M&A

CVC-Cosmen consortium pulls out of bid for National Express; Stagecoach bids £1.7 billion

19 Oct 2009

Pfizer completes Wyeth acquisition

16 Oct 2009

Pfizer completes Wyeth acquisition

16 Oct 2009

Pfizer completes Wyeth acquisition

16 Oct 2009

BHP Billiton lobbied to torpedo Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal

16 Oct 2009

BHP Billiton had conducted a covert lobbying operation to torpedo Chinese state-owned giant Chinalco's $19.5-billion investment in Rio Tinto, says a former Australian official

BHP Billiton to acquire iron ore miner UMC for A$204 million

16 Oct 2009

Google ready for acquisitions after spectacular 3Q

16 Oct 2009

Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton junk Pilbara ore marketing plan

16 Oct 2009

Xstrata abandos Anglo bid, for now

16 Oct 2009

RHJ acquires Kleinwort Benson for £225 million

16 Oct 2009

Lloyds to sell HBOS portfolio management unit to Rathbone

16 Oct 2009

Singapore's OCBC to acquire ING Asia private bank for $1.5 billion

15 Oct 2009

Singapore's third-biggest bank, clinched the surprise deal beating global banking group HSBC

Polaris Software acquires Laser Soft Infosystems

15 Oct 2009

NDTV to buy back 26 per cent NBC Universal stake

15 Oct 2009

Government approves sale of Andrew Yule JV stake to Continental Conti Tech

15 Oct 2009

Cognizant acquires UBS India service center; enters into long-term service agreement

15 Oct 2009

RIL eyeing assets in EU: reports

15 Oct 2009

AB InBev sells East European beer operations to CVC for $2.2 billion

15 Oct 2009

Funds advised by CVC have agreed to acquire AB InBev's operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia

Thomson Reuters to acquire financial commentary site Breakingviews

15 Oct 2009

The acquisition will give New York-based Thomson Reuters a real-time subscription service that currently reaches around 15,000 finance professionals

Canadian miner Pan American Silver to acquire Aquiline Resources for $608 million

15 Oct 2009

Cliffs Natural to acquire Wabush Mines stake from ArcelorMittal, US Steel

14 Oct 2009

Telstra opposes split, terms government plan ‘unnecessary and damaging’

14 Oct 2009

McGraw-Hill sells BusinessWeek to Bloomberg

14 Oct 2009

The magazine will continue to be a weekly print publication, rechristened Bloomberg BusinessWeek

Cisco in deal to buy Starent Networks for $2.9 billion

14 Oct 2009

The global networking giant is acquiring supplier of IP-based mobile infrastructure solutions provider Starent Networks, adding wireless capabilities to its core strength in network solutions

Merck KGaA acquires Banagalore bioscience firm

13 Oct 2009