M&A
Icahn bids $3-bn for Oshkosh in bid to merge it with Navistar
12 Oct 2012
Billionaire activist Carl Icahn's cash offer for Oshkosh is not subject to due diligence or financing, but the appointment of his slate of directors is a pre-condition for the deal to go through
Japan's Softbank in talks to buy controlling stake in Sprint Nextel for more than $19 bn: report
11 Oct 2012
Unitech agrees to sell its Uninor stake to Telenor
11 Oct 2012
Ending months of feud, realty firm Unitech has finally opted to exit from Unitech Wireless , its telecom joint venture with Norway’s Telenor
ING to sell Malaysian insurance business to AIA Group for $1.73 bn
11 Oct 2012
Dutch banking giant ING yesterday agreed to sell its Malaysian insurance business to Pan Asian insurer AIA Group Ltd, for $1.73 billion in cash.
BP to sell Texas refinery to Marathon Petroleum in a $2.5 billion deal
09 Oct 2012
As part of its plan to sell assets in order to pay for its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, British oil giant BP Plc is selling its Texas City refinery to Marathon Petroleum Corp for $2.5 billion
BAE - EADs mega merger on the rocks
06 Oct 2012
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