M&A

Apple in advanced talks to buy British graphics chipmaker Imagination Technologies

22 Mar 2016

British software group Micro Focus to buy Serena Software for $540 mn

22 Mar 2016

JSW Energy close to acquiring JSPL power plant for Rs5,200 cr

JSW Energy close to acquiring JSPL power plant for Rs5,200 cr

22 Mar 2016

Sajjan Jindal's JSW Energy is close to acquiring the 1,000-MW power plant of younger brother Navin's Jindal Steel and Power in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh

European regulator halts scrutiny of $35-bn Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger

22 Mar 2016

Marriott hikes bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to $13.6-bn revised

Marriott hikes bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to $13.6-bn revised

21 Mar 2016

The Marriott-Starwood deal would create the world's largest hotel chain with more than 5,500 hotels and 1.1 million rooms across brands that include Marriott International, Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Sheraton, Ritz Carlton, the Autograph Collection, Westin, Le Meridien, St. Regis, and Aloft.

Bharti Airtel to sell 1,350 towers to American Tower Corp

21 Mar 2016

Business research provider IHS to buy Markit Ltd for $5.9 bn

21 Mar 2016

Affymetrix rejects $1.5-bn takeover bid from Origin Technologies

21 Mar 2016

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross to buy Nexeo Solutions for $1.6 bn

21 Mar 2016

US paint maker Sherwin-Williams to buy rival Valspar Corp for $9.3 bn

21 Mar 2016

Monsanto eyes Bayer’s CropScience unit

21 Mar 2016

Origin Tech to derail Thermo Fisher’s bid for Affymetrix with $1.5 bn competing offer

19 Mar 2016

Steinhoff tables rival $975 mn bid for British electrical retailer Darty

19 Mar 2016

Sainsbury's wins Argos-owner Home Retail after Steinhoff pulls out

19 Mar 2016

KKR to buy Airbus Group's defence electronics unit for $1.2 bn

KKR to buy Airbus Group's defence electronics unit for $1.2 bn

19 Mar 2016

Airbus Group’s defence electronics business makes components for radars, optronics, electronic warfare and border control applications

Google’s parent Alphabet to sell robotics company Boston Dynamics

Google’s parent Alphabet to sell robotics company Boston Dynamics

18 Mar 2016

US defence organisations like Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the US Army, Navy and Marine Corps and private companies like Sony consult Boston Dynamics on creating advanced robots

US teen apparel retailer Aeropostale exploring strategic alternatives, including sale

18 Mar 2016

Blackstone close to buying HP’s controlling stake in MphasiS for about $940 mn

Blackstone close to buying HP’s controlling stake in MphasiS for about $940 mn

18 Mar 2016

HP, which holds around 60.5 per cent stake in MphasiS, is keen to exit from MphasiS in order to strengthen its balance sheet

Canon to buy Toshiba's medical equipment business for $5.9 bn

Canon to buy Toshiba's medical equipment business for $5.9 bn

17 Mar 2016

As part of a 5-year strategic transformation initiative, launched early this year, Canon will expand its healthcare business, integrating it within the safety and security sector, as a next-generation pillar of growth

Air Products in advanced talks to sell performance materials unit to Germany's Evonik

17 Mar 2016

Bharti Airtel buys Videocon’s spectrum for Rs4,428 crore

17 Mar 2016

Toshiba Corp in process of selling its medical unit

17 Mar 2016

US laser products company Coherent to buy rival Rofin-Sinar for $942 mn

17 Mar 2016

British respiratory drug maker Vectura to buy Skyepharma for $621 mn

17 Mar 2016

Subrata Roy’s Plaza Hotel to be auctioned for mortgage defaults

Subrata Roy’s Plaza Hotel to be auctioned for mortgage defaults

By By Ravi Kunder | 17 Mar 2016

The five-star hotel off Central Park is majority owned by Subrata Roy’s Sahara India Pariwar, which defaulted on the mortgage payments By Ravi Kunder