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Samsung to sell chemicals businesses to Lotte Group for $2.6 bn
30 Oct 2015
Samsung is selling its chemicals business and stake in Samsung Fine Chemical in order to raise capital and invest in the rapidly growing automotive battery business
Samsung announces $10-bn buyback
29 Oct 2015
Samsung will tap into its $50-billion cash pile to buy back shares and invest in its components business
Pfizer, Allergan mull largest pharma merger
29 Oct 2015
US drug giant Pfizer Inc and Irish pharmaceutical company Allergan Plc are weighing a merger plan, which would create the world’s largest drug company with a market cap of more than $300 billion
Texas Instruments in talks to buy rival chipmaker Maxim Integrated Products
29 Oct 2015
Texas Instruments is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductors AND the second-largest supplier of chips for cellular handsets
Walgreens to buy smaller drugstore rival Rite-Aid for $9.4 bn
28 Oct 2015
Formed in 2014 through the merger of Walgreens and Alliance Boots, Illinois-based Walgreens employs more than 370,000 people and has a presence in over 25 countries
Duke Energy to buy Piedmont Natural Gas Co for $4.9 bn
26 Oct 2015
Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in the US serving around 7.3 million customers in six states in the Southeast and Midwest
Chinese investment company Yantai Xinchao to buy oil assets in western Texas for $1.3 bn
26 Oct 2015
Liberty Global in talks to buy Cable & Wireless for over $5.5 bn
26 Oct 2015
Negotiations are continuing around a price of $5.5 billion, excluding debt of $2.6 billion, a 40 per cent premium to CWC Friday closing share price of £74.60, according to several media reports
Australian regulator flags concerns over Halliburton's $35-bn Baker Hughes merger
24 Oct 2015
US regulators have already raised concerns on the deal about possible higher prices and reduced innovation, while the EU competition commission has suspended its review because the companies have failed to provide sufficient data
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