY09; sees more job losses at JLR 26 June 2009 Hummer acquisition blocked by Chinese authorities 26 June 2009 Kirloskar Brothers eyes acquisitions in the US, Europe 26 June 2009 E&Y may advise Bharti, PwC for MTN: report 26 June 2009 Gurnani to work for transparency, ‘happy staff’ at Tech Mahindra 26 June 2009 US software firm SunGard to expand in India 25 June 2009 BAE Systems acquires South African designed Iguana Light Armoured Vehicle 25 June 2009 Bangalore law firms J Sagar Associates, M&C Partners merge 25 June 2009 Pfizer sweetens bid for India arm to Rs830 per share 25 June 2009 Sinopec to acquire Addax Petroleum for $7.2 billion 24 June 2009 Satyam may sack 8,500 staffers after all 24 June 2009 Pearson acquires stakes in e-portals EduComp, TutorVista 24 June 2009 Bharati raises Great Offshore offer price to Rs403 per share 24 June 2009 Xstrata proposes `merger of equals' as Anglo dumps $68 billion deal 23 June 2009 Corus to sue consortium executives for breaking contract 23 June 2009 Anglo American rejects Xstrata’s $68-billion deal 23 June 2009 BSNL earmarks $6 billion for overseas acquisitions; eyes IPO 23 June 2009 Bharti Shipyard, ABG continue battle for Great Offshore stake 23 June 2009 Lufthansa buys 45-per cent stake in Brussels Airlines 23 June 2009 Lufthansa to acquire British Midland Airways 23 June 2009 HC order on Jet-Sahara case likely on 2 July 22 June 2009 Xstrata proposes $68 billion merger deal with Anglo American 22 June 2009 Satyam is now Mahindra Satyam 22 June 2009 State Bank of Indore to merge with SBI; workers plan stir 20 June 2009 Nokia Seimens to acquire Nortel wireless unit for $650 million 20 June 2009 NYSE Euronext buys 20 per cent stake in Qatar Exchange 20 June 2009 Satyam puts 400 benched staff back to work 20 June 2009 Emami to merge Zandu’s FMCG business, hive off realty arm 20 June 2009 Chinalco in a fix on Rio Tinto’s share issue 19 June 2009 OZ assets mark China's largest Australian acquisition 19 June 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers complete acquisitions of BearingPoint for $44 million 18 June 2009 SBI to acquire two small subsidiaries: report 18 June 2009 Wockhardt sells German arm to Mova Pharma 18 June 2009 Watson Pharmaceuticals to acquire Arrow Group for $1.75 billion 17 June 2009 Federal Bank, Catholic Syrian closer to merger 17 June 2009 Apollo Hospitals dumps plan to acquire Wockhardt assets 17 June 2009 Bosch offers to acquire remaining stake in Pacifica amidst GM's bankruptcy 17 June 2009 Private equity firms lining up to acquire First Republic Bank 17 June 2009 Russia’s Rosatom to buy 16.6-per cent stake in Canada’s Uranium One 17 June 2009 General Motors to sell Saab to Sweden’s Koenigsegg 17 June 2009 LIC MF to sell 35 per cent stake to Nomura: reports 16 June 2009 Hyderabad-based SoftPro acquires S African Cura Risk Management Software 16 June 2009 Sterlite ups bid for Asarco by $170 million 16 June 2009 EMC likely to up Data Domain stake with improved offer 15 June 2009 Zylog plans overseas buying spree 15 June 2009 CEMEX to sell Australian operations to Holcim Group 15 June 2009 GIC Housing to offload stake in LIC-run companies 15 June 2009 Troubled Boston Globe has three buyers: report 13 June 2009 Taj Group acquires Sea Rock Hotel for Rs680 crore 13 June 2009 Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in talks to acquire Independent 13 June 2009 Global Payments acquires HSBC stake in joint venture 13 June 2009 Swedish car firm Koenigsegg may acquire GM's Saab: report 12 June 2009 Sinopec in talks to acquire Addax Petroleum for $8 billion 12 June 2009 Minmetals raises bid to seal OZ Minerals deal 12 June 2009 Sesa Goa buys out Dempo's mining assets for Rs1,750 crore 12 June 2009 China eases forex rules for overseas investment 12 June 2009 HotMail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia’s SabSe Technologies acquires Jaxtr 12 June 2009 AMEC bid for GRD may provide exit door for Seven 12 June 2009 Thomas Cook refutes sale reports as parent files for bankruptcy 11 June 2009 L&T exits UltraTech Cement; sells 11.49 per cent stake for Rs1,036 crore 11 June 2009 Quebecor rejects Donnelley’s $1.55 billion ‘sweetened’ bid 11 June 2009 Fiat completes acquisition of Chrysler assets 10 June 2009 Steelmakers see red as BHP-Rio sign deal to form iron ore mining giant 10 June 2009 SBI seeks to take over six associate banks 10 June 2009 Macquarie resubmits OZ Minerals recapitalisation proposal 10 June 2009 BPP-Apollo Global in £303.5 milllion deal talks 09 June 2009 Qantas, BA refute merger talks 09 June 2009 OZ Minerals scraps RBC-RFC bid, favours Minmetal 09 June 2009 Archer-led consortium bids for Energy Developments 09 June 2009 Biotech major CSL withdraws from $3.1-billion Talecris takeover 09 June 2009 US Supreme Court to rule on Chrysler-Fiat sale 08 June 2009 Barclays in talks with BlackRock to sell BGI for approximately $13 billion 08 June 2009 Suzlon buys out Martifer stake to up REpower holding to 90.72 per cent 06 June 2009 WPP acquires stake in MDS, China 06 June 2009 General Motors to sell Saturn to Penske 06 June 2009 Royal Bank of Canada-RFC combinethreatens Minmetal's bid for OZ Minerals 06 June 2009 Tech Mahindra extends open offer for Satyam till 9 June 05 June 2009 OZ Minerals refutes ‘superior bid’ reports 05 June 2009 General Dynamics to acquire Axsys for $643 million 05 June 2009 Rio terminates Chinalco deal; to raise $15.2 billion through rights issue 05 June 2009 Gujarat NRE launches hostile bid for Australia’s Rey Resources 04 June 2009 NHPC, Oil India may hit market by August: reports 04 June 2009 NetApp ups offer for Data Domain with $1.9 billion 04 June 2009 Intel to acquire Wind River Systems for $884 million 04 June 2009 OZ Minerals-Minmetal deal gets final Chinese nod 04 June 2009 ITI likely to lead PSU divestment: report 04 June 2009 SEBI okays Spice Tele offer for Spice Mobile stake 04 June 2009 US firm Norwest buys 2.11 per cent stake in NSE 04 June 2009 GE and Plutonic Power may acquire of largest wind project in British Columbia 03 June 2009 Japan's Nomura seen buying 35-per cent stake LIC Mutual Fund 03 June 2009 South African state pension fund seeks higher price for Bharti merger 03 June 2009 GM's Hummer sold to Chinese company 03 June 2009 GM to sell Hummer; gets court nod for vehicle protection and incentive programmes 02 June 2009 Adcock Ingram drops plans to acquire Cipla Medpro SA 02 June 2009 Abu Dhabi investor to sell Barclay’s stake with windfall profits 02 June 2009 Vodafone–Hutchison merger gets ACCC nod 02 June 2009 SBI hikes stake in Nepal joint venture to 55 per cent 01 June 2009 Government to thwart Satyam lay offs: Salman Khursheed 01 June 2009 CVC Partners beats TNT’s bid for Royal Mail 01 June 2009 Bristol-Myers Squibb may acquire minority stake in Irish biotech firm 01 June 2009 Bharati to submit open offer for 20 per cent more in Great Offshore 01 June 2009 Oman Oil seeks to buy 26-per cent stake in BPCL's Bina refinery for $250 million 30 May 2009 UK banks restructure Tata Steel UK debt 30 May 2009 Molson Coors buys out Cobra Beer in JV deal with Bilimoria 30 May 2009 Mikati clan renews backing to Bharti-MTN merger 30 May 2009 GMR buys out Singapore's Island Power 29 May 2009 Fiat pulls out of Opel talks over funding demands, asserts not withdrawing bid 29 May 2009 Time Warner-AOL demerger good for both companies, say analysts 29 May 2009 Time Warner to spin off AOL as an independent company 28 May 2009 Telecom firm Etisalat-Swan buys out Allianz Infratech 28 May 2009 Novartis ups offer price for Indian arm to Rs450 per share 28 May 2009 Caltex to acquire Mobil service stations for $300 million 28 May 2009 Shell's new CEO's restructuring plans put at stake 24,000 jobs 28 May 2009 Opel talks fail on further cash demand; final round set for Friday 28 May 2009 Four Tech Mahindra directors on Satyam board 27 May 2009 Former Aussie treasury head Stone weighs in against Chinalco deal, terms curbs “worthless” 27 May 2009 Digital Sky deal values Facebook at $10 billion 27 May 2009 Wary SA unions ‘wait and watch’ 27 May 2009 Bharti Airtel-MTN deal risks FIPB hurdles 27 May 2009 Bharti-MTN deal may leave SingTel cold 26 May 2009 Markets cheer Malvinder’s exit from Ranbaxy 26 May 2009 Bharti-MTN: India's largest cross-border corporate merger 26 May 2009 Pranab Mukherjee welcomes Bharti-MTN deal 26 May 2009 Bharti-MTN: Innovatively structured deal 26 May 2009 Pension Corporation's bid to acquire rival Paternoster fails 26 May 2009 Opel bankruptcy may be best course of action: German economy minister 25 May 2009 US FTC blocks CSL’s $3.1-billion acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics 25 May 2009 Lloyds plans to sell stake in about 60 companies 25 May 2009 PetroChina to buy 45.5 per cent stake in SPC for $1 billion 25 May 2009 Malvinder Singh relinquishes charge of Ranbaxy; Daiichi takes over 25 May 2009 Satyam denies reports on plans to sack 8000 ‘non-billable’ staff 25 May 2009 Russian firm Digital Sky to invest in Facebook: WSJ 23 May 2009 Russian government bailout boosts Sistema’s Indian plans 23 May 2009 J&J plans buyout of Cougar Biotech for $1 billion 23 May 2009 Rio-Chinalco deal takes a twist as Merrill enters 23 May 2009 ‘Overstaffed’ Satyam seeks ways to avoid job cuts 22 May 2009 Vale’s exit from Kalgoorlie nickel leaves Heron with full control 22 May 2009 Vale’s exit from Kalgoorlie nickel leaves Heron with full control 22 May 2009 Italy's Parmalat to acquire National Foods' Australian dairy units 22 May 2009 Chrysler bankruptcy court to begin hearing on 27 May 22 May 2009 Ranbaxy acquires rights for Ochoa Labs’ skincare products 22 May 2009 Google decides against newspaper acquisition 21 May 2009 Dr Reddy’s reorganises drug discovery operation; receives approval for three INDs 21 May 2009 Macquarie Airport in bid to offload stake in Japan Airport Terminal 21 May 2009 Tata Steel holds off plan to sell Teesside plant in UK 21 May 2009 Rio may issue $7.2 billion bonds to existing shareholders 21 May 2009 ABB Grain-Viterra combine likely to boost Australian grain industry 21 May 2009 PNB to sell 26 per cent in housing finance arm to US firm 20 May 2009 GIP's bid for Gatwick rejected 20 May 2009 Daimler picks up stake in electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla 20 May 2009 Uncertainty over Porsche’s financial health stalls VW- Porsche merger talks 19 May 2009 SBI eyes merger of associate banks; restates results 19 May 2009 KKR, Diageo may buy piece of United Spirits: report 19 May 2009 Former US envoy to spearhead KKR’s buyout operations in Middle East 19 May 2009 Minmetals’ $1.2 billion deal with OZ Minerals gets NDRC nod 19 May 2009 Gloucester board favours Noble's revised $7 per share bid 19 May 2009 AIG plans to spin off Asian arm to repay Treasury money 19 May 2009 Titagarh Wagons amalgamates steel unit 18 May 2009 BWIR to acquire Italian software firm think3's engineering services unit 18 May 2009 Apollo Tyres completes acquisition of Dutch tyremaker 18 May 2009 Barclays mulls sale of asset management unit for $12 billion 18 May 2009 Emulex once again rejects Broadcom’s $764 million hostile bid 16 May 2009 Lysander elimination leaves GIP and MAG in face off over Gatwick 15 May 2009 Aegis to acquire Australian BPO UCMS for A$454 million 15 May 2009 Eveready to acquire 80 per cent in French firm Uniross for EUR10 million 15 May 2009 Rio Tinto may not tango with Chinalco 14 May 2009 Lehman mulls spinning off assets: WSJ 14 May 2009 UTI AMC open to domestic fund house acquisition 14 May 2009 Donnelley bids $1.35 billion to takeover rival Quebecor 14 May 2009 Verizon selling wirelines in 14 states to Frontier for $6.8 billion 13 May 2009 Stobart Group posts strong results, plans Carlisle airport acquisition 13 May 2009 Alpha to acquire Foundation in all-stock deal 13 May 2009 Channel 4-BBC deal ‘likely within weeks’ 13 May 2009 Suzlon bosses sell 2 per cent stake for $47 million 13 May 2009 JSW Steel to hang on to its US units 13 May 2009 BankAm sells China Construction Bank stake to raise $34 billion 12 May 2009 Pepsi sues PBG over poison-pill tactics 12 May 2009 JLR's immediate plans in place, future may be difficult 12 May 2009 Religare in race for AIG's fund management unit 12 May 2009 PCCW deal ‘dishonest’, rules HK appeals court 11 May 2009 Centrica to take 20 per cent stake in British Energy 11 May 2009 Carphone buys Tiscali's UK assets for £236 million 09 May 2009 Shareholders sue Sun over Oracle deal 09 May 2009 Verizon, AT&T swap assets in mandatory deal 09 May 2009 Ansteel gets nod to increase stake in Gindalbee 09 May 2009 After dumping UK guarantee terms, Tata Group to raise funds for JLR revival 09 May 2009 Leading dissidents okay Chrysler restructuring plan 09 May 2009 Fiat plans to emerge world's second-largest automaker 08 May 2009 Tata Sons sells 1.05 per cent of holding in TCS 08 May 2009 Micro Focus to buy Borland in acquisition spree 07 May 2009 LDV rescued in a last minute deal by Malaysian Weststar Group 06 May 2009 Court approves Chrysler's sale to Fiat 06 May 2009 Industry watchers deny Apple-Twitter deal talk 06 May 2009 Satyam allots 31 per cent equity to Tech Mahindra subsidiary 05 May 2009 EDF mulls selling UK electricity distribution business 05 May 2009 SEBI study warns against an Indian sovereign wealth fund 05 May 2009 Pepsi Bottling Group says Pepsi’s $4.2 billion takeover proposal has no fizz 05 May 2009 Rio considering amendment to Chinalco deal: Reports 05 May 2009 Fortescue Metals misled market, Federal court told 05 May 2009 Suzlon rethinking FCCB offer terms 05 May 2009 Kirin acquisition to be finalised soon: Lion Nathan 05 May 2009 Nestle, Nissan, CIBA to stick with Satyam 05 May 2009 Post-Chrysler Fiat eyes GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units 04 May 2009 Chrysler to launch ad campaign to reassure nervous buyers 04 May 2009 Chrysler seeks to speed up bankruptcy deal with Fiat 04 May 2009 China’s CNMC to acquire Australia’s Lynas for A$505 million 02 May 2009 EDF, E.ON and RWE npower acquire sites to build nuclear reactors in UK 30 April 2009 Toshiba and Fujitsu conclude final agreement on HDD business transfer 30 April 2009 Bharti plans joint venture with Alcatel for managed services 30 April 2009 Chevron exits Reliance Petro; sells 5 per cent stake to RIL 30 April 2009 The son also rises: Lachlan Murdoch buys stake in Aussie media company 30 April 2009 Workers union to own 55 per cent in Chrysler 29 April 2009 Qatar’s interest in Porsche sparks speculation 29 April 2009 Viterra in bid to buy Australian grain company, ABB 29 April 2009 Lenders likely to bail out Chrysler: reports 29 April 2009 Fortescue hit by revelations in Australian court 29 April 2009 GE Security to sell unit to SAFRAN for $580 million 27 April 2009 Japan's Kirin to buy out Australian brewer Lion Nathan 27 April 2009 Coca-Cola keen on at least minority stake in Huiyuan Juice: report 24 April 2009 Satyam sale to Tech Mahindra gets German approval 24 April 2009 US court okays Sterlite’s Asarco acquisition 24 April 2009 Gazprom Neft acquires 16-per cent stake in Sibir Energy 24 April 2009 Caltex Australia plans to buy more oil refineries 24 April 2009 Dutch government backs Fortis sale to BNP Paribas ahead of vote 24 April 2009 Fiat plan to acquire GM's Opel baffles analysts 24 April 2009 Diageo in informal talks with LVMH for Moët Hennessy 23 April 2009 Amtek may buy R H Dalmia’s OCL 23 April 2009 Marico profits rise 8.9 per cent; Sundari stake to divested to Wellness Systems 23 April 2009 Sesa Goa eyes Brazilian iron ore mine 23 April 2009 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s legacy sold to Imagem 22 April 2009 Broadcom launches $764-million hostile bid for Emulex 22 April 2009 Satyam share offer to open on 12 June: Tech Mahindra 22 April 2009 Oracle, Sun merger to shake up hardware market 22 April 2009 Wipro acquires Nokia's mobile TV unit 21 April 2009 Four Tech Mahindra representatives set to join Satyam board 20 April 2009 Oracle trumps IBM, acquires Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion 20 April 2009 Pepsi offers to buy out its two bottlers for about $6 billion 20 April 2009 UBS exits Banco Panctual in bid to strengthen bottom line 20 April 2009 Tech Mahindra may buy up to 70 per cent stake in Satyam 20 April 2009 Tech Mahindra must wait for full control of Satyam 20 April 2009 GSK close to acquiring Stiefel Lab for $3 billion 20 April 2009 Canada's UTS rejects Total's improved bid of $685 million 18 April 2009 Anand Mahindra to address Satyam employees on Monday 18 April 2009 Electronics major Tyco sells off Wireless Systems unit to IT firm Harris Corp. for $675 million 18 April 2009 Minority shareholder IFFCO in bid to stall AACo's deal 17 April 2009 GSK, Pfizer to merge HIV businesses into a new company 17 April 2009 eBay plans Skype public offering in 2010 17 April 2009 AIG sells off auto unit for $1.9 billion 17 April 2009 Kimberly-Clark acquires privately held safety products company Jackson Products 16 April 2009 NEC and Renesas reportedly in merger talks to create world’s No.3 chipmaker 16 April 2009 Rio Tinto’s majority shareholders oppose Chinalco deal at UK AGM 16 April 2009 eBay offers $1.2 billion for Korean online auctioneer Gmarket 16 April 2009 CLB okays Satyam sale to Tech Mahindra 16 April 2009 FT owner Pearson buys English language training firm from Carlyle 16 April 2009 Fiat keen on Chrysler deal, but sees union resistance 16 April 2009 Court rules Grupo Mexico to pay Asarco $6.88 billion in cash, share 16 April 2009 Sanofi to buy US cancer drug firm for about $500 million 15 April 2009 Satyam to delist ADS from Euronext Amsterdam post acquisition 14 April 2009 Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts buys peer NextRx for $4.68 billion 14 April 2009 Corporate India happy about ‘quick’ Satyam resolution 14 April 2009 Pakistan’s top two banks compete for RBS’s local assets 14 April 2009 Barclays considering offers for asset management arm 14 April 2009 eBay buys 34.2-per cent stake in Gmarket for $413 million 13 April 2009 CNPC to buy 49 per cent in Kazakh oil major for $10 billion 13 April 2009 Pfizer seeks to increase stake in Indian arm 13 April 2009 Tech Mahindra edges out L&T to acquire Satyam 13 April 2009 New Satyam owner to be decided today 13 April 2009 Satyam race: Experts' take on the endgame 11 April 2009 Satyam board confident of getting good price 11 April 2009 Microsoft, Yahoo reportedly in talks for advertising partnership 11 April 2009 Cisco to buys software company Tidal for $105 million 11 April 2009 US builders Pulte Homes, Centex merge amid housing slump 09 April 2009 Standard Chartered in race to buy RBS’ India operations 09 April 2009 ArcelorMittal SA acquires 16.3-per cent stake in Coal of Africa 08 April 2009 PNC Financial sells 57 branches to First Niagara 08 April 2009 Innocent-Coke tie up raises eyebrows 07 April 2009 Shareholders, creditors approve Reliance Petroleum merger with Reliance Industries 07 April 2009 Rio Tinto mulls $8 billion rights issue as ‘Plan B’ 07 April 2009 Danone to sell Britannia stake to Wadias 07 April 2009 Court orders Mobinil sale to France Telecom 06 April 2009 Canadian miner Teck Cominco sells stake in Chilean mine for $300 million 06 April 2009 Sun Micro rejects IBM's $9.40 a share takeover offer 06 April 2009 Bankrupt photography pioneer Polaroid sold for $59.1 million 04 April 2009 German house clears decks for Hypo takeover 04 April 2009 PPDI sells Piedmont R&D center; acquires Magen BioSciences 04 April 2009 GE, Intel in $250-million home healthcare tie up 04 April 2009 Google reportedly in talks to buy Twitter 03 April 2009 IBM set to acquire Sun Micro for about $7 billion: report 03 April 2009 Satyam to go for open auction if bids fall with in 90 per cent of top bid 03 April 2009 British Land sells property to Banco Santander for $169 million 03 April 2009 Satyam sale likely before elections 02 April 2009 Minmetals to buy OZ assets for $1.2 billion 02 April 2009 Dow Chemical sells off newly acquired Morton Salt for $1.675 billion 02 April 2009 Hutch-Vodafone merger plans stalled by regulators 02 April 2009 Rackable Systems acquires special-effects pioneer Silicon Graphics for $25 million in cash 02 April 2009 Toshiba buys out Panasonic in LCD JV for $20.2 million 01 April 2009 Wockhardt CMD Khorakiwala quits; Fortis takeover likely 01 April 2009 Fortis seeks nod for rights issue; may acquire Wockhartdt 31 March 2009 MindTree plans restructuring, management rejig 31 March 2009 With $12-billion debt, Porsche hesitates to raise Volkswagen stake 31 March 2009 Barclays in talks to sell iShares asset management unit for $4.3.billion 31 March 2009 China Minmetals submits revised bid for OZ Minerals 31 March 2009 Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne thanks Obama for facilitating Chrysler deal 31 March 2009 Financial Technologies refutes reports on MCX stake sale 30 March 2009 CF Industries rejects yet another Agrium bid 30 March 2009 US consulting firm ICF International buys peer Macro International for $155 million 30 March 2009 Glaxo, Sanofi in talks for Shanta Biotch takeover 30 March 2009 Rio Tinto stock soars on LSE on BHP Billiton takeover talk 28 March 2009 IL&FS Financial Services acquires 14.5 per cent in Maytas Infra 28 March 2009 GSK eyes push into emerging markets through Asken buy 28 March 2009 Fidelty sells major stake in MCX to Reliance MF 28 March 2009 After Matrix who will be delisted next? 28 March 2009 Australia rejects China's bid for OZ Minerals 27 March 2009 Novartis's open offer for Indian arm to begin on 14 May 27 March 2009 China's Geely buys bankrupt Australian parts maker 27 March 2009 Skykon buys Vestas wind turbine unit for £45 million 27 March 2009 Two bidders start due diligence on Satyam; IBM one of them 27 March 2009 Essar Oil to acquire 50 per cent in Kenya Petroleum Refinery 26 March 2009 IBM retains interest in Satyam 26 March 2009 Tata Tea, EBRD to jointly acquire 51 per cent in Russia's Grand 26 March 2009 GAIL to hive off marketing business 26 March 2009 B K Modi can challenge Satyam bid, says legal expert 26 March 2009 Nokia takes minority stake in mobile phone payment application developer 25 March 2009 GoAir denies merger talks with SpiceJet 25 March 2009 Novartis makes open offer for 39 per cent in Indian arm 25 March 2009 Tata Communications sells Rs424-crore worth stake in Tata Tele to NTT Docomo 25 March 2009 After iGate, Spice Group may pull out of Satyam bidding 25 March 2009 Lenders may give OZ time amid Minmetals bid 24 March 2009 Africa’s No 1 fixed-line phone operator Telkom may sell off cable TV unit 24 March 2009 BG Energy acquires control of Pure Energy after acquiring Arrow Energy's stake 24 March 2009 Oracle to buy drug software maker for undisclosed sum 24 March 2009 CF Industries nixes Agrium’s improved offer; sweetens own offer to Terra 24 March 2009 Washington Mutual Inc sues US bank regulator for over $13 billion 23 March 2009 Vedanta to pay $34 million to raise Malco stake to 93 per cent 23 March 2009 Satyam shortlists L&T, Spice for stake sale as CBI alleges Rs9,600 crore fraud 23 March 2009 M&M to bid for UK van maker LDV 23 March 2009 Canadian oil-sands firm Suncor to acquire Petro-Canada for $13.7 billion 23 March 2009 Hikal plans to take over its own pharma co 23 March 2009 Satyam to shortlist bidders soon 21 March 2009 J&J, GSK, Novartis eye world's top dermatologist Stiefel 21 March 2009 Fiat not to assume Chrysler's debt 21 March 2009 iGate opts out of Satyam bid 20 March 2009 China’s knockout punch to Coke may floor Chinalco in Australia 20 March 2009 Cisco diversifies into video with $590 million acquisition of Pure Digital 20 March 2009 Microsoft still keen on slice of Yahoo: Ballmer 20 March 2009 Telenor takes 33.5 per cent in Unitech Wireless for Rs1,250 crore 20 March 2009 China defends refusing Coke deal 19 March 2009 Valero Energy outbids rivals for VeraSun assets 19 March 2009 Cash-strapped UPC Solar sells assets to Recurrent Energy 19 March 2009 Russian government may buy stake in Sistema's Indian JV: report 18 March 2009 Asarco seeks to settle lawsuits ahead of Sterlite takeover 18 March 2009 M&M hikes stake in South African joint venture to 91 per cent 18 March 2009 US retailer Target finds itself target of proxy fight by activist investor 18 March 2009 Guardian Media Group comes out strongly against Channel 4 - BBC Worldwide merger 18 March 2009 Pfizer raises $13.5-billion debt to part finance Wyeth acquisition 18 March 2009 Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal fuels political storm 18 March 2009 China trips Coke on Huiyuan Juice acquisition 18 March 2009 L&T may team up with buy-out firms for Satyam bid: report 17 March 2009 Telenor to get 67.25 per cent stake in Unitech Wireless 17 March 2009 Bank Muscat to sell its entire stake in HDFC Bank 17 March 2009 LIC raises IOB stake to 9.96 per cent 16 March 2009 Astellas withdraws from race to acquire CV Therapeutics 16 March 2009 AIG discloses bailout recipients 16 March 2009 Cadbury sells Schweppes Beverages to Asahi for $796 million 14 March 2009 China offers Rio Tinto $20-billion loan if Chinalco deal is passed 14 March 2009 Sara Lee stock soars on talks of possible unit sale 14 March 2009 Hill & Knowlton acquires remaining stake in Feedback Hill & Knowlton 14 March 2009 ADAG’s Reliance Money buys 51-per cent stake in No1 Currency 13 March 2009 iGATE registers interest in buying majority stake in Satyam 13 March 2009 Allcargo acquires 5.97-per cent stake in rival Distriparks 13 March 2009 Crayon and HS&P to merge 13 March 2009 Gilead Sciences to acquire CV Therapeutics for $1.4 billion 13 March 2009 Roche clinches Genentech deal for $47 billion 12 March 2009 L&T, M&M, Spice Corporation in race for Satyam 12 March 2009 BNP Paribas plans to give up Fortis brand 12 March 2009 Peter and Indrani Mukerjea to quit INX Media 12 March 2009 Roche calls Genentech’s $112 a share demand unreasonable, may reach agreement on $95 a share 10 March 2009 New Fortis deal will have ‘stable’ impact: BNP Paribas 10 March 2009 Social networks Stardoll and Piczo unite 10 March 2009 CF Industries reject Agrium bid, to continue to pursue Terra 09 March 2009 Merck to acquire Schering- Plough for $41 billion 09 March 2009 Rio Tinto sells US mine for $761 million 09 March 2009 Pfizer sells insulin assets to Anti-diabetes drugmaker MannKind for $33 million 09 March 2009 China’s Valin raises stake in Australian Fortescue Metals 09 March 2009 Satyam kick-starts bidding process for 51 per cent equity sale 09 March 2009 We are clean, Maytas tells BSE 07 March 2009 GAIL takes 9 per cent stake in ONGC Petro-additions 07 March 2009 Brazil and China led in mining M&A deals in 2008: PwC report 07 March 2009 Sterlite to buy US copper mining company Asarco for $1.7 billion 07 March 2009 SEBI puts Satyam bidders net assets at Rs750 crore 07 March 2009 Roche raises Genentech offer from $86.50 to $93 a share 07 March 2009 UK government may raise Lloyds stake to 77 per cent 07 March 2009 Government clears Satyam sale, but bidders await details 07 March 2009 M&M proposes to spin off land, sea defence units 06 March 2009 Satyam gets SEBI nod to sell 51 per cent stake via global bidding 06 March 2009 AB InBev to shed more assets as profits drop 41 per cent 06 March 2009 Helen of Troy to buy out P&G’s hair care division 05 March 2009 Internet services provider VeriSign sells off unit for $230 million 04 March 2009 NRC Handelsblad, De Volkskrant, Het Algemeen Dagblad and Trouw 04 March 2009 General Motors looking to buy Delphi steering unit 03 March 2009 AMD closes The Foundry Company transaction 03 March 2009 AMD spins off manufacturing operations; names new chairman 03 March 2009 First Solar buys OptiSolar projects for $400 million in stock to expand portfolio 03 March 2009 Sterlite likely to slash Asarco bid to $1.5 billion 03 March 2009 Satyam pares its salary bill ahead of bidding 03 March 2009 No hasty decision on Opel, says minister 02 March 2009 Insurance majors IPC Holdings and Max Capital agree to merge 02 March 2009 Beckman to acquire Olympus unit for $800 million 02 March 2009 Merger with Reliance Petro has no rating impact on Reliance Industries: S&P 02 March 2009 Merger to create mammoth refinery; RIL - RPL swap at 1:16 02 March 2009 Satyam bidding to get under way soon: minister 02 March 2009 BG likely to acquire Australia’s Pure Energy after upping bid 28 February 2009 Opel set to break away from GM, Vauxhall also part of the deal 28 February 2009 Panasonic, Sanyo deal runs into rough weather 28 February 2009 Cephalon opens bid for Aussie bio-technology firm Arana 28 February 2009 Japan’s No.2 drugmaker Astellas makes $1-billion hostile bid for US firm CV Therapeutics 28 February 2009 US drug firm Cephalon makes $329 million offer for Australia's Arana 27 February 2009 Reliance Industries to merge Reliance Petroleum 27 February 2009 JPMorgan to eliminate 2,800 WaMu jobs; total rises to 12,000 27 February 2009 TUI rescues Hapag-Lloyd deal with increased stake, sees shares soar 27 February 2009 China National Petroleum to acquire Canada's Verenex Energy for $357 million 27 February 2009 Exelon claims 51 per cent merger approval from NRG shareholders 27 February 2009 Daiichi, Ranbaxy form team to face FDA charges 27 February 2009 Biogen in talks to acquire Acorda for multiple sclerosis pill 25 February 2009 Hostile bid for Terra lands CF Industries in Agrium's crosshairs 25 February 2009 Monnet enters race for Orissa Sponge; agrees to buy 27 per cent 25 February 2009 TNS and Research International combine strengths in custom research 25 February 2009 Abu Dhabi’s IPIC to acquire ailing Canadian chemical maker Nova Chem 25 February 2009 GMR buys 33.5-per cent stake in Canada’s Homeland Energy 25 February 2009 Genentech tells shareholders to reject Roche bid 24 February 2009 Cabinet clears NTT DoCoMo's acquisition of Tata Tele stake 24 February 2009 China invests heavily in Australian miner-Fortescue 24 February 2009 CF Industries launches $2.37-billion hostile bid for rival fertiliser maker Terra 24 February 2009 AC Milan deny stake sale to Manchester City’s Arab owners 24 February 2009 Enel secures $10.34-billion loan for its Endesa bid 24 February 2009 Medtronic buys CoreValue, Ventor Technologies for $1.03 billion 24 February 2009 Satyam board approves bid process 21 February 2009 US senator pushes for Chrysler-Fiat merger 21 February 2009 Government wants to sell 51 per cent in Satyam 21 February 2009 Rio Tinto shareholders plan board room coup; want Jim Leng back 19 February 2009 CLB allows Satyam to start auction for stake sale 19 February 2009 Greens see red in Rio Tinto-Chinalco deal 18 February 2009 Hyundai and Kinetic form Joint Venture for elevators, escalators and parking systems 17 February 2009 US heart pump maker Thoratec acquires Australian counterpart HeartWare for $282 million 16 February 2009 Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal may run into rough weather 14 February 2009 SEBI amends takeover rules for Satyam 13 February 2009 Chinalco invests $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto to raise stake to 18 per cent 12 February 2009 Mobile2win announces merger with Altruist Technologies 12 February 2009 WPP, world's leading marketing communications group, acquires stake in Smart Media 12 February 2009 UTS Energy fights against Total bid 11 February 2009 Mitsubishi UFG, Morgan Stanley to merge Japan brokerages: report 11 February 2009 NTT DoCoMo to launch open offer for TTML on 19 February 11 February 2009 Bluetooth maker CSR to buy out GPS major SiRF 11 February 2009 PPF ends opposition to Zentiva sale; Sanofi takeover likely 11 February 2009 Government may defer Satyam sale 10 February 2009 Tata Sons pledges shares in 5 group firms to raise Rs6,500 crore 10 February 2009 Danish drugmaker Lundbeck to acquire Ovation of US for $900 million 09 February 2009 GM contemplating taking over Delphi assets: Report 09 February 2009 WPP acquires 90-per cent stake in Italy's H-art 09 February 2009 Piramal Healthcare denies reports of Glaxo, Sanofi bid 07 February 2009 Carl Icahn attempts to get nominees on Biogen board after blockbuster drug drags 07 February 2009 RBS abandons sale of insurance business 06 February 2009 UB may sell bigger chunk to Diageo 06 February 2009 BASF to increase focus on India; may sell leather chemicals business 05 February 2009 Potential buyers await new rules to assess Satyam worth 04 February 2009 Troubled MDS may sell of divisions 03 February 2009 Glam Media to open offices in Mumbai 02 February 2009 $14.4-billion in debt, Schaeffler fails to get government succour 31 January 2009 Rio Tinto sells North American assets to Vale for $1.6 billion 31 January 2009 Amylin shares up as Icahn consolidates stake 31 January 2009 Roche lowers Genentech bid to $42 billion 30 January 2009 Several companies interested in Satyam buyout 30 January 2009 Spice Group offers Rs2,000 crore for 51-per cent Satyam stake 30 January 2009 SABMiller acquires 71 per cent stake in Romanian brewer Bere Azuga 29 January 2009 Satyam gets more suitors; Fidelity picks up 2.5 per cent 29 January 2009 Corus may sell majority stake in UK steel plant for $450 million 29 January 2009 Satyam appoints Goldman Sachs and Avendus as investment bankers 27 January 2009 UB to sell nearly 15 per cent in USL to Diageo 27 January 2009 Pfizer-Wyeth create $68-billion blockbuster deal 27 January 2009 Satyam stake raised to protect investment: A M Naik 27 January 2009 Shareholders see red in BoA-Merrill deal; sue bank 24 January 2009 Hannover Re buys ING-written life portfolio from Scottish Re 24 January 2009 Supreme Court dismisses Vodafone's plea against IT department 23 January 2009 Pfizer in talks to acquire Wyeth for $60 billion 23 January 2009 L&T trebles Satyam stake to 12 per cent as iGATE shows interest 23 January 2009 British software firm Autonomy acquires American peer Interwoven for $775 million 23 January 2009 British government favours Channel 4’s merger with BBC 22 January 2009 L&T denies Satyam proposal reports 22 January 2009 Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev buys London’s Evening Standard newspaper 21 January 2009 Microsoft exits Comcast 21 January 2009 Japan's Kirin buys 43-per cent stake in San Miguel 21 January 2009 HP rewards Mark Hurd with compensation package of $42.5 million for 2008 21 January 2009 Fiat in technology for stock swap deal with Chrysler 21 January 2009 Satyam approached by potential buyers: Tarun Das 20 January 2009 Qualcomm acquires AMD’s handheld business for $65 million 20 January 2009 Chrysler - Fiat small car deal reports spark speculation 20 January 2009 Tata Communications becomes controlling shareholder in Neotel 19 January 2009 UBS to sell commodities business to Barclays 19 January 2009 Ranbaxy affiliate Zenotech objects to open offer pricing 19 January 2009 Bahrain Telecom buys 49% in Chennai-based S Tel 19 January 2009 Though divided Satyam board approved Maytas deal in December 17 January 2009 Citi to split into two after $8.29 billion fourth-quarter loss 16 January 2009 Fertiliser maker CF Holdings makes $2.1 billion bid for rival Terra Industries 16 January 2009 Russian billionaire Lebedev eyeing the London Standard: Reports 16 January 2009 Nuance sells 7 per cent stake to Warburg Pincus 16 January 2009 Chrysler debunks rumours of assets sale 15 January 2009 Rolta falls prey to rumours 15 January 2009 Siemens hammered on sale of IT subsidiary 15 January 2009 Infosys mulling consulting, ERP acquisitions 15 January 2009 Bank of Montreal acquires AIG's Canadian business for $375 million 14 January 2009 Citigroup hives off brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley 14 January 2009 RBS sells Bank of China stake for £1.7 billion 14 January 2009 Toshiba may buy Fujitsu’s hard-disk drive business to emerge as top manufacturer in the world 14 January 2009 Dewan Housing likely to take over IDBI Home Finance 14 January 2009 Exact Sciences rebuffs Sequenom's $41 million buyout offer 13 January 2009 Abbott Laboratories acquires Advanced Medical Optics in $2.8 billion cash-and-debt deal 12 January 2009 German power utility RWE to buy Dutch counterpart Essent for $13.4 billion 12 January 2009 Verizon completes Alltel deal; to surpass AT&T as US’s largest mobile phone company 10 January 2009 Hearst looking for buyer for Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper 10 January 2009 Radware looking to acquire Nortel unit 09 January 2009 Lehman Brothers looking to spin-off private equity arm 09 January 2009 INX News channel sold 09 January 2009 Cash-strapped Dow Chemical gets EC regulator's nod for Rohm and Haas acquisition 09 January 2009 American pharma major Wyeth looking to acquire Dutch vaccine maker Crucell 08 January 2009 Online broker TD Ameritrade acquires rival thinkorswim for $606 million 08 January 2009 RBS to disinvest in Bank of China 08 January 2009 Taro asks Sun to raise bid; proposes shareholder referendum 06 January 2009 Endo to acquire biopharma firm Indevus for $370 million 06 January 2009 Tech Mahindra eyes Satyam 06 January 2009 NTT DoCoMo awaiting SEBI nod for Tata Tele open offer 05 January 2009 Sun offers to buy Taro shares at a premium 05 January 2009 Daiichi Sankyo announces valuation loss for Ranbaxy acquisition of 359 billion yen 05 January 2009 SBI invests in Mayfair Hotels 05 January 2009 Tata Tele merges tower arm with Quippo in a Rs2,400 deal; plans GSM launch 05 January 2009 Satyam may opt for a merger 05 January 2009 Suzlon sells 10-per cent in Belgian subsidiary 02 January 2009 TCS closes Citi's BPO CGSL acquisition, sees strong pipeline 02 January 2009 Wells Fargo-Wachovia merger completed 01 January 2009 TCS completes acquisition of Citigroup Global Services 31 December 2008 Gati eying small cargo firms in China 31 December 2008 Dow Chemicals attempts to keep $15 billion bid for Rohm & Haas alive: report 31 December 2008 Does Satyam have a suitor? 31 December 2008 Chemicals firm Huntsman Corp. receives last tranche of billion-dollar settlement 31 December 2008 M&M sells 14 per cent Swaraj Mazda stake to Sumitomo for Rs40 crore 30 December 2008 PCCW chairman raises buyout offer for largest HK telecom firm 30 December 2008 Blackstone to pick up 20-25 per cent in NSL Seeds for Rs250-300 crore 30 December 2008 Rolta acquires Piocon Technologies of US 30 December 2008 ONGC completes acquisition of Imperial Energy 30 December 2008 Suzlon raises REpower stake to 73.71 per cent 30 December 2008 Packer set to sell family cattle stations for A$425million 30 December 2008 Change in Satyam's management likely as 3 directors quit 30 December 2008 Core Projects acquires part of Princeton Review for $20 million 29 December 2008 Investors may dump scandal-hit Satyam 27 December 2008 Oil drilling maker FMC acquires stake in deep-ocean robotics company for $116 million 26 December 2008 NTT DoCoMo defers open offer for Tata Teleservices 26 December 2008 Cadbury sells Australian drinks business for $808 million 24 December 2008 GE Money sells Wizard to Aussie Home Loans, Commonwealth Bank to buy $2.7 billion in mortgages 24 December 2008 Fortis Healthcare plans rights issue to raise Rs2,000 crore for acquisitions 24 December 2008 Denver-based ProLogis sells Chinese operations, Japanese stake for $1.3 billion 24 December 2008 A year of failed mergers and acquisitions 24 December 2008 Piramal buys US-based Minrad to strengthen its position in anesthetics 24 December 2008 Morgan Stanley Private Equity acquires minority stake in Biotor India 24 December 2008 Indian tea company Sapat eyes UK tea and coffee retailer Whittard 23 December 2008 Wipro acquires Citi Technology Services for $127 million 23 December 2008 Top P E fiirms reported to be in Sulzon stake deal: report 23 December 2008 Bajaj family dispute nears settlement 23 December 2008 Check point to acquire Nokia's security appliance business 23 December 2008 UK government in dilemma over JLR bailout 23 December 2008 Alcoa emerges top aluminum producer after Swedish stake-swap 23 December 2008 Aer Lingus rejects Ryanair's Euro 750 million bid 22 December 2008 UBS sells off units to JPMorgan 22 December 2008 EDF obtains antitrust approval of British Energy acquisition 22 December 2008 GlaxoSmithKline acquires Bristol-Myers Squibb Pakistan 22 December 2008 Munich Re to buy AIG unit for a bargain price of $742 million 22 December 2008 Malvinder gets additional charge of chairman in reconstituted Ranbaxy board 20 December 2008 Wal-Mart to acquire biggest Chilean retailer 20 December 2008 Dispute on stake ownership led to collpse of BA-Qantas merger talks 20 December 2008 Panasonic to acquire Sanyo for $9 billion 19 December 2008 Dassault Aviation picks up Alcatel-Lucent's Thales Stake 19 December 2008 Yahoo acquires stake in Indian tele-information service provider 19 December 2008 Hasbro drops Scrabulous lawsuit against Agarwallas 19 December 2008 Wyeth acquires British biotech firm 19 December 2008 Tata Group hikes stake in Steel Strip Wheels to 13.5 per cent 18 December 2008 EDF Group acquires controlling stake in US nuclear giant Constellation Energy 18 December 2008 Australia’s AWB and ABB Grain call off merger talks 18 December 2008 Panasonic to acquire Sanyo stake from Goldman Sachs, Daiwa, Sumitomo Mitsui for ¥131 18 December 2008 British Airways, Qantas fail to agree on merger terms 18 December 2008 EDF close to sealing deal with Constellation Energy trumping Buffett’s offer 17 December 2008 UK government to sell part stake of Royal Mail to TNT 17 December 2008 Shareholder revolt forces Satyam to dump Maytas bid 17 December 2008 Colgate buys supplier to improve control on supply chain 17 December 2008 Suzlon gets a new repayment schedule 17 December 2008 Possible consolidation in steel sector likely in 2010, say analysts 17 December 2008 HCL completes Axon acquisition 16 December 2008 MAN acquires Brazil-based VW Truck & Bus 16 December 2008 Kerkorian sells Las Vegas casino-hotel property for $500 million 16 December 2008 EMS Technologies acquires in-flight internet provider for $40 million 16 December 2008 UK Sugar maker ABF buys Spanish sugar unit for $519 million 16 December 2008 SRF Polymers to sell businesses to SRF for Rs151.60 crore 15 December 2008 Tata Steel to merge Corus by Sept '09: report 15 December 2008 Grupo Bimbo acquires US subsidiary of Canada’s George Weston for $2.4 billion 11 December 2008 Largest private-equity deal called off on solvency measures 11 December 2008 CRISIL divests stake in UK subsidiary Gas Strategies Group 10 December 2008 M&As to stall at a third in 2009; government-sponsored deals to dominate 10 December 2008 OVL gets cabinet nod for Imperial bid 09 December 2008 Speculation persists on China Petro's interest in Santos 09 December 2008 InBev slashes US workforce a month after completing Anheuser-Busch buy 09 December 2008 Bain Capital may acquire Reed Elsevier arm for $1 billion 08 December 2008 IOC-BRPL merger expected to be cleared soon 08 December 2008 Merger talks to create world’s largest exchange group inconclusive 08 December 2008 Santos denies takeover move by CNPC 08 December 2008 Lufthansa acquires debt-ridden Austrian Airlines 08 December 2008 Chinese coal miner eyes Australia’s Felix Resources 08 December 2008 Vodafone could see $3-billion evaporate 06 December 2008 Resolution raises £600 million war chest for acquisitions 06 December 2008 Vodafone verdict to impact other M&A deals 06 December 2008 Insurance company Prudential looking to sell off stake in brokerage JV with Wachovia 05 December 2008 Capital One wards off Citigroup to acquire Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million 04 December 2008 Sinopec extends $1.8 billion takeover bid for Tanganyika Oil 04 December 2008 Vodafone loses petition over $2-billion tax claim 03 December 2008 EDF bids $4.5 billion for 50 per cent of Constellation nuclear assets 03 December 2008 New suitor eyes Yahoo 03 December 2008 British Airways, Qantas in merger talks 02 December 2008 Ryanair renews bid for Aer Lingus 02 December 2008 IAG raises general insurance stake in Malaysian joint venture 01 December 2008 Viacom promoter Sumner Redstone sells controlling stake in Midway Games to ease debt pressures 01 December 2008 J&J buys breast implant maker Mentor Corp for $1.07 billion 01 December 2008 Blackstone forms new unit with CMS; appoints Former Actis partner Rajiv Kaul as head 01 December 2008 Aon Corporation announces major restructuring after Benfield acquisition 01 December 2008 Citigroup fund to acquire road operator arm of Spanish construction major for $10 billion 01 December 2008 AIG offloads private banking arm for $254 million 01 December 2008 American electronics distributor Avnet buys Japanese firm Nippon Denso Industry 01 December 2008 Plethico to take 20 per cent stake in CIS drug maker 29 November 2008 Collapsed retailer Woolies’ stores to be sold off by Christmas 29 November 2008 Icahn raises stake in Yahoo 29 November 2008 Australia’s AWB, ABB Grain talk merger 29 November 2008 Suzuki launches high-end bikes in India; plans to buy out JV partner 28 November 2008 Schaeffler in talks to sell Continental AG stake 28 November 2008 Fed approves Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch 27 November 2008 BCE's buyout deal in jeopardy as KPMG audit ups debt load 27 November 2008 BHP Billiton bullish despite crisis 27 November 2008 Cerberus wants to sell back Chrysler; asks Daimler to repay $7.2 billion 27 November 2008 Sun Pharma's US arm acquires Chattem 27 November 2008 Porsche puts Volkswagen acquisition plans on hold 27 November 2008 NRG tells shareholders to reject Exelon's $6 Billion bid 26 November 2008 Dabur acquires Fem Care for Rs203 crore 26 November 2008 Rio may sell stakes in key projects to China to shed debt 25 November 2008 `Russia not seeking stake in Imperial Energy' 25 November 2008 Johnson & Johnson acquires Omrix Biopharmaceuticas for $465 million 25 November 2008 BHP Billiton abandons bid for Rio Tinto 25 November 2008 King Pharma to acquire Alpharma for around $1.6 billion 25 November 2008 Udvar-Hazy led management group to re-acquire ILFC from AIG 24 November 2008 Philips India buys X-ray machines manufacturer Meditronics 22 November 2008 IBM, Wipro eye a piece of Polaris: report 21 November 2008 Coca-Cola Amtel fails to realise bid's real value: Lion Nathan 19 November 2008 Yin, Yang and Yahoo! 19 November 2008 EU antitrust authorities concerned over proposed BHP-Rio Tinto merger 19 November 2008 Bank of America to nearly double China Construction Bank stake 18 November 2008 Godrej eying acquisitions in emerging markets 18 November 2008 US mining companies Cliffs and Alpha call off merger 18 November 2008 Lion Nathan makes $4.9-billion abortive bid for Coca-Cola Amatil 17 November 2008 Russia's Novolipetsk Steel backs out of John Maneely deal; faces law suit 17 November 2008 Applied Materials ends bid to acquire ASM International 15 November 2008 InBeV asked to sell Labatt before acquiring Anheuser-Busch 15 November 2008 DoCoMo to buy 26 per cent in Tata Tele for $2.7 billion 12 November 2008 Mitsubishi Rayon acquires American rival Lucite for $1.6 billion 12 November 2008 Sirius XM Radio takes a $4.8 billion hit on new acquisition, blames sluggish auto sales 11 November 2008 Cemex sells plant in Canary Islands to reduce debt frrom Rinker acquisition 11 November 2008 Rebuffed by Wachovia, Citigroup looks to acquire regional bank 10 November 2008 Sun Pharma extends offer for Taro till 19 December 10 November 2008 NRG Energy rejects $6.2 billion unsolicited bid from Exelon Corp. as undervalued 10 November 2008 Panasonic looking to acquire Sanyo to create Japan’s largest electronics company 08 November 2008 AT&T to buy rural rival Centennial for $944 million 08 November 2008 Daiichi Sankyo completes Ranbaxy acquisition 07 November 2008 Once spurned Microsoft plays hard-to-get after Yahoo offer 07 November 2008 Happy with Novelis despite downturn: Kumar Mangalam Birla 07 November 2008 Russian regulators clear ONGC bid for Imperial Energy 07 November 2008 SanDisk cuts 15 per cent of its workforce 07 November 2008 Hindalco raises $982 million overseas to repay Novelis loan 07 November 2008 National Lampoon acquires BarackObamaJokes.com 06 November 2008 Corn Products rethinks acquisition by Bunge 06 November 2008 Suzlon seeks new payment schedule for Martifer's REpower stake 05 November 2008 EU regulators file objections to BHP - Rio Tinto merger 05 November 2008 GM-Chrysler merger talks hinge on US Presidential elections 04 November 2008 UK power utility Centrica launches £2.2 billion to fund proposed stake purchase in British Energy 04 November 2008 Panasonic in talks to acquire its rival, Sanyo 03 November 2008 Logitech to acquire net video communications services provider SightSpeed 30 October 2008 PepsiCo to acquire Canadian seed firm Spitz to expand frito-Lay range 30 October 2008 HIG Capital acquires specialty chemicals company Petroferm 30 October 2008 Outbound M&A deals lose 76 per cent valuation between April-August '08 29 October 2008 AMD divests digital TV business to Broadcom for $141.5 million in cash 29 October 2008 CenturyTel acquires Embarq for $11.6 billion in all-stock deal 27 October 2008 Chrysler axes 5,000 jobs amid merger talks with GM 27 October 2008 Volkswagen shares surge on news of Porsche’s intent to increase stake 27 October 2008 Russian authorities block Google’s acquisition of online advertising company 27 October 2008 Suntory to acquire Frucor from Danone for €600 million 25 October 2008 Hanwha to take 50.4 per cent in Daewoo Shipbuilding for around $4.5 billion 25 October 2008 JPMorgan chief receives death threats over WaMu deal 24 October 2008 European regulators may object to BHP-Rio merger 24 October 2008 MeadWestVaco acquires Ranjangaon-based Wadco Packaging 24 October 2008 PE firms still interested in Australian transport infrastructure group Asciano 23 October 2008 Australian energy group Aviva merges with Canadian mining company NEMI 23 October 2008 Austrian Airlines stake sale doubtful as potential investors seek time to evaluate bids 23 October 2008 Sierra Nevada Corporation to acquire rocket motor maker SpaceDev for $38 million 22 October 2008 Toshiba's SanDisk deal forces Samsung to abandon $5.85-billion bid 22 October 2008 Glaxo acquires oral care product Biotene for $170 million 22 October 2008 GM looks at overseas funds to finance Chrysler acquisition: report 22 October 2008 Sarkozy calls for European sovereign funds to buy European stocks 22 October 2008 UK insurance giant Prudential confirms interest in AIG’s Asian assets 22 October 2008 Roche confirms plans to acquire remaining 44 per cent in Genentech 21 October 2008 HSBC to acquire 89 per cent in Indonesia's Bank Ekonomi for $680 million 21 October 2008 SanDisk fends off Samsung advances with $1 billion Toshiba deal 20 October 2008 Daiichi acquires 52.5 per cent in Ranbaxy 20 October 2008 PE firm CVC and Swiss Re come to bid for RBS insurance Direct Line: Report 20 October 2008 Shree Renuka Sugars acquires majority stake in Gokak Sugars 20 October 2008 Exelon offers to acquire NRG Energy in $6.2-billion all-stock deal 20 October 2008 EDF abandons $6.24 billion bid for American utility Constellation Energy 17 October 2008 Emami buys out Parikh stake for Rs243 crore; raises Zandu stake to 50 per cent 16 October 2008 IBM opens ILOG tender offer 15 October 2008