M&A
Reliance MediaWorks acquires UK’s film processing firm ilab
07 Jan 2010
RMW currently has a major presence in different types of film services such as motion picture processing, visual effects, film restoration, image enhancement, digital mastering
Berkshire Hathaway slams Kraft bid for Cadbury
06 Jan 2010
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slammed Kraft Food’s proposed expensive acquisition of Cadbury and voted against Kraft's proposal to issue new shares to acquire Cadbury
Ceat picks up majority stake in Sri Lankan JV
05 Jan 2010
Bangladesh regulators clear Bharti Airtel's acquisition of Warid
05 Jan 2010
Bharti Airtel is acquiring a 70 per cent stake held by the Abu Dhabi Group in the Bangladesh telco for an estimated $900 million
Kraft's $3.7-billion sale of pizza unit to Nestle may fund Cadbury acquisition
05 Jan 2010
The sale paves the way for Kraft to increase its $16.7-billion hostile takeover bid for Cadbury
Dow Jones merging WSJ and News Wire businesses
05 Jan 2010
In its biggest restructuring since it was acquired by News Corp in 2007, publishing and financial information firm, Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Company is merging its consumer and enterprise divisions
Murdoch’s IGN sells Rotten Tomatoes to Flixster
05 Jan 2010
Jindal again matches Meijin's takeover offer for Australia's Rocklands
04 Jan 2010
JSPL has now offered RCI A$0.56 cents per share on a fully diluted basis and A$0.06 cents per RCI option, matching the sweetened 29 December offer by China's Meijin, which valued RCI at A$197.2 million.
Sun fails to dislodge Taro directors at general body
01 Jan 2010
India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries claimed partial success in its fight against the management of Israeli generic-drugs maker Taro Pharmaceutical Industries when most minority shareholders of Taro voted against re-election of its board members.
CNPC consortium wins $9.7 billion Turkmenistan gas contract
01 Jan 2010
A consortium of China National Petroleum Corp and companies from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates has won contracts worth $9.7 billion to develop the Yolotan natural gas field in Turkmenistan.
Cox and Kings acquires Australian travel firms
31 Dec 2009
US government to inject $3.8 billion into GMAC, hike stake to 56 per cent
31 Dec 2009
The treasury will increase its investment in GMAC to $16.3 billion, from $12.5 billion and will appoint four of the company's nine directors.
Chinese bank, Kazakh trust to jointly invest $2.7 billion in Kazakh copper mine
31 Dec 2009
As part of their continuing hunt for minerals around the world, Chinese companies are now eyeing copper deposits in Kazakhistan.