M&A
Jones Apparel to buy Stuart Weitzman
07 May 2010
Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus to acquire Interactive Data for $3.4 billion
05 May 2010
Global provider of financial market data Interactive Data Corporation, said yesterday that it has agreed to be acquired by Private equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus for $3.4 billion in cash
Mid-Day to merge newspaper business with Jagran Prakashan
05 May 2010
Publishing group Mid-day Multimedia Ltd that publishes the Mid-Day and Inqulab newspapers today announced the merger of its newspaper business with Jagran Prakashan Ltd
Lihir Gold succumbs to Newcrest's $8.79 billion sweetened merger offer
04 May 2010
The combination of Lihir Gold Limited, Australia's second-largest gold miner, and rival Newcrest Mining Ltd will create the fifth largest gold producer in the world.
United, Continental merger creates world’s biggest airline
04 May 2010
United Airlines and Continental Airlines formally announced a $3 billion merger that would create the world’s biggest airline.
UAL, Continental may announce merger today
03 May 2010
Glencore mulling $84-billion merger with Xstrata: report
03 May 2010
Xstrata's largest sharholder Glencore is one of the world's largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers
Norway’s Norsk Hydro buys Vale’s aluminium assets for $4.9 billion
03 May 2010
Oslo-based Norsk Hydro is the world’s third-largest integrated aluminium supplier with operations spread across the globe, and a major producer of
renewable energy
Vale acquires 51-per cent in BSG for $2.5-billion; may scuttle Rio-Chinalco Guinea deal
30 Apr 2010
Privately-owned BSG Resources moves in to protect its Simandou iron ore concession from Anglo-Chinese bid to get it restored to Rio Tinto