M&A
Dutch life sciences company DSM to acquire US food ingredients maker Fortitech for $634 mn
08 Nov 2012
Gulf Oil acquires US specialty chemicals firm Houghton for $1.05 bn
07 Nov 2012
The acquisition of Houghton with its manufacturing plants around the world would be the largest-ever foreign acquisition by an Indian company this year
Pearson denies plans to sell Financial Times
07 Nov 2012
Spain’s EDP Renovaveis sells 49 % stake in US wind farms to Canada’s Borealis for $230 mn
07 Nov 2012
Icahn’s target-Netflix adopts “poison pill”
06 Nov 2012
Japan's Inpex to acquire 26 % in ONGC’s KG basin deep sea block
05 Nov 2012
ONGC continues to be the operator of the block with a 34-per cent participating interest
Hindujas set to acquire US chemicals firm Houghton for $1.1 billion
03 Nov 2012
Houghton International is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic fuels, rust preventatives and lubricants for the automotive and steel sectors
China clears Nestle’s $11.85-bn deal for Pfizer's baby food business
03 Nov 2012
Pfizer's nutrition business is the world's fifth-largest in the infant milk formula market behind Nestle, Mead Johnson, Danone and Abbott Laboratories
Israeli govt rejects Potash Corp’s $15-bn bid for Israel Chemicals
03 Nov 2012
Israeli government, which does not physically hold any shares in ICL, can overrule other shareholders’ decisions since it has given ICL exclusive rights to mine in the Dead Sea and the Negev Desert
Codelco to sell part stake in Anglo American Sur JV to Mitsui for $998 mn
02 Nov 2012
Codelco had earlier taken Anglo American to court after it sold a 24.5-per cent stake in its Sur copper mining complex in southern Chile to Japanese trading house Mitsubishi, for $5.39 billion
US supply chain software firm RedPrairie to acquire JDASoftware for $1.9 billion
01 Nov 2012
US supply chain software firm RedPrairie Corp today said it is acquiring enterprise technology maker JDASoftware Group Inc for about $1.9 billion in cash
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