M&A
RCom signs definitive agreement to sell towers
21 Dec 2016
Industrial-gas giants Praxair and Linde agree to an over $65-bn all-stock merger
21 Dec 2016
Three months after Linde and Praxair failed to arrive at a merger agreement over fear of job losses, the two combines have agreed to an all-stock merger that would create the world’s biggest industrial-gas company
BP awarded 10% stake in Abu Dhabi’s ADCO onshore fields
19 Dec 2016
BP's stake acquisition, valued at nearly $100 million, provides the oil giant with material long-term onshore oil reserves, production and cash flows for 40 years
Cognizant to acquire Sydney-based Adaptra
16 Dec 2016
21st Century Fox bids $14.6 bn for Sky Plc
16 Dec 2016
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has tabled a firm $14.6-billion offer to buy the remaining 61-per cent it does not already own in British market-leading pay-TV provider Sky Plc
Verizon rethinking $4.8-bn Yahoo deal over data breaches
16 Dec 2016
Verizon Communications Inc is looking at ways to modify its $4.8-billion deal to buy Yahoo Inc's core internet business after the technology company disclosed a second massive data breach