M&A

After six months, IFCI looking to sell, again

30 May 2008

UAE's Ithmar Capital to raise $1 billion for buy-outs

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

Ranbaxy's Religare completes 97-per cent acquisition of UK broking firm Hichens for £56 million

27 May 2008

Overseas funding for global M&As by Indian corporates raises insolvency regime issues

27 May 2008

Hitachi president rules out buying GE's appliances unit

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

Reliance communication has enetered into merger talks with MTN after Bharti's withdrawal. In a seperate development it has acquired UK-based Vanco

Geojit exits commodities businesses for acquisition by BNP

24 May 2008

Videocon in talks to acquire Motorola's handset business

24 May 2008

Yahoo postpones meeting

23 May 2008

Del Monte says might offload StarKist

23 May 2008

FMC Corp. acquires hydrocolloids business of International Specialty Products for undisclosed sum

21 May 2008

Private equity firm Carlyle Group acquires government business of Booz Allen Hamilton for $2.54 billion

19 May 2008

Champagne Indage acquires Darlington Wines in UK

19 May 2008

Champagne Indage makes its third Australian acquisition; buys premium winery VineCrest

17 May 2008

Champagne Indage has made its third Australian acquisition in 18 months to establish a global footprint and complement its product portfolio in the Indian market

Motorola's chief strategy and technology officer becomes the latest senior executive to quit

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

Europe's biggest bank HSBC is acquiring a 73-per cent stake in IL&FS Investmart for Rs1000 crore

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

Tata Teleservices is selling a minority 49-per cent stake in Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure, for an estimated Rs8,200 crore.

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

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has sought clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to acquire up to approximately $2.5 billion worth of Yahoo stock in preparation for his proxy fight to oust the board.

Kinetic Motor spurts on news of M&M's buyout talks

14 May 2008