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China’s Fosun, Axa Private Equity join management buyout of Club Méditerranée
28 May 2013
Two of Club Méditerranée largest shareholders are acquiring the French leisure company in a deal that values it at $700 million
Canada’s Valeant in talks to buy Bausch & Lomb for $9 bn
25 May 2013
After abandoning its $13 billion cash and stock bid for generic drug giant Actavis, Valeant, one of the most acquisitive pharmaceutical companies, has identified on Bausch and Lomb to strengthen its visual-care products
Google may get into bidding war with Facebook for Waze
24 May 2013
Google Inc is weighing plans of buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, a move that may trigger a bidding war with Facebook, which has offered $1 billion
SEBI, CCI seek clarity on Jet-Etihad deal
23 May 2013
While SEBI is worried that the stock purchase has been kept at 24 per cent to skirt the mandatory open offer, CCI is concerned that the stake sale seems to give Etihad a larger hold on the domestic airline
ONGC’s $5-bn bid for stake in Kashagan oilfield hangs in balance
By By Ravi Kunder | 22 May 2013
ONGC will have to wait until 2 July to find out the fate of its proposed $5 -billion acquisition of ConocoPhillips 8.4-per cent stake in the giant Kashagan oilfield. Ravi Kunder reports
Sprint Nextel boosts takeover offer for Clearwire
22 May 2013
Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-largest wireless operator in the US, has sweetened its buyout offer by about 14 per cent for approximately 50-per cent stake that it does not currently own in rival Clearwire
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