M&A

Eli Lily to divest US veterinary assets to Virbac

27 Oct 2014

Pfizer's $11-bn share repurchase ends chances of renewed bid for AstraZeneca

25 Oct 2014

US drugmaker Pfizer’s board yesterday authorised a new $11-billion share repurchase plan, which analysts say puts an end to speculations that it would renew its bid for British rival AstraZeneca

Nokia to become Lumia as Microsoft takes control

22 Oct 2014

AbbVie calls off $55-bn acquisition of Shire over US tax rules

22 Oct 2014

AbbVie said the new US tax rules would keep it from gaining access to its overseas cash without having to pay hefty US taxes

Shell inks deals for sale of Nigerian onshore assets

22 Oct 2014

Aditya Birla Group bids for Lafarge-Holcim assets: report

21 Oct 2014

Government issues draft order for merger of NSEL with FTIL

21 Oct 2014

National Spot Exchange Ltd and its parent Financial Technologies will be merged to form a new company

Old Mutual wealth division acquiring Quilter Cheviot

17 Oct 2014

Old Mutual wealth division acquiring Quilter Cheviot

17 Oct 2014

Fertilizer giants CF Industries and Yara end merger talks

17 Oct 2014

CF and Yara had late last month said that they were in talks towards a “merger of equals,” and a successful deal would have created a company with an enterprise value of around $30 billion and revenues of around $18.4 billion

TCS to merge subsidiary CMC with itself

17 Oct 2014

TCS' move to merge its subsidiary CMC Ltd with itself will enable the combined entity to jointly bid for bigger deals

Britain may block $6.52-bn Mikhail Fridman – RWE North Sea deal

16 Oct 2014

Qualcomm to buy British chip maker and Bluetooth specialist CSR for $2.5 bn

16 Oct 2014

Lower M&A activity reported in quarter ended September over last year

15 Oct 2014

Bhushan Steel looking to sell non-core assets as IFCI invokes its pledged shares

15 Oct 2014

Tata Steel in talks to sell European Long Products division

15 Oct 2014

Tata Steel, which expanded to Europe through its $13-billion acquisition of Corus in 2007, said that it has signed an agreement with the Klesch Group for due diligence and negotiations for a potential sale

Loop, Bharti deal in limbo as Trai invokes MNP clauses

15 Oct 2014

Loop, Bharti deal in limbo as Trai invokes MNP clauses

15 Oct 2014

Loop, Bharti deal in limbo as Trai invokes MNP clauses

15 Oct 2014

Birla eyes global assets of Holcim-Lafarge

15 Oct 2014

In order to meet regulatory requirements of global anti-competition authorities Holcim and Lafarge, which announced their proposed merger in April this year, have to divest some assets

AbbVie to reconsider $55-bn Shire deal

15 Oct 2014

AbbVie, the maker of top-selling arthritis drug Humira, plans to buy Shire to lower its US tax burden by moving its tax base to Ireland and to diversify its product line-up