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

Apple challenges Google by acquiring mobile ad firm Quattro Wireless

06 Jan 2010

Britain’s Prudential acquires UOB’s insurance unit for £191 million

06 Jan 2010

Kraft raises cash offer for Cadbury with sale of pizza unit to Nestle

06 Jan 2010

UK insurer Aviva to acquire US equity manager, River Rock

06 Jan 2010

Research firm Gartner acquires Burton Group for $56 million

06 Jan 2010

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

Aussie state energy minister rules out Griffin Coal bailout

06 Jan 2010

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

Marico buys Colgate Palmolive's Malaysian business

04 Jan 2010

Germany's Merz Pharmaceuticals to acquire BioForm Medical for $253 million

04 Jan 2010

Total signs $2.25 billion shale gas deal with Chesapeake Energy of US

04 Jan 2010

WorleyParsons to acquire Brazilian engineering group CNEC

04 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.

MCB bank's plan to buy RBS Pakistan assets lapse on time overrun

02 Jan 2010

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.

VLCC sets sights on three mid-sized firms for takeover

31 Dec 2009

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.