M&A
Hershey reportedly mulling $17 billion solo bid for Cadbury
21 November 2009
Dutch government to invest $6.6 billion more in ABN AMRO-Fortis
20 November 2009
Reckitt Benckiser may merge with Colgate-Palmolive: report
19 November 2009
JP Morgan buys rest of Cazenove joint venture for $1.7 billion
19 November 2009
Hershey, Ferrero to rival Kraft’s bid for Cadbury
19 November 2009
Public sector bank consolidation discussed at bankers' meet
19 November 2009
Bosch announces one US acquisition, two in Germany
18 November 2009
L&T sells petrol dispenser business to Gilbarco of US
18 November 2009
Devon Energy plans to raise up to $7.5 billion through asset sales
18 November 2009
Goodrich Corporation signs agreement to acquire Atlantic Inertial Systems
17 November 2009
Canon to acquire Dutch printer maker Océ for $1.1 billion
17 November 2009
Citigroup to sell stake in Bellsystem24 to Bain Capital for $1.12 billion
16 November 2009
Bristol-Myers to divest Mead Johnson for $7.69 billion
16 November 2009
Vodafone-Essar buys controlling stake in Dhabi’s African operations
16 November 2009
Emami acquires Lakshmibilas
16 November 2009
Sterlite loses Asarco as US judge rules in favour of Grupo Mexico
16 November 2009
Vivendi trumps Telefonica on GVT buyout with $4.2 billion offer
16 November 2009
Hollywood’s MGM puts itself up for sale
14 November 2009
Cox & Kings keen to consolidate through global acquisitions
14 November 2009
GM repays €200 million Opel loan to Germany
14 November 2009
HDFC buys Credila stake for education loans foray
14 November 2009
Korea’s GS Home Shopping buys 15-per cent stake in HomeShop18
14 November 2009
PVR to acquire DLF’s DT Cinemas in cash and stock deal
13 November 2009
Motorola explores three-way split
13 November 2009
JP Financial Services' open offer for Golden Tobacco due on 30 December
13 November 2009
US cable operator Liberty Global to acquire Germany’s Unitymedia for $3 billion
13 November 2009
L&T sells 2.31 per cent of its Mahindra Satyam holding
13 November 2009
United Technologies to acquire GE Security for $1.82 billion
13 November 2009
Playboy again reportedly up for sale
13 November 2009
British Airways and Iberia agree to $7 billion merger
13 November 2009
Aurbindo to merge subsidiary Trident Life Sciences Ltd
13 November 2009
KOEL to exit joint ventures with stake sale to Kirloskar Systems
12 November 2009
TVS Logistics to acquire Multipart Holding of UK, plans IPO
12 November 2009
Essar becomes largest cold steel roller with completion of Shree Precoated Steel acquisition
12 November 2009
Infosys BPO to acquire outstanding interests of McCarmish Systems
12 November 2009
Shree Renuka Sugars to acquire Brazilian Vale Do Ivai Rs1,112 crore
12 November 2009
HP to acquire networking-gear maker 3Com for $2.7 billion
12 November 2009
Google to acquire ad firm AdMob
11 November 2009
Thomson Reuters under EC's monopoly abuse probe
11 November 2009
RIL scouts for global acquisitions
11 November 2009
Logitech acquires LifeSize Communications for $405 million
11 November 2009
E.ON sells German power grid to TenneT for $1.65 billion
11 November 2009
Tandberg shareholders want Cisco to sweeten bid
10 November 2009
EU regulator lists objections to Oracle-Sun merger
10 November 2009
Kraft goes hostile with original offer
10 November 2009
Electronic Arts buys Playfish for $400 million
10 November 2009
Enzon to sell specialty pharma business
09 November 2009
Northrop Grumman to sell TASC for $1.65 billion to fund share repurchase
09 November 2009
Infosys sets up second LatAm centre; eyes acquisitions in Europe, US
09 November 2009
Suncor plans to sell assets worth $3.7 billion
09 November 2009
RIM announces $1.2 billion share buyback
07 November 2009
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
Unions to oppose GM-Chrysler alliance
15 October 2008
GMR acquires 50-per cent stake in InterGen for $954 million
15 October 2008
Tata Motors acquires majority stake in Norwegian electric car firm Miljø Grenland
14 October 2008
Hapag-Lloyd sold for $6 billion to German investors; Kuehne takes 25.1 per cent
14 October 2008
Iberia ups stake in British Airways
14 October 2008
Chipmaker Vishay abandons hostile $1.7 billion bid for International Rectifier
14 October 2008
Credit squeeze ends WM's $6.73-billion hostile bid for Republic
14 October 2008
Tatas in the running for Ford's proposed Mazda stake sale
13 October 2008
Wells Fargo’s buyout of Wachovia cleared
11 October 2008
Mahindra & Mahindra to acquire Australian aerospace firm: Report
11 October 2008
GM in talks with Chrysler, Ford
11 October 2008
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
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
Citi seeks $60-billion damages from Wells Fargo
06 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
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
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
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
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
Nomura acquires Lehman's Asia arm for $225 million
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
Greenberg tries a second coming at AIG
17 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Roche makes a $43.7-billion bid for Genentech
21 July 2008
UltraTech looking for coal mines in Indonesia, South Africa
19 July 2008
Gazprom buys 25 per cent stake in Rosneft's gas project
19 July 2008
MTN may go back to Bharti for an alliance: reports
19 July 2008
Major shareholder supports Yahoo CEO against Carl Icahn
19 July 2008
No1 generic drugs maker Teva acquires rival Barr Pharma for $7.46 billion
18 July 2008
IFFCO takes a stake in Australian phosphate miner
18 July 2008
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance to acquire The New Saraji Coal Project
18 July 2008
Merrill Lynch to sell 20 per cent Bloomberg stake for $4.5 billion
17 July 2008
Suez, GDF shareholders agree to $159-billion merger
17 July 2008
Korea’s SK Telecom in talks to acquire Sprint Nextel
17 July 2008
Iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs buys coal supplier Alpha Natural for $10 billion
16 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys out scrap metal firm Rolanfer
16 July 2008
Continental rejects Schaeffler's $17.8 billion takeover offer
16 July 2008
SRF to acquire South Africa's Industex Technical Textiles
16 July 2008
Sun Pharma extends Taro tender offer
16 July 2008
Mark Mobius objects to Sun's acquisition of Taro
16 July 2008
Goldman - PAI acquire German building materials firm Xella
16 July 2008
Kazakhmys dismisses talk of Metalloinvest reverse takeover
16 July 2008
Microsemi acquires semiconductor firm Semicoa for $25 million
16 July 2008
MTN denies going back to Bharti
15 July 2008
Imperial confirms interest in a possible £12.90 a share offer from ONGC
15 July 2008
Waste Management tries to scuttle Republic-Allied Waste deal with $6.2 billion offer for the latter
15 July 2008
Royal Dutch Shell to buy Canada’s Duvernay Oil Corp. for $5.87 billion
15 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys out partner Primex in Turkish JV Uginox
14 July 2008
Hong Kong’s PCCW seeks to sell 45 per cent stake in HKT Group for $2.5 billion
14 July 2008
Continental AG in talks with parts maker Schaeffler for a $19 billion sale
14 July 2008
ONGC in bid to acquire Russia's Imperial Energy
14 July 2008
Tata Steel eyes iron ore mine in Western Australia
14 July 2008
Yahoo rejects Microsoft - Icahn plan; moots full acquisition
14 July 2008
ArcelorMittal takes over its stainless service joint venture with Primex
14 July 2008
InBev acquires Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion; Budweiser to be flagship brand
14 July 2008
Google CEO Eric Schmidt bats for “independent” Yahoo, slams Microsoft’s bid
12 July 2008
Sinosteel acquires controlling stake in Australian miner Midwest
12 July 2008
Spice Mobile on a high as reports ring in takeover rumours
11 July 2008
InBev and Anheuser-Busch cease fire; in friendly talks
11 July 2008
Chemicals maker Ashland buys peer Hercules for $3.3 billion
11 July 2008
Citigroup sells German unit to France's Credit Mutuel for $7.8 billion
11 July 2008
Taro advises shareholders against Sun's open offer
11 July 2008
DSM acquires Valley Research to strengthen food enzymes activities
11 July 2008
GE extends appliances divestment to entire consumer and industrial group
11 July 2008
Novartis to buy Swiss biotech company Speedel for $880 million
11 July 2008
Canada’s Agrium buys 70-per cent stake in CMF for $50 million-plus
11 July 2008
Dow Chemical acquires Rohm & Haas for $18.8 billion
10 July 2008
Tata-Birla row over Idea goes for arbitration
10 July 2008
GfK mulls sweetened all-cash bid to rescue TNS from hostile bid by WPP
10 July 2008
AGL acquires stake in geothermal power firm Torrens Energy; inks JV pact
10 July 2008
UAE fund completes purchase of majority stake in New York’s Chrysler Building
10 July 2008
HC reserves ruling on Vodafone-IT dispute for next week
10 July 2008
American drugmaker Eli Lilly buys biotech company SGX Pharma for $64 million
09 July 2008
KPIT Cummins acquires mechanical design services business of Harita TVS Technologies
09 July 2008
UK energy utility Centrica buys stakes in Norwegian gas and oil fields for $416 million
09 July 2008
NBC ties up with private equity partners to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion
09 July 2008
Hedge fund Harbinger makes multi-billion dollar bid for satellite operator Inmarsat
09 July 2008
PPG to sell controlling interest in auto glass business to Kohlberg & Company
09 July 2008
Reliance Communications, MTN extend talks till July 21
09 July 2008
Anheuser-Busch drags InBev to court
09 July 2008
Ahmedabad-based Veeda Oncology acquires International Oncology Network Clinical Research
08 July 2008
Idea acquires over 281 million shares in Spice for Rs2,176 crore
08 July 2008
Icahn spearheads new move to enable acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft
08 July 2008
MTN-Reliance Comm deal may be lost in the Mukesh-Anil feud
08 July 2008
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Cleantech Fund and London's Virgin Green Fund acquire US waste recyler DuraTherm
08 July 2008
Canadian miner Inmet bids for partner Petaquilla Coppers' stake for $338 million
08 July 2008
Novartis completes first step acquisition of 25-per cent stake in Alcon from Nestlé
08 July 2008
China Oilfield to acquire Awilco for $2.5 billion
07 July 2008
Fresenius to acquire APP Pharmaceuticals in $3.7-billion deal
07 July 2008
VVF Ltd acquires Henkel’s soap manufacturing plant in Poland
07 July 2008
Suzlon-Arcapita Bk JV to buy Honiton Energy
07 July 2008
MTN-Reliance exclusivity period may be extended
07 July 2008
L&T bags power order worth Rs446 crore; to demerge ECC division into four
07 July 2008
UB to to raise brewing capacity by 20 per cent; Shaw Wallace integration underway
07 July 2008
Microsoft to acquire entire stake in its Israel-specific portal
07 July 2008
Renault-Nissan CEO sees consolidation in auto industry
07 July 2008
BSkyB eyeing $3.9-billion bid for Digital+
05 July 2008
Panacea Biotec takes 75 per cent in Umkal to enter healthcare sector
05 July 2008
Carborundum to take 51 per cent in South Africa's Foskor Zirconia
05 July 2008
Cadila Healthcare to demerge consumer products division into Carnation, merge Zydus Hospitals with itself
05 July 2008
EU warns of tough scrutiny of BHP's takeover of Rio Tinto
05 July 2008
Bell Canada in world’s largest leveraged buyout
05 July 2008
Battle for market research firm TNS heats up; GfK approves merger while WPP threatens to go hostile
05 July 2008
Sony spins-off Field Emission Technologies, looks to acquire Pioneer's plasma panel factory in Japan
05 July 2008
GE Aviation buys Czech turboprop engine maker for $70 million odd
05 July 2008
Origin Energy spurns BG's $13.3 billion hostile bid
04 July 2008
UK's Shire acquires maker of Firazyr, Jerini AG
04 July 2008
Archies in stake-sale talks with Videocon
04 July 2008
BHP clears US regulatory hurdle for Rio deal; doubles iron ore prices
04 July 2008
$6.1-billion Penn Gaming leveraged buyout called off
04 July 2008
Vodafone acquires 70 per cent in Ghana Telecom for $900 million
03 July 2008
Huntsman files counterclaims; extends deadline for $11-billion Hexion deal
03 July 2008
RCOM evaluates other means to merge with MTN
03 July 2008
Piramal Healthcare acquires PlasmaSelect's polygeline product Haemaccel
03 July 2008
British Airways acquires French business-class carrier L’Avion for $107 million
02 July 2008
Starbucks reverses expansion; to close 600 company-operated stores in the US
02 July 2008
Glenmark acquires 7 pharmaceutical brands in Poland
02 July 2008
Modern Dairies to sell 4.65 million shares to IFC for Rs28 crore
02 July 2008
Microsoft buys internet start-up Powerset for around $100 million
02 July 2008
Amtek Auto may acquire Germany's KSM Castings
02 July 2008
Fortune 500 lender CIT Group sells off units for $1.8 billion to exit home lending
02 July 2008
Hedge fund shareholder DE Shaw & Co to try to rescue Huntsman – Hexion deal
01 July 2008
OnMobile acquires European speech technology and language processing software provider Telisma
01 July 2008
The UK government mulling stake sale in defence research company QinetiQ: Report
01 July 2008
American food company Del Monte offloads seafood business for $363 million
01 July 2008
Tyson Foods acquires controlling stake in Godrej Foods
30 June 2008
France Telecom drops bid for Sweden’s TeliaSonera, sees shares rise 13 per cent
30 June 2008
Corus moves EC against Rio bid as ArcelorMittal eyes stake
30 June 2008
French cosmetics maker's majority stakeholder makes $3.6-billion buyout offer
30 June 2008
Posco acquires 10 per cent in Australian miner Macarthur; blocks ArcelorMittal's take-over chances
30 June 2008
Idea to launch open offer for Spice on 22 August
30 June 2008
Unitech to sell 26 per cent in telecom arm; raise Rs11,000 crore from market
28 June 2008
Momentum behind forest, paper and packaging deals set to continue driven by sustainability trends: PwC
28 June 2008
NEC to Acquire NetCracker, a Leader in Operations Support Systems
28 June 2008
Doughty Hanson to acquire wind turbine brakes maker Svendborg Brakes for €460 million
28 June 2008
Toyota increases stake in carmaker Subaru
28 June 2008
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp takes set-top box maker NDS private in multi-part deal
28 June 2008
Virgin Mobile acquires Helios to enter postpaid zone
28 June 2008
InBev talks tough after Anheuser-Busch rejects overtures; may increase offer
27 June 2008
Yahoo shakes up management structure ahead of shareholders’ meet
27 June 2008
Bank of America-Countrywide merger to cost 7,500 jobs
27 June 2008
Morgan Stanley acquires majority stake in Learning Care Group
27 June 2008
Microsoft to acquire MobiComp
27 June 2008
Esmark falls for Severstals' revised $775 million bid; Essar withdraws offer
26 June 2008
MTN aims to become a major internet player by acquiring Verizon South Africa
26 June 2008
Sun goes ahead with Taro acquisition; files suit in US court
26 June 2008
Anheuser-Busch may reject $46.3 billion InBev bid
26 June 2008
Yahoo stock rises on news of renewed Microsoft talks
25 June 2008
Singapore fund to buy 25.4 per cent in S Kumar's Reid & Taylor for Rs900 crore
25 June 2008
M&M's used car arm First Choice sells 10 per cent to Phi Advisors for Rs80 crore
25 June 2008
Tata Communications to hike stake in South Africa's Neotel to 56 per cent
25 June 2008
GMR Infrastructure acquires 50-per cent stake in InterGen N V for $1 billion
25 June 2008
Idea to buy 40.8 per cent in Spice Communications for Rs3,240 crore
25 June 2008
Intel Spins off Solar Energy Technology; Intel Capital Invests in SpectraWatt
25 June 2008
Nokia to buy out Symbian partners for $410 million
25 June 2008
NYSE Euronext to buy 25 per cent in Doha exchange for $250 million
24 June 2008
Lone Star chief cleared of stock manipulation, may accelerate HSBC purchase of KEB
24 June 2008
BG goes hostile with its $13.15 billion bid for Australia's Origin Energy
24 June 2008
Ospraie-led investor gropup acquires ConAgra Trade Group; supplemental share buyback authorised
24 June 2008
Hellman and Friedman part of Informa bid consortium
24 June 2008
Oracle to acquire insurance software company Skywire Software
24 June 2008
Safran bid for Digimarc Division challenges L-1
24 June 2008
Struggling Norwegian newsprint maker Norske Skog sells two Korean paper mills to PE funds
24 June 2008
GMR group to acquire ONGC stake in Kakinada refinery
23 June 2008
Expro defends keeping out Halliburton
23 June 2008
Hutch deal not taxable in India, claims Vodafone
23 June 2008
Xstrata matches Crosby's $540 million bid for Indophil stake
23 June 2008
Bunge to acquire Corn Products in $4.8-billion share swap deal
23 June 2008
Nokia buys social networking company Plazes
23 June 2008
No 3 US waste haulier Republic to acquire larger rival Allied Waste in $6.24-billion deal
23 June 2008
Reliance acquires polyester plant in US; plans to invest $215 million
23 June 2008
Imperial Tobacco to cut 2,400 jobs as it integrates Altadis's operations
23 June 2008
Singapore shipping company Neptune seeks $5 loan to buy German firm
23 June 2008
Zentiva turns down PPF subsidiary Anthiarose as Sanofi makes rival bid
23 June 2008
Johnson & Johnson Nordic AB acquires Åmic
23 June 2008
World's largest leveraged buyout gets Canadian Supreme Court nod
21 June 2008
France Telecom may sweeten bid for TeliaSonera, but only just
21 June 2008
Advanta acquires seed business of US firm Limagrain
20 June 2008
Taro sues Sun Pharma again; alleges plan to block sale of Irish arm
20 June 2008
Telenor exploring acquisition opportunities, figures among Top 2 in Pakistan
20 June 2008
Monsanto to acquire Central American corn seed company Semillas Cristiani Burkard
20 June 2008
Bain Capital to buy Denon and Marantz maker D&M Holdings
20 June 2008
China's largest mobile handsets maker Huawei considers divesting stake to US private equity firms
20 June 2008
Rumours of takeover bid lifts Anglo American, other mining stocks
19 June 2008
Microsoft acquires Navic Networks
19 June 2008
Huntsman says Hexion management trying to scuttle merger
19 June 2008
LIC may offload Ranbaxy stake as it rejigs investment portfolio
19 June 2008
Hexion files suit to cancel its $10.6 billion Huntsman deal
19 June 2008
Top two shareholders, including Sanofi-Aventis, launch competing bids for Czech drugmaker Zentiva
19 June 2008
Providence private equity group tries for Informa after merger talks with UBM fall through
19 June 2008
Private equity firm Accel-KKR sponsors software acquisitions arm
18 June 2008
SAP to acquire Visiprise
18 June 2008
Ashok Leyland may divest stake in Nissan joint venture
18 June 2008
Anil Ambani eyeing 40 per cent in MTN: Report
18 June 2008
Tata Communications to acquire 50-per cent stake in China Enterprise Communications
18 June 2008
Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Actimis Pharmaceuticals
18 June 2008
Reliance Steel & Aluminum to acquire PNA Group for $1.1 billion
18 June 2008
SPI may sell its $3 billion Stolichnaya vodka brand
17 June 2008
Daiichi to make open offer for Ranbaxy on August 8
16 June 2008
Siemens acquires third largest Spanish electrical installations company
16 June 2008
Icahn coming around to Google-Yahoo deal?
16 June 2008
ArcelorMittal buys Bayou Steel of the US; hikes stake in Turkey's Erdemir
16 June 2008
Microsoft opposes Yahoo-Google deal, reveals another rejected stake plus search offer
14 June 2008
Ambanis brawl over RCom's MTN deal
14 June 2008
InBev’s bid for Budweiser parent ignites nationalist sentiments in the US
14 June 2008
Report on Pfizer move buoys Ranbaxy stock to a 3-year high
13 June 2008
SABMiller acquires Russia's LLC Vladpivo
13 June 2008
Yahoo strikes $800-million ad deal with Google, ends talks with Microsoft
13 June 2008
Esmark rejects Severstal bid, accepts Essar's revised $750 million offer
13 June 2008
Abu Dhabi fund looking to buy New York’s iconic Chrysler Building for $800 million
13 June 2008
Biotechnology giant Invitrogen plans to acquire peer Applied Biosystems for $6.7 billion
12 June 2008
Sterlite has US government backing for Asarco acquisition
12 June 2008
Behind the Ranbaxy sale
12 June 2008
InBev bids for US brewer Anheuser-Busch for $46.3 billion
12 June 2008
Nuon buys ConocoPhillips's stake in 35 gas field's through acquisition of Burlington Resources
12 June 2008
Essar to trump Severstal with a $19 per share offer for Esmark
12 June 2008
3M buys German dental care company for undisclosed sum
12 June 2008
Goldman Sachs buys 93,000 German apartments for $1.2 billion to give out on rent
12 June 2008
Gammon India takes controlling stakes in two Italian firms
11 June 2008
Staples to acquire Corporate Express for $2.65 billion; form world's top office supplier
11 June 2008
This is the start of a much larger game
11 June 2008
Esmark to decide on Severstal's $1.24-billion offer by 13 June
11 June 2008
Ranbaxy struck deal at appropriate time: PwC
11 June 2008
Japan's Daiichi Sankyo to acquire majority stake in Ranbaxy
11 June 2008
Shareholders offer to sell half of Ford Motor's stock to Kerkorian
11 June 2008
Cisco to acquire Danish video technology company DiviTech for undisclosed sum
11 June 2008
Grasim to sell sponge iron unit to Welspun Power for Rs1,030 crore
11 June 2008
XTO Energy to buy Hunt Petroleum in $4.19 billion cash-stock deal
10 June 2008
Medical equipment manufacturer Hologic buys Third Wave for $580 million
10 June 2008
Tata Motors plans more acquisitions; to raise $1 billion overseas
10 June 2008
Severstal arranges $900 million bridge loan for Esmark bid
09 June 2008
Cognizant acquires Strategic Vision Consulting, strengthens consulting capabilities in media, entertainment
09 June 2008
Applied Materials offers up to $500 million for part of Netherland's ASMI
09 June 2008
Spencer’s partners UK-based Woolworths for Chad Valley toy retail brand
09 June 2008
RComm, MTN in share-swap talks: Reports
09 June 2008
Icahn asks Yahoo to sell to Microsoft for $49.5 billion
07 June 2008
Essar to raise offer for Esmark
07 June 2008
Idea Cellular to help Modi's exit from Spice Communications
07 June 2008
Regulators begin review of BHP's proposal to merge Rio Tinto
07 June 2008
Taro selling Irish assets to thwart merger: Sun Pharma
06 June 2008
Telekom Malaysia may gain management control of Spice
06 June 2008
SABMiller and Molson Coors get antitrust approval for MillerCoors joint venture
06 June 2008
Deere to become world's third largest irrigatipon system maker after Plastro acquisition
06 June 2008
Verizon Wireless signs $28.1-billion acquisition agreement for Alltel
06 June 2008
Disney bridges digital divide, combines digital media and gaming divisions
06 June 2008
Bank of America’s $4-billion acquisition of mortgage lender Countrywide cleared
06 June 2008
Mahindra to acquire Italian engineering and design firm Engines Engineering
05 June 2008
France Telecom makes $42-billion bid for TeliaSonera to become Europe’s No.1
05 June 2008
CVC buys over 25 per cent stake in Evonik for $3.71 billion
05 June 2008
Verizon eyes Alltel in a $27-billion deal
05 June 2008
P&G sells Folgers coffee to J M Smucker in reverse transaction
04 June 2008
Reliance Communications may rope in PE firms for MTN link-up: report
04 June 2008
Novartis buys US drug firm Protez for around $400 million
04 June 2008
Spice Communications looking at options
04 June 2008
Vodafone offers $2.5 billion to increase its stake by 12.5 per cent in South Africa’s Vodacom
04 June 2008
Emami makes open offer for Zandu Pharma at Rs7,315 a share
03 June 2008
Spice willing for Telekom Malaysia raising stake to 74 per cent
03 June 2008
Punj Lloyd acquires 74 per cent stake in UK's Technodyne International
03 June 2008
Yahoo had spurned Microsoft's $40 bid: unsealed court papers
03 June 2008
Bosch to take 50.5 per cent in solar cell maker Ersol for $847 million
02 June 2008
China Unicom to buy fixed line operator Netcom for $23.9 billion in stock
02 June 2008
Mylan Inc. acquires Merck KGaA's central eastern European generics businesses
02 June 2008
Tata Motors becomes new owner of Jaguar, Land Rover
02 June 2008
Crompton Greaves buys French firm Sonomatra for Euro 1.3 million
02 June 2008
Times of India group buys Virgin Radio in UK for $105 million
02 June 2008
Harris Corporation denies offering itself for acquisition
02 June 2008
DP World completes buyout of Chennai Container Terminal
02 June 2008
Sterlite to acquire third-largest US copper producer Asarco for $2.6 billion
31 May 2008
Rocket maker Khrunichev takes control of US-Russian satellite launch firm ILS
31 May 2008
Australia’s Origin Energy rejects A$13.6 billion offer from UK’s BG Group
31 May 2008
United Airlines calls off merger talks with US Airways, looking at Continental alliance
31 May 2008
Kerkorian reasserts faith in Ford; goes ahead with tender offer without escape clause
30 May 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb to buy anti-cancer drug maker Kosan Biosciences for $190 million
30 May 2008
Deere acquires leading drip irrigation company; expands water technologies business
30 May 2008
Zydus Cadila acquires Spanish drug firm Laboratories Combix
30 May 2008
After six months, IFCI looking to sell, again
30 May 2008
MTN eyes 74 per cent in RComm in stock-and-cash deal
30 May 2008
Learning Tree up for sale
29 May 2008
Sun Pharma warns of legal action against Taro for stalling merger
29 May 2008
Yahoo is willing to partner Microsoft, says Yang
29 May 2008
UAE's Ithmar Capital to raise $1 billion for buy-outs
28 May 2008
Tata Motors to raise Rs9,770 crore to fund Jaguar-Land Rover acquisition
28 May 2008
LG, Haier frontrunners for GE appliances unit: Immelt
28 May 2008
SRF to acquire Thai tyre-cord maker Thai Baroda Industries
28 May 2008
Chemtura in talks with PE firms Blackstone, Apollo
28 May 2008
ArcelorMittal may bid $4 billion for full control of Macarthur Coal
28 May 2008
Tatas, Essar among 5 global steel makers still in fray for Indonesia’s Krakatau Steel
27 May 2008
Ranbaxy's Religare completes 97-per cent acquisition of UK broking firm Hichens for £56 million
27 May 2008
Murchison trumps Sinosteel's A$1.36 billion bid for Australia's Midwest Corp
27 May 2008
Overseas funding for global M&As by Indian corporates raises insolvency regime issues
27 May 2008
HSBC pushes for $6.3-billion Korean deal with warning to pull out
27 May 2008
Hitachi president rules out buying GE's appliances unit
26 May 2008
Reliance Communications acquires UK network operator Vanco for $77 million
26 May 2008
Marubeni acquires KMA Manufacturing to diversify into steel mills maintenance in the US
26 May 2008
Reliance Communications in acquisition talks with MTN after Bharti withdraws
26 May 2008
Geojit exits commodities businesses for acquisition by BNP
24 May 2008
Videocon in talks to acquire Motorola's handset business
24 May 2008
Videocon weighs probable bid for GE's appliance business
24 May 2008
Daiichi Sankyo to acquire German biotech firm for $235 million
23 May 2008
Digital entertainment firm Electronic Arts acquires Korea's Hands-On Mobile
23 May 2008
Yahoo postpones meeting
23 May 2008
Del Monte says might offload StarKist
23 May 2008
Philips sells majority stake in medical transcription company to CBay
23 May 2008
ArcelorMittal: Two years after the mega merger
23 May 2008
BCE buyout hits another bump as court upholds debt-holders' claim
22 May 2008
NRG Energy offers to acquire Calpine for $11.3 billion
22 May 2008
Corporate Express to buy out Lyreco, form world's top office products supplier
21 May 2008
Suzlon Energy may offload part stake in REpower
21 May 2008
FMC Corp. acquires hydrocolloids business of International Specialty Products for undisclosed sum
21 May 2008
Russia's Severstal makes rival bid to Essar's bid for Esmark
21 May 2008
Deutsche Telekom, Russia's Vimpel eying MTN: report
21 May 2008
Jet Airways ties up with American major United Airlines
21 May 2008
Record venture capital and heated deal environment propel global biotechnology industry forward in 2007
20 May 2008
Microsoft proposes to buy Yahoo's search business
20 May 2008
Bharti plans new venture with SingTel to acquire MTN: report
20 May 2008
Private equity firm Carlyle Group acquires government business of Booz Allen Hamilton for $2.54 billion
19 May 2008
Manitowoc trumps ITW's $2 billion bid for kitchen equipment maker Enodis
19 May 2008
Media giant AOL grabs networking site Bebo for $850 million
19 May 2008
USA: denimXworks Inc acquires Habitual
19 May 2008
Champagne Indage acquires Darlington Wines in UK
19 May 2008
Microsoft returns with alternative offer for Yahoo!
19 May 2008
Champagne Indage makes its third Australian acquisition; buys premium winery VineCrest
17 May 2008
Motorola's chief strategy and technology officer becomes the latest senior executive to quit
17 May 2008
German copper company Norddeutsche Affinerie buys Cumerio for about $770 million
17 May 2008
McNally to take 68 per cent in Sayaji for Rs68 crore
17 May 2008
Vodafone acquires social networking company ZYB for €31.5 million ($48.7 million)
17 May 2008
HSBC to acquire 73.21 per cent stake in brokerage IL&FS for Rs1000 crore
17 May 2008
Tata Teleservices looking to sell 49 per cent of tower business for Rs8,200 crore; SREI's Quippo may be likely buyer
17 May 2008
GE confirms options for appliances business
16 May 2008
British Energy receives takeover bids valuing it at more than $21 billion
16 May 2008
EC clears TomTom's $4.5 billion Tele Atlas buyout; may have a different yardstick for Nokia’s proposed $8.1 billion acquisition of Navteq
16 May 2008
German-Indian consortium to buy 70 per cent in state-run Bulgarian shipping company
16 May 2008
Text of Carl Icahn's letter to Yahoo! Inc. chairman Roy Bostock
16 May 2008
Icahn seeks FTC clearance to acquire $2.5 billion worth Yahoo! stock; threatens proxy fight
16 May 2008
Australia's Indophil rejects Xstrata's $399 million offer
15 May 2008
Media giant CBS acquires Internet content firm CNET for $1.8 billion
15 May 2008
HP snaps at IBM's heels with EDS merger
15 May 2008
General Electric to sell appliance business: report
15 May 2008
Delta-Northwest merger comes under US Congress scanner
15 May 2008
L&T sells ready-mix concrete business to Lafarge for Rs1,480 crore
15 May 2008
AC coil manufacturer Lloyd Electric makes Czech acquisition for undisclosed sum
14 May 2008
Kinetic Motor spurts on news of M&M's buyout talks
14 May 2008
Sunil Mittal may opt for merger rather than a takeover of MTN
14 May 2008
Intercell to acquire Iomai Corporation for $189 million
13 May 2008
Bharti seeks Gulf funds for MTN bid as UAE's Etisalat plans to join race
13 May 2008
Italian defence giant Finmeccanica acquires US-based DRS Technologies for $5.2 billion
13 May 2008
Chinese steelmakers close in on Australian iron ore giant Fortescue
13 May 2008
HP set to acquire EDS for over $12 billion
13 May 2008
Etisalat, Telcel, Altimo vie for $1 billion stake in Tata Tele
13 May 2008
Vodafone refuses to pursue MTN bid much to Bharti’s relief
12 May 2008
Cablevision looks to acquire Newsday as News Corp withdraws bid
12 May 2008
Bajaj Auto, Renault-Nissan alliance to build ultra-low cost cars at Chakan plant
12 May 2008
GM and Isuzu form new joint venture to boost Chevrolet sales in Colombia
12 May 2008
Carlyle buys Greek chemicals business Neochimiki for $1.15 billion
10 May 2008
US bank Sovereign looking to raise $1.5 billion; may lose management control to Santander
10 May 2008
Heidelberg to merge itself and Indorama with Mysore Cements
10 May 2008
ArcelorMittal files suit against Esmark / E2 over failed Sparrows Point sale
10 May 2008
Blockbuster looking to acquire Circuit City for $1.35 billion
10 May 2008
Italy's Finmeccanica looking to buy US defence electronics contractor DRS Technologies for $3 billion
10 May 2008
Bharti closer to $20-billion MTN deal as major shareholder Mikati expresses confidence
10 May 2008
IBM to acquire arsenal Digital Solutions
09 May 2008
Bharti’s proposed acquisition of MTN runs into pre-condition hurdle
09 May 2008
Jubilant Organosys acquires Speciality Molecules for about Rs20 crore
08 May 2008
Enzon Pharma to spin off biotechnology business
08 May 2008
Microsoft looks at Facebook after losing Yahoo!
08 May 2008
American British Continental: easy as ABC, but does it add up in the sky, asks CAPA
07 May 2008
ArcelorMittal weighs tie-up with China's Angang Steel
07 May 2008
Bharti in talks for a controlling stake in South Africa's MTN
06 May 2008
Yahoo says open to takeover; blames Microsoft chief for aborting talks
06 May 2008
Adlabs acquires majority stake in Malaysian cinema chain
06 May 2008
Freescale acquires SigmaTel for $110 million cash payment
05 May 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo! co founder and CEO Jerry Yang
05 May 2008
Microsoft withdraws from Yahoo!; shareholders restive with Yang
05 May 2008
Divested from Pfizer, Esperion Therapeutics completes $22.75-million series A financing
03 May 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb sells ConvaTec to PE firms for $4.1 billion
03 May 2008
Engineering design firm Autodesk to acquire moulding software company Moldflow
03 May 2008
Citi, State Street Sell Joint Venture CitiStreet for $900 million
03 May 2008
Microsoft to raise bid for Yahoo! to $33 per share
03 May 2008
Former off-highways unit returns to Daimler fold
03 May 2008
MindTree to acquire majority stake in Aztecsoft
02 May 2008
Reliance Power acquires three Indonesian coal mines in novel payment deal
02 May 2008
Essar Steel to acquire American steelmaker Esmark for $669 million
01 May 2008
Reliance takes 90 per cent stake in Peruvian oil block
30 April 2008
BG bids $12.9 billion for Australia's Origin Energy
30 April 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires BASF's contract manufacturing business in US
30 April 2008
Honeywell to acquire Metrologic Instruments from Francisco Partners
30 April 2008
HSBC gets more time to acquire Lone Star stake in Korea Exchange Bank
29 April 2008
3i Infotech to acquire largest independent remittance provider Regulus Group
29 April 2008
Tata Power refinances bridge loan taken for acquisition of 30 per cent stake in Indonesian coal miners Kaltim, Arutmin
29 April 2008
Dubai Group acquires 40-per cent in Chiranjjeevi Wind Energy
28 April 2008
Warren Buffet, Mars acquire Wrigley for $22 billion
28 April 2008
Perot Systems expands European footprint; acquires Germany's HighQ-IT
26 April 2008
New York Daily News owner matches Murdoch's $580 offer for Newsday
26 April 2008
Bharti Airtel may bid for South Africa's MTN for overseas expansion
26 April 2008
Shaw Wallace shareholders approve merger with United Spirits
25 April 2008
Rusal acquires 25 per cent stake in Norilsk
25 April 2008
Microsoft reports declining sales; sticks to original Yahoo offer
25 April 2008
Muruguppa Group offloads Parryware Rocca stake to JV partner for Rs705 crore
25 April 2008
Cabinet approves Bharat Refractories merger with SAIL
25 April 2008
Berlusconi promises rescue - and also job cuts - at Alitalia
24 April 2008
CVC Capital to buy 73 per cent in Dutch retailer Schuitema for $1.1 billion
24 April 2008
Apple to buy chip maker PA Semi for $278 million; US military may object to deal
24 April 2008
Reliance Globalcom acquires 90 per cent in UK WiMAX operator eWave
24 April 2008
Bombay Rayon to acquire `Guru' brand in Italy for €33 million
24 April 2008
GlaxoSmithKline acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
24 April 2008
Private equity firm TPG divests leather products maker Bally
23 April 2008
Microsoft's Ballmer unimpressed by Yahoo results; won't raise price, can live without deal
23 April 2008
General Electric CEO resists calls to sell of company units in face of record losses
23 April 2008
Murdoch keeps option to join Microsoft for Yahoo bid
22 April 2008
Ranbaxy forces Orchid into an alliance
22 April 2008
Biocon close to finalising AxiCorp acquisition; establishes cardiology division
22 April 2008
France Telecom looking to acquire TeliaSonera in $38 billion deal
21 April 2008
Global M&As cross 11,000 deals valued at with $1 trillion in Q1 2008
21 April 2008
1 June 2008 to be cut-off date for Kingfisher-Deccan merger
21 April 2008
Dabur Pharma to sell majority stake to Singapore-based Fresenius Kabi Pte Ltd
19 April 2008
Berlusconi puts Aeroflot back into the reckoning for Alitalia
18 April 2008
Israeli telecom firm Koor intends to buy stake in Tata Teleservices
18 April 2008
Semiconductor war hots up: Sumitomo committed to acquire Axcelis
18 April 2008
Bhuwalka Steel acquires Benaka Sponge Iron for Rs10 crore
17 April 2008
Delta Airlines-Northwest deal merger announcement raises some questions
17 April 2008
Thomson completes Reuters acquisition; forms Thomson Reuters
17 April 2008
Delta-Northwest merger: Just the tip of the iceberg?
17 April 2008
Majority shareholder offers to buy out Corel; offer criticized as being too low
17 April 2008
Delta-Northwest merger to affect India services of both airlines
16 April 2008
The Delta - Northwest merger
16 April 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys two Khandelwal Laboratories brands for Rs116 crore
16 April 2008
Chinese fund buys into BP
15 April 2008
Delta, Northwest merger decision to create world's largest airline
15 April 2008
Sify to raise $57 million through stake sale to Ananda Vegesna's Infinity Satcom Universal
15 April 2008
Why Ranbaxy fancies Orchid
14 April 2008
Russia's largest steel maker Severstal to split into threeunits; plans acquisitions overseas
14 April 2008
Aditya Birla Group increases stake in AV Cell Inc, AV Nackawic Inc.
14 April 2008
Reliance in talks with Chevron, Exxon, BG for KG field stake sale
14 April 2008
Ranbaxy group closer to 15 per cent stake in Orchid
14 April 2008
Emami seeks mid-size acquisitions for growth
14 April 2008
STMicro and Philips unit NXP to merge $3 billion wireless chip operations
12 April 2008
JK Tyre buys Mexican tyre maker Tornel for Rs270 crore
12 April 2008
Atlas Copco acquires stake in two drilling technology companies in India
12 April 2008
Tata Steel offers to acquire Brazilian ore miner AVG
11 April 2008
Ranbaxy's Solrex picks up 1 per cent more in Orchid Chemicals
11 April 2008
German energy major RWE makes £11-billion power play for British Energy
11 April 2008
Japan's Takeda to acquire Millennium Pharma for $8.8 billion
10 April 2008
Konica Minolta acquires Danka Office Imaging for $240 million
10 April 2008
The Nielsen Company acquires IAG Research for $225 million in all-cash deal
09 April 2008
EMC to acquire Zip drive maker Iomega by for $213 million
09 April 2008
Philips hands over N. American LCD TV production to Japan’s Funai
09 April 2008
Citi acquires 40-per cent stake in BPTP for Rs640 crore
09 April 2008
Anil Ambani group acquires digital images business of US firm
09 April 2008
Yahoo asks Microsoft to improve takeover offer
08 April 2008
Kinetic Concepts to Buy LifeCell for $1.7 billion
08 April 2008
Bennett, Coleman & Co picks up Rs60-crore stake in Mantri Realty
08 April 2008
Novartis to acquire Nestle stake in eye care major Alcon for $11 billion
07 April 2008
Bacardi may buy a piece of Mallya's United Spirits
07 April 2008
Fallout of Microsoft-Yahoo war: a possible Alibaba buyback
07 April 2008
Microsoft may lose patience; could cut bid for Yahoo: Reports
05 April 2008
Japanese government set to reject UK fund's bid for J-Power
05 April 2008
Engineering giant Honeywell acquire Norcross Safety Products for $1.2 billion
05 April 2008
ECI raises Rs 100 crore of private equity capital from Sabre Capital
05 April 2008
Accenture to acquire Japanese Oracle solutions integration specialist, SOPIA
04 April 2008
i-flex Solutions to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Ltd
04 April 2008
IBM announces closure of Telelogic acquisition
04 April 2008
The UK's Ultra Motors opts out of collaboration with Hero Exports
04 April 2008
Schering-Plough's productivity transformation programme to yield $1.5 billion annualised savings
03 April 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires Jet Generici Srl; to establish generics range in Italy
03 April 2008
US Fed clears JP Morgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns bank
02 April 2008
Mahindra & Mahindra and ICICI Venture to acquire Metalcastello S.p.A.
02 April 2008
Teva to acquire Bentley Pharmaceuticals
01 April 2008
Motorola and the limits of Six Sigma
01 April 2008
Zurich Financial to buy-50 per cent stake in Can Soluciones Integrales; completes TEB Sigorta acquisition in Turkey
01 April 2008
Dr Reddy's to buy two Dowpharma Small Molecules units in the UK
01 April 2008
Hindujas talk to Valeo for possible $1.5 billion acquisition: Report
31 March 2008
Northwest re-woos Delta after lack of pilot buy-in stalls merger
29 March 2008
New Tata acquisition: Telcon acquires 79-per cent stake in Serviplem SA
28 March 2008
American Express acquires GE Money unit for $1.1 billion
28 March 2008
Portuguese cement maker Cimpor acquires 73.6-per cent stake in Grasim's Shree Digvijay Cement
28 March 2008
GE Healthcare acquires VersaMed Corporation
28 March 2008
UK component suppliers prefer Tata at the wheel of Jaguar and Land Rover
28 March 2008
Gitanjali Gems buys out Gili, Modali Gems
28 March 2008
Tata Motors plans a $2 billion boost to Jaguar, Land Rover
27 March 2008
ArcelorMittal enters agreement to acquire Venezuelan welded steel pipe maker, Unicon
27 March 2008
Tata Chemicals completes acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products
27 March 2008
Long-term prospects of Jaguar-Land Rover deal positive: Tata Motors MD
27 March 2008
Motorola to split into two companies – mobile devices, and broadband and mobility solutions
26 March 2008
Is Tata Motors buying into trouble or a transformational deal?
26 March 2008
BT acquires Frontline Technologies for $202 million
26 March 2008
Ranbaxy's Religare becomes first Indian brokerage to acquire London firm
26 March 2008
Jaguar and Land Rover: Tata Motors acquires a rich legacy
26 March 2008
Tata Motors confirms Jaguar, Land Rover deal with Ford for $2.3 billion
26 March 2008
Heineken acquires Drinks Union in Czech Republic
26 March 2008
Tata, Ford seal Jaguar-Land Rover deal: NDTV
25 March 2008
Mittal offers to acquire Global Steel's ailing Kremokovtzi steel mill in Bulgaria
25 March 2008
XM-Sirius merger approved by US Justice Department
25 March 2008
JPMorgan may raise Bear Stearns bid to $10 a share: report
24 March 2008
Tata Motors set to seal Jaguar, Land Rover deal on March 26
24 March 2008
Vodafone in talks to buy stake in MTN
24 March 2008
NDDB to merge Mother Diary and Dhara subsidiaries
24 March 2008
Aurobindo acquires Italian generic pharma firm TAD
24 March 2008
Cobra Beer enters into two new bottling acquisitions
20 March 2008
Major shareholders oppose Bear Stearns takeover by JPMorgan Chase
20 March 2008
Aptech to unlock value of Chinese joint venture Aptech Baida Jade Bird Company
19 March 2008
Yahoo bullish on its future; expects higher Microsoft offer
19 March 2008
SBI, Citigroup, JPMorgan to provide $3 billion for Tata Motors' Jaguar-Land Rover acquisition
18 March 2008
Bear troubles and fears
18 March 2008
Kishore Biyani’s Future Capital Holdings acquires majority stakes in two Centrum Capital group companies
18 March 2008
Lakshmi Mittal eyes brother’s steel mill in Bulgaria
17 March 2008
JPMorgan Chase acquires Bear Stearns for $2 per share
17 March 2008
Air France – KLM to take over Alitalia for €138 million
17 March 2008
Microsoft to buy Rapt Inc to boost its online advertising business
15 March 2008
Bajaj Auto spun off into two subsidiaries
14 March 2008
ArcelorMittal moves court as Canadian mine partners `renege' on buyout
14 March 2008
Microsoft, Yahoo discuss merger: WSJ report
14 March 2008
AOL to buy social network site Bebo
14 March 2008
Cyber Media acquires TDA Group
13 March 2008
Murdoch backs out of Yahoo! battle
11 March 2008
Gitanjali acquires Renaissance Retail, Trinity Watch
10 March 2008
StanChart planning to acquire RBS’s 40 per cent stake in Saudi bank: report
08 March 2008
Italy’s Enel pays $1.5 billion to take majority stake in Russian power company
07 March 2008
StandChart to sell MF business to IDFC
07 March 2008
Yahoo! buys time to counter Microsoft’s board nominations
06 March 2008
StatoilHydro buys into US oil assets in Brazil, Gulf of Mexico
05 March 2008
Phoenix India Acquisition Corp acquires 65-per cent stake in Citius Power Limited
05 March 2008
Pfizer to acquire Serenex, extend oncology pipeline
05 March 2008
United Phosphorus' Advanta India acquires Garrison & Townsend
04 March 2008
HDFC Bank to secure shareholder approval on Centurion acquisition at EGM on 27 March
04 March 2008
Jain Irrigation acquires Thomas Machines
04 March 2008
United Technologies makes unsolicited $3 billion bid for Diebold
03 March 2008
Acer to acquire E-TEN, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of smart handheld devices
03 March 2008
Colonial shareholders ask Dubai fund to modify offer
29 February 2008
Matrix Labs may divest Docpharma
28 February 2008
Biocon eyes more acquisitions overseas
27 February 2008
Dubai fund offers to buy Spanish realtor Colonial for $4.5 billion
27 February 2008
Wipro eyes alliances, acquisitions in Japan; plans expansion in China
26 February 2008
Hellman & Friedman acquires Getty Images for $2.4 billion
26 February 2008
Foster Wheeler acquires leading US biopharmaceutical process design company
26 February 2008
HDFC Bank approves merger share swap ratio of 1: 29 Centurion Bank of Punjab shares
25 February 2008
Investor group hikes stake in New York Times; seeks board seat
23 February 2008
HDFC's acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab may cost Aviva Life its bancassurance partner
23 February 2008
Centurion Bank of Punjab and HDFC Bank directors approve merger talks
23 February 2008
Boards of Centurion Bank, HDFC Bank to consider merger
22 February 2008
Venture Capital investments in India a record $928 Million in 2007: Dow Jones
22 February 2008
Bain calls off 3Com deal as US objects to Chinese stake
21 February 2008
Reliance Communications acquires telecom firm in Uganda
21 February 2008
HDFC Bank in advanced merger talks with Centurion Bank of Punjab: CNBC-TV18
21 February 2008
Blackstone picks up 10.38 per cent in Allcargo Global Logistics
20 February 2008
Sun Pharmaceutical buys Taro Pharma shares from Brandes
20 February 2008
Motorola completes acquisition of music provider Soundbuzz
18 February 2008
Dell acquires MessageOne, which is also a sibling’s company
16 February 2008
Chartered to acquire eight-inch wafer fab operation in Singapore
16 February 2008
China's Alibaba peeks at its future through Microsoft's Yahoo fog: WSJ
16 February 2008
Yahoo!'s bigger shareholders may opt for merger with Microsoft
16 February 2008
Microsoft to acquire Danger Inc; strengthens mobile consumer vision
16 February 2008
L&T Infotech plans to acquire manufacturing firm in US
15 February 2008
Yahoo! rallies stockholders
15 February 2008
NYSE Euronext to acquire 5-per cent stake in MCX
15 February 2008
Yahoo, News Corp in talks to checkmate Microsoft?
15 February 2008
Blue Star completes Naseer Electricals acquisition for Rs42 crore
14 February 2008
Sumitomo, TPG make $544 million joint bid for Axcelis
12 February 2008
Bayer HealthCare affiliate MEDRAD to acquire devises maker Possis Medical
12 February 2008
Microsoft-Yahoo deal more likely, say analysts
12 February 2008
HSBC may sell around 350 branches in France: report
12 February 2008
Nucor Corp to acquire top US scrap metal company for $1.44 billion
12 February 2008
Yahoo! likely to rebuff Microsoft and look for more ‘compatible’ suitors
11 February 2008
Biocon to acquire European pharma distributor AxiCorp to enter Europe
11 February 2008
US spirit major Fortune may acquire Absolut
09 February 2008
Softbank not to sell stake in Yahoo Japan
09 February 2008
Diageo dumps bid for Absolut, sets up vodka JV with Ketel One
09 February 2008
Microsoft's Yahoo gambit: For a fistful of dollars
09 February 2008
European steel makers urge EC to probe BHP-Rio merger proposal
08 February 2008
Xstrata's revised A$1.08 billion offer fails to "impress" Resource Pacific
08 February 2008
Strides Arcolab acquires 17.7-per cent stake in Genepharm Australasia
08 February 2008
Alpharma divests API business to 3i for $395 million
07 February 2008
Rio Tinto rejects BHP's revised offer of $147 billion
07 February 2008
Fujitsu acquires Quebec-based Intélec Géomatique
07 February 2008
AES sells power plant, mine in Kazakhstan to UK's Kazakhmys
06 February 2008
BHP Billiton raises offer for Rio Tinto to $147 billion
06 February 2008
Microsoft may sweeten offer; plans debt issue to finance Yahoo acquisition
05 February 2008
GE Healthcare to acquire the UK-based Whatman
05 February 2008
Microsoft – Yahoo! nightmare gives Google sleepless nights
04 February 2008
Tata Motors nearer to deal on Ford's Jaguar, Land Rover units
04 February 2008
Google offers support to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft bid
04 February 2008
Sequoia, UTI Ventures and ChrysCapital win APEX Awards
02 February 2008
Chinalco, Alcoa acquire 12 per cent blocking stake in Rio Tinto for $14 billion
01 February 2008
Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!
01 February 2008
Bank of America, Countrywide to name Sambol to new role
01 February 2008
BNP to the rescue as France warns against hostile bids for SocGen
31 January 2008
Tata Chemicals acquires General Chemical Industrial Products for $1 billion
31 January 2008
Global BPO Services Corp in ‘definitive’ agreement to acquire Stream Holdings Corporation
30 January 2008
Kellwood agrees to $762-million Sun Capital offer
30 January 2008
CME in talks to acquire Nymex Holdings for $11 billion
29 January 2008
VC firms invest over $540 million in India during 2007
29 January 2008
GE agrees to acquire Hydril’s pressure control business
29 January 2008
WPP's JWT India to secure majority stake in Encompass
28 January 2008
UB promoters plan stake hike after S&N deal
25 January 2008
Carlsberg-Heineken to acquire S&N for $15.4 billion
25 January 2008
Siemens arm to acquire Morgan Construction Company of US
24 January 2008
Roche to acquire Ventana for $89.50 per share
23 January 2008
Microsoft acquires 35-per cent stake in Oxigen
23 January 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys Healthline's pharmaceuticals business
23 January 2008
Vale in talks with Xstrata for a $100-billion merger
22 January 2008
NBC Universal to acquire 26 per cent stake in NDTV
22 January 2008
James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch make $2.9-billion joint bid for Consolidated Media
22 January 2008
Satyam Computers acquires Bridge Strategy Group
21 January 2008
Citi announces exchange ratio for share exchange with Nikko Cordial Corporation
19 January 2008
RTI, Tutogen announce new name for proposed merged company
19 January 2008
Wockhardt to demerge R&D business
18 January 2008
MTS Allstream, Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent to introduce enhanced broadband internet and TV services
18 January 2008
Tatas may raise Jaguar, Land Rover acquisition price: Report
18 January 2008
Sun Microsystems to acquire MySQL for $1 billion
16 January 2008
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion
16 January 2008
House of Pearl to acquire Simple Approach in Hong Kong
14 January 2008
S&N rejects higher bid approach
11 January 2008
Bank of America agrees to purchase Countrywide Financial Corp.
11 January 2008
First Reserve invests in Harmony Gold Mining's uranium ore assets in South Africa
11 January 2008
Microsoft offers to buy Norwegian search firm Fast for $1.2 billion
09 January 2008
ArcelorMittal expands in Mauritania and Venezuela
09 January 2008
Genzyme and Isis announce strategic alliance including exclusive worldwide license of Mipomersen
08 January 2008
Procter & Gamble files infringement lawsuit against Blue Cross Labs
08 January 2008
Johnson Controls acquires Phoenix-based Metro Mechanical, Inc
08 January 2008
Gitanjali Group acquires De Beers Group's Indian flagship brand Nakshatra
08 January 2008
Silverline Technologies acquires Canada's OMDR Inc in share-swap deal
07 January 2008
Marksans Pharma acquires UK’s Hale Group Ltd, owner of Bell, Sons & Co
07 January 2008
MolliCoolz and Cargill partner on frozen ice cream bead innovations
05 January 2008
Tata’s magnificent opportunity
05 January 2008
Maharashtra Seamless completes acquisition of Romanian seamless plant
05 January 2008
Ball now in Tata Motors’ court to tie up deal: Union
04 January 2008
Ford, Tatas need to iron out issues: Frost & Sullivan
04 January 2008
Mahindra mulling exit from tripartite JV with Renault, Nissan: Reports
04 January 2008
Tata - Jaguar-Land Rover deal: What's next?
04 January 2008
OMX Board of Directors Unanimously Recommends the Public Offer From Borse Dubai
04 January 2008
Ford names Tata as preferred bidder for Jaguar, Land Rover
03 January 2008
GE, Blackstone face termination of deal by PHH
02 January 2008
AT&T looking for stake in Telekom Malaysia International
02 January 2008
Philips completes sale of TSMC shares
01 January 2008
Aegon completes its acquisition of Merrill’s insurance subsidiaries
01 January 2008
Transmeridian Exploration will merge with Trans Meridian
01 January 2008
Kerkorian buys a one-third stake in Delta Petroleum
01 January 2008
Italian government approves Air France's Alitalia bid
31 December 2007
CUMI on integration mode
29 December 2007
R Systems to acquire Sento Europe
28 December 2007
VSNL sells 10% equity in its Sri Lanka subsidiary
27 December 2007
Berkshire Hathaway Inc, to acquire 60 per cent of Pritzker Family Company, Marmon Holdings
26 December 2007
Alcoa to sell packaging and consumer businesses to New Zealand's Rank Group
24 December 2007
Wipro likely to bid for Capgemini: report
24 December 2007
LT Overseas acquires rice firm in US
24 December 2007
GE Capital acquires Merrill Lynch lending business
24 December 2007
Murdoch's News Corp to sell eight Fox TV stations
24 December 2007
Singapore's Orient Global to invest $141 million in India Infoline, insurance subsidiary
24 December 2007
Advantage Partners to buy out Tokyo Star Bank for $2.2 billion
22 December 2007
Tribune goes private; Sam Zell named chairman and CEO
22 December 2007
Eaton to buy Möller, Phoenixtec Power, to boost overseas revenues
22 December 2007
Russia’s Vimpelcom to buy Golden Telecom for $4.3 billion
21 December 2007
Philips to buy Respironics for €3.6 billion
21 December 2007
Ford to delay Jaguar announcement?
21 December 2007
Bill Gates buys into Mexican brewer Femsa
21 December 2007
Google gets US regulatory nod for DoubleClick deal
21 December 2007
UK Competition Commissioner wants BSkyB to divest ITV stake
21 December 2007
Takeovers and racial prejudice
21 December 2007
Morgan Stanley, Lehman, Goldman Sachs vie for stake in Japan’s Daito
21 December 2007
Indian Hotels demands apology from Orient Express
20 December 2007
GM near pact to sell truck unit to Navistar: report
20 December 2007
Welspun acquires 76 per cent stake in Portugal's Sorema for Rs60 crore
19 December 2007
Nicholas Piramal in JV with Japan's Arkray to market blood glucose monitoring products
19 December 2007
Philips to acquire US medical systems firm Visicu
19 December 2007
Matsushita, Hitachi in talks for new flat TV panel: report
19 December 2007
Emcore will acquire a part of Intel's telecom assets
19 December 2007
Citigroup Venture Capital India hikes stake in JBF Industries
18 December 2007
ArcelorMittal drops US plant sale as buyer fails to arrange funds
17 December 2007
Reliance-GAIL JV identifies 10 countries for petrochemical projects
17 December 2007
Tata, Orix in takeover talks with British investment bank: report
15 December 2007
Daimler signs trucks joint venture with Hero Group
14 December 2007
Discount airline JetBlue sells 19 per cent stake to Lufthansa for $300 million
14 December 2007
Television Eighteen group to launch business journal in association with Forbes
13 December 2007
Suzuki regrets limiting stake to just 26 per cent in Maruti in 1982-83
13 December 2007
Alcatel-Lucent’s Genesys Telecommunications acquires real-time business performance management company Informiam
12 December 2007
Lafarge to acquire Orascom cement unit in Egypt for $12.9 billion
10 December 2007
Voltas buys stake in two joint ventures
10 December 2007
Siemens to acquire heat-recovery steam generator-business of Balcke Dürr Austria Erlangen
07 December 2007
Murdoch to put his personal stamp on Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal
07 December 2007
D P Jindal company Maharashtra Seamless to acquire plant in Romania
06 December 2007
ONGC Videsh, Hindujas plan joint bid for oil and gas assets in Iran
06 December 2007
Air France KLM offers to acquire Alitalia
06 December 2007
SAIL, RINL, NTPC, CIL, NMDC form joint venture; to invest Rs3,500 crore in coal mines overseas
05 December 2007
Tata seen preferred bidder for Jaguar, Land Rover: report
05 December 2007
Chinese steelmakers, government plan counter bid for BHP's $134 billion offer for Rio Tinto
04 December 2007
3i Infotech acquires majority stake in Delhi-based BPO Linear
04 December 2007
Phoenix Mills to acquire over 60-per cent stake in United Malls
03 December 2007
Italian oil giant Eni to acquire UK's Burren Energy for $3.6 billion
03 December 2007
DLF to buy Aman Resorts
29 November 2007
Astellas acquiring cancer biotech firm Agensys
27 November 2007
Universal will invest $3 billion in South Korean theme park
27 November 2007
Health insurer Cigna will buy Great-West Health for $1.5 billion
27 November 2007
Philips takes a shine to US lighting fixture maker Genlyte
27 November 2007
Rio Tinto outlines new plans to boost its value by $31 billion
27 November 2007
Sears to bid $269 million for Restoration Hardware
27 November 2007
Richard Branson's Virgin emerges as firm preferred bidder for Northern Rock
27 November 2007
Turkmenistan invites oil sector investment by Indian companies
27 November 2007
Citi to sell $7.5 billion of equity units to Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
27 November 2007
United Airlines open to merger idea: Report
26 November 2007
Dubai investment fund buys into Sony
26 November 2007
Vedanta Resources target of take over bid by Chinese group
24 November 2007
BASF not ruling out take-over bid, says its CEO
24 November 2007
Sears takes a 13.7 per cent stake in DIY company Restoration Hardware
24 November 2007
EchoStar shares go stratospheric on AT&T takeover rumours
24 November 2007
Daewoo Electronics up for sale again
23 November 2007
SAP TomorrowNow chief resigns; unit may be for sale
22 November 2007
ArcelorMittal acquires controlling stake in Chinese steel mill
22 November 2007
Scottish & Newcastle to emerge leaner tougher as it vows to thwart Carlsberg - Heineken bid
21 November 2007
Olympus to acquire UK medical device maker Gyrus for $1.9 billion
21 November 2007
Capital One, NetSpend not to go ahead with acquisition plan
21 November 2007
WPP Digital acquires majority stake in Smile Interactive's Quasar Media
20 November 2007
SABMiller to acquire Dutch beer maker Koninklijke Grolsch
19 November 2007
Chinese banks eye Singapore government stake in StanChart
19 November 2007
Gitanjali Gems acquires US jewellery chain Rogers
19 November 2007
Cognizant completes marketRx acquisition
19 November 2007
Carlsberg - Heineken bid for Scottish & Newcastle turns hostile
19 November 2007
M&As by Indian businesses in US, EU to double within three years: European Institute for Asian Studies - Assocham study
19 November 2007
WPP to acquire Quasar Media in India
19 November 2007
Pfizer to acquire Coley Pharmaceutical for $164 million
19 November 2007
3M to acquire Aearo Tech for $1.2 billion
19 November 2007
Scottish & Newcastle rejects improved bid from Carlsberg and Heineken
17 November 2007
Google's Android operating system enters the mobile phone market
17 November 2007
Dell to buy data storage network firm EqualLogic for $1.4 billion
17 November 2007
Manchester's B3 Cable Solutions to acquire UM Cables from Usha Martin
17 November 2007
Amtek acquires UK-based rival, Triplex-Ketlon Group
17 November 2007
Temptation Foods acquires Everfresh; Expands product range
17 November 2007
Blackstone to invest $65 million in Hyderabad-based nuclear, aerospace sector vendor MTAR
17 November 2007
Tata Sky in talks with private equity firms for stake sale: report
17 November 2007
Global Insight acquires SupplierBusiness Limited; Merger to create improved information products for automotive industry
17 November 2007
Butler Capital Partners to acquire Lagardere stake in Virgin France
16 November 2007
GTL International acquires Intel-promoted ADA Cellworks
16 November 2007
Sweden's Securitas buys 49-per cent in India's Walsons for $17 million
15 November 2007
BHP Billiton may have to offer a 60-per cent premium for hostile takeover of Rio Tinto
15 November 2007
Oak Hill Capital to buy jet engine parts maker Firth Rixson for $2 billion from Carlyle Group, Lehman Brothers Holdings
15 November 2007
IBM to acquire Canada's Cognos for $5 billion
15 November 2007
Diageo may pick up 10-13 per cent stake in Mallya`s United Spirits: report
15 November 2007
Essar Group's BPO arm Aegis to buy TeleTech India
15 November 2007
Update 1: Aegis confirms TeleTech acquisition; Set to become a $500 million company in two years
15 November 2007
MTNL and BSNL join the Conexus Mobile Alliance
15 November 2007
Greater Media buys North Carolina radio stations from Lincoln Financial
15 November 2007
Hewlett-Packard to buy consulting firm EYP Mission Critical Facilities
15 November 2007
Winemaker Constellation Brands to buy Fortune Brands' US wine business
15 November 2007
Industry consolidation forces IBM to acquire business intelligence software major Cognos
15 November 2007
Qualcomm to acquire mobile banking leader Firethorn
15 November 2007
Temptation Foods acquires Everfresh; Expands product range
10 November 2007
Google's Android operating system enters the mobile phone market
10 November 2007
Dell to buy data storage network firm EqualLogic for $1.4 billion
10 November 2007
Amtek acquires UK-based rival, Triplex-Ketlon Group
08 November 2007
Blackstone to invest $65 million in Hyderabad-based nuclear, aerospace sector vendor MTAR
08 November 2007
Manchester's B3 Cable Solutions to acquire UM Cables from Usha Martin
07 November 2007
Bajaj takes stake in KTM, to build bikes
06 November 2007
Qatar''s Delta Two fund gives up Sainsbury bid; to retain 25-per cent stake
06 November 2007
Reliance Energy bids highest for Delhi airport metro link
06 November 2007
Symantec Corp to acquire Vontu in a bid to boost its Security 2.0
06 November 2007
Tata Group favours startups, joint ventures over acquisitions in China
06 November 2007
Videocon retail arm Next acquires music chain Planet M for Rs200 crore
06 November 2007
Cinven to buy Coor Service Management from 3i for €540 million
05 November 2007
Altria to buy cigar maker John Middleton for $2.9 billion
05 November 2007
ArcelorMittal shareholders approve Arcelor merger deal
05 November 2007
Blackstone not investing in Leela Group: Vivek Nair
05 November 2007
Boston Scientific to sell cardiac, vascular surgery units to healthcare provider Getinge Group for $750 million
05 November 2007
ChemChina, Blackstone makes $3 billion joint bid for Australia''s Nufarm
05 November 2007
Clear Water Capital Partners takes 49-per cent stake in BSeL Infrastructure - Unity Realty - Kamat Hotel hotels venture
05 November 2007
Contract research firm Manipal AcuNova acquires Germany''s ECRON
05 November 2007
Post-acquisition UK''s McAlpine Helicopters renamed Eurocopter UK
05 November 2007
L&T in pipelines venture with US firm
03 November 2007
Reliance Communications to team up with Microsoft for IPTV
03 November 2007
Tata Group leads race to win Land Rover, Jaguar; report
03 November 2007
Power Grid eyes stake in Transco; to set up office in Dubai
02 November 2007
Publicis Groupe''s PR arm Manning Selvage & Lee''s to acquire top Indian PR firm Hanmer & Partners
02 November 2007
Pfizer to license Taisho Pharmaceutical''s schizophrenia drug candidate TS-032
01 November 2007
Pyramid Saimira acquires FunAsia in US
01 November 2007
Record highs in media M&A; online media buoyant
01 November 2007
HSBC Asian Ventures'' ePlanet Two invests in Trivitron Medical Systems
31 October 2007
Marico buys consumer goods division of South Africa''s Enaleni for Rs52 crore
31 October 2007
Tata Steel signs pact with Vietnam Steel Corp for rolling mill
31 October 2007
Cisco to raise venture investment initiative by $100 million; ties up with Satyam, Wipro
31 October 2007
Kraft seals agreement to acquire Danone''s biscuit business
30 October 2007
BEA Systems: Oracle withdraws buyout offer; Icahn to sue the board
29 October 2007
Stan O''Neal Merrill Lynch''s beleaguered CEO to go
29 October 2007
Facts behind the fury: Why the board was so angry with Merrill''s O''Neal
27 October 2007
Icahn calls for auction of BEA as Oracle bid expiry looms
27 October 2007
Kerkorian offers $1.4 billion for 16 per cent of oil refiner Tesoro
27 October 2007
No white knight in sight to rescue BEA from Oracle''s unsolicited interest
27 October 2007
Pearl tries to trump Standard Life offer for Resolution with $10.1 billion bid
27 October 2007
RBS consortium claims 95 per cent of ABN AMRO stake
27 October 2007
Unilateral merger bid may cost Merrill Lynch chief his job
26 October 2007
Microsoft pips Google to acquire a stake in Facebook
25 October 2007
Easyjet agrees to buy GB Airways
25 October 2007
ONGC roping in Statoil-Hydro, Petrobras to exploit Krishna-Godavari gas reserves
25 October 2007
Shareholder groups drop plan to block ArcelorMittal merger meeting
25 October 2007
Essar Global completes Minnesota acquisition
25 October 2007
Wockhardt acquires US pharma firm Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals
24 October 2007
Nike to buy sports apparel maker Umbro for $580 million
23 October 2007
Satyam acquires UK''s Nitor Global Solutions Limited; To provide IT services to Reuters with Fujitsu
23 October 2007
Brewers Carlsberg, Heineken gang up against Scottish & Newcastle; S&N taking evasive action
21 October 2007
Advanced Micro asks shareholders to reject TRC Capital''s `below-market'' offer
20 October 2007
Blackstone gets EU nod for $26 billion acquisition of Hilton Hotels
20 October 2007
Rio Tinto's $38 billion offer for Alcan gets regulatory approval
19 October 2007
USV in marketing tie-up with Germany''s Sebapharma
19 October 2007
China''s CITIC bids for Bear Stearns stake
17 October 2007
Discovery gets into online search business with $250 million acquisition of HowStuffWorks
17 October 2007
Merger with Temex Sync to take Spectracom global
17 October 2007
ArcelorMittal acquires steelcord wire company in China
16 October 2007
Merrill Lynch acquires 5 per cent in Religare ahead of IPO
16 October 2007
Cirrus takes on Cessna in bid for Columbia Aircraft
15 October 2007
3i Infotech to acquire US-based J&B Software
15 October 2007
Air India''s entry to the Star Alliance is cleared
15 October 2007
BEA rebuffs merger offer by Oracle
13 October 2007
Ranbaxy to raise stake in Zenotech Laboratories
13 October 2007
JPMorgan consortium to acquire Southern Water from RBS
11 October 2007
L&T acquires Malaysia''s Tamco Switchgear from Tamco Corporate Holdings
11 October 2007
Royal Bank of Scotland- Fortis- Santander consortium acquires ABN Amro in world''s biggest banking takeover
11 October 2007
Google acquires Finnish social networking service Jaiku
10 October 2007
Lupin acquires Japan''s Kyowa Pharmaceutical
10 October 2007
Cadbury to spin off soft drinks business in North America
10 October 2007
Zenotech to boost Ranbaxy''s presence in generic biopharmaceuticals
09 October 2007
Corus to sell aluminium plants in Germany, Netherlands
09 October 2007
Hindalco completes Utkal acquisition, makes it 100-per cent subsidiary
08 October 2007
SAP snaps up Business Objects
08 October 2007
85 per cent of ABN Amro shareholders accept Royal Bank of Scotland offer: Financial Times
06 October 2007
Siemens will modernise Power Machines for Severstal''s Mordashov
06 October 2007
Acquisitive PPG Industries buys paints, coatings group SigmaKalon from Bain Capital
05 October 2007
DLF board to consider foreign acquisitions
05 October 2007
M&M''s Mahindra International throws its hat into the Eicher stake ring
05 October 2007
Moscow bars ArcelorMittal from bidding for Siberian coalfields
05 October 2007
Oracle-owned iFlex buys remaining stake in Canada''s Castek
05 October 2007
Wadia family to sell a stake in GoAir
05 October 2007
PepsiCo to acquire Brazilian snack company Lucky
04 October 2007
Zoltek acquires Cydsa''s acrylic fibre unit in Mexico for $100 million
04 October 2007
Citigroup offers to fund Northern Rock buy-out
04 October 2007
ArcelorMittal to acquire control of Argentina''s Acindar
03 October 2007
NASDAQ to acquire Boston Stock Exchange
03 October 2007
Ranbaxy to up Zenotech Lab stake to 45 per cent for Rs214 crore
03 October 2007
Nokia to buy navigation software maker Navteq for $8.1 billion
01 October 2007
BBC finds Lonely Planet; acquires majority stake
01 October 2007
Bain Capital Partners, Huawei Technologies acquire 3Com
29 September 2007
Jewellery retailer Bailey Banks & Biddle sold for $200 million
28 September 2007
Lupin acquires drugs intermediates manufacturer Rubamin Laboratories
28 September 2007
Merrill
28 September 2007
MTNL bids for Lanka''s fixed wireless operator Suntel
28 September 2007
Nasdaq gets Swedish regulator''s nod for OMX acquisition
28 September 2007
Wipro to acquire Oki Techno (Singapore) Pte Ltd
28 September 2007
Cobra beer seeks local buyouts in addition to its greenfield projects
28 September 2007
India is second highest in M&A deals in Asia
27 September 2007
LaSalle acquisition costs 4,000 jobs at Bank of America
27 September 2007
Russia''s Sistema acquires stake in Shyam Telelink
27 September 2007
Vijay Mallya acquires 50% of US-based Epic Aircraft for $120 million
27 September 2007
Bear Stearns may offer stakes to Buffet, banks: report
27 September 2007
Air China takeover bid for China Eastern fails
26 September 2007
Unichem Laboratories in acquisition talks in Brazil
26 September 2007
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for anti-rheumatic drug
26 September 2007
Oberoi Towers to be re-branded Trident Towers; terminates Hilton alliance from Trident
26 September 2007
Strategic Catering Company to buy 49 per cent of Saudia Catering
25 September 2007
AstraZeneca acquires paediatric asthma development programmes from Verus Pharmaceuticals
25 September 2007
Australia''s Orica buys Excel Mining of the US for $670 million
25 September 2007
Gremach Infrastructure acquires 75-per cent controlling stake in 11 coalmines in Mozambique
25 September 2007
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts completes acquisition of First Data Corp
25 September 2007
DSM Venturing invests in purification technology company Upfront Chromatography
24 September 2007
Tata Tea in talks to buy UK`s Liberty Tea, says report
24 September 2007
Oman Air to rent six Boeing 787s from Kuwait's Aviation Lease and Finance Co
24 September 2007
Cerberus-owned New Page Corp. acquires Stora Enso unit for $2 billion
22 September 2007
Thomas Cook to sell charter airline Condor Flugdienst to Air Berlin
22 September 2007
Abu Dhabi''s Mubadala invests in Carlyle
21 September 2007
Nasdaq in deal with Dubai Bourse to buy OMX stake
20 September 2007
Sharp to take 14.3 per cent stake in Pioneer for $357 million
20 September 2007
Canadian fund Pension Plan Investment Board discloses details of its bid for Auckland International Airport
19 September 2007
American Express acquisition to boost Standard Chartered''s wealth management business
19 September 2007
D Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile USA to acquire SunCom Wireless for $1.6 billion
19 September 2007
ICICI Ventures looking to offload its Deccan Aviation stake?
19 September 2007
Kirloskar Brothers takes over management of ailing Kolhapur Steel
19 September 2007
Lord Swraj Paul''s Caparo group buys Polish forgings firm Zuo Bomet; weighs investments in India
19 September 2007
Nasdaq weighing sale of part equity, says report
19 September 2007
Orient-Express turns down Taj group overtures
19 September 2007
Philips scouting for M&As to double turnover by 2010
19 September 2007
Publicis buys Capital Advertising
19 September 2007
CRH buying Cemex cement assets
18 September 2007
General Electric Company to acquire M601 turboprop maker Walter Engines a.s
18 September 2007
Indian Hotels buys stake in Orient-Express
18 September 2007
OCM and Burlington in strategic alliance for worsted wool fabrics
18 September 2007
Standard Chartered to acquire American Express for $860 million
18 September 2007
Wipro completes cash tender offer for Infocrossing
18 September 2007
Yahoo! acquires e-mail company Zimbra
18 September 2007
BHEL plans acquisitons; aims at Rs 45,000 crore turnover of by 2012
18 September 2007
Royal Bank consortium likely to buy ABN, says ABN CEO
17 September 2007
PPG Industries to divest auto glass businesses to Platinum Equity; To focus on coatings, specialty products
15 September 2007