M&A
Facebook to buy TheFind to enter e-commerce
16 Mar 2015
General Electric to sell Australian consumer-lending business for $6.26 bn
16 Mar 2015
In one of the biggest deals in the Asia-Pacific region so far this year, diversified conglomerate General Electric is divesting GE Capital, its consumer-lending operation in Australia and New Zealand
Chandhok, Senna to showcase M&M at Miami Formula E race
16 Mar 2015
Mahindra & Mahindra is among the 10 teams competing in Formula E, the world's first fully-electric racing series championship in Miami
Chandhok, Senna to showcase M&M at Miami Formula E race
16 Mar 2015
Mahindra & Mahindra is among the 10 teams competing in Formula E, the world's first fully-electric racing series championship in Miami
New Zealand's Fonterra buys 18.8% stake in China's Beingmate for $553 mn
16 Mar 2015
The two companies intend to create a fully integrated global supply chain from the farm gate direct to China’s consumers, using Fonterra’s milk pools and manufacturing sites in New Zealand, Australia, and Europe
Valeant Pharma plans to raise bid for Salix
14 Mar 2015
Canada’s Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc is planning to raise its bid for Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd, after Endo International Plc tabled a counter-bid this week
Bupa to up stake in Max India to 49%
13 Mar 2015
Endo International tables $11.2 bn bid for Salix Pharmaceuticals
12 Mar 2015
Ireland-based specialty healthcare company Endo International yesterday offered to buy Salix Pharmaceuticals for around $11.2 billion, trumping an agreed bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals
News Corp acquires VCCircle
09 Mar 2015
China's Fosun acquires 5% stake in Thomas Cook
07 Mar 2015
AbbVie to acquire onclology drugmaker Pharmacyclics for $21 bn
05 Mar 2015
The takeover will give AbbVie access to one of the world's top-selling drugs to fight blood cancer, Imbruvica, which is expected to generate $1 billion in revenue this year
Reliance Infra to take control of Pipavav Defence in Rs819-cr deal
04 Mar 2015
Reliance Infrastructure said it would make an open offer to public shareholders of the private sector shipyard, at Rs66 per share, in order to take its stake to 26-per cent
Hewlett-Packard acquires Aruba Networks for $2.7 bn plus debt
03 Mar 2015
This is HP's first major acquisition since its disastrous 2011 acquisition of UK software company, Autonomy
Sun Pharma to buy Glaxo’s Australian opiates business
03 Mar 2015
The deal comes as Sun wraps up the last leg of its $ 4-billion proposal to buy troubled generic drugs maker Ranbaxy in India
Ola acquires TaxiForSure
03 Mar 2015
Google acquires .app web domain for $25 mn
02 Mar 2015
HP to buy Wi-Fi equipment maker Aruba Networks in $2.4-bn deal
27 Feb 2015
This will be the largest acquisition in several years for Hewlett-Packard, as chief executive officer Meg Whitman had been focusing on cutting costs and returning the business to growth
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