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Illumina reportedly agrees to Roche's $8.2-bn takeover offer
21 Dec 2012
The potential acquisition of Illumina would make Roche a market leader in gene sequencing, a procedure that helps develop personalised drugs to suit individual patients
IBM to acquire StoredIQ
20 Dec 2012
Carlyle Group led consortium to buy Chinese display-advertising provider Focus Media for $3.7 bn
20 Dec 2012
French cement giant Lafarge seeks to sell minority stake in Indian unit for $300 mn: report
20 Dec 2012
ICE in talks to acquire NYSE Euronext for around $8 bn: report
20 Dec 2012
NYSE Euronext, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is in talks to sell itself to upstart commodities and derivatives trading firm IntercontinentalExchange for around $8 billion
Kodak sells imaging patents for $525 mn
20 Dec 2012
Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM and others have grouped together to buy digital imaging patents from Kodak Co for about $525 million, much below the $2.6 billion estimated earlier
DLF to sell luxury hotel chain Aman Resorts back to founder Adrian Zecha for Rs1,637 crore
20 Dec 2012
M&M to buy out Navistar’s stake in truck JVs
18 Dec 2012
As part of the deal that is expected to be completed in two months, Navistar will continue to supply technology to Mahindra and continue to use Mahindra’s engineering services support for its US market
Sun Pharma’s US unit to buy URL Pharma
18 Dec 2012
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