M&A

Pfizer files IPO for animal health unit Zoetis Inc

Pfizer files IPO for animal health unit Zoetis Inc

14 Aug 2012

Pfizer yesterday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) for its animal health unit Zoetis Inc, as part of its plan to pay off debt and focus on its core busines

BP to sell California refinery to Tesoro Corp for $2.5 billion

BP to sell California refinery to Tesoro Corp for $2.5 billion

13 Aug 2012

BP will sell the ARCO retail brand rights and exclusively license the rights from Tesoro for Northern California, Oregon and Washington and continue to produce transportation fuels at its Cherry Point, Washington refinery

DLF sells Mumbai plot to Lodha Developers for Rs2,750 crore

13 Aug 2012

RIM looking to sell NewBay: report

13 Aug 2012

Goldman Sachs, New Enterprise Associates invest Rs298.5 crore in Nova Medical

13 Aug 2012

Switzerland’s Julius Baer to buy BofAML’s non-US wealth units for $882 mn

13 Aug 2012

Sun Pharma to buy out Israel’s Taro for $571 million

Sun Pharma to buy out Israel’s Taro for $571 million

13 Aug 2012

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to a new offer of Sun Pharma, which already owns 66.3 per cent of Taro, to pay $39.50 per share for the remaining stake held by Taro’s minority shareholders

BP to sell US midstream gas assets to Eagle Rock Energy for $227.5 mn

11 Aug 2012

Sun Pharma to spin off domestic formulations business into Sun Resins & Polymers

11 Aug 2012

Reliance Industries sells stake in Yemen block to Indonesia's Medco Energi

10 Aug 2012

Republicans see red in proposed Wanxiang-A123 Systems green deal

Republicans see red in proposed Wanxiang-A123 Systems green deal

10 Aug 2012

Nasdaq-listed A123 Systems develops and manufactures advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and energy storage systems that deliver high power, energy density and long life

IBM eyes RIM’s enterprise division: report

10 Aug 2012

AstraZeneca to pay Bristol-Myers Squibb $135 mn more for Amylin drug rights

AstraZeneca to pay Bristol-Myers Squibb $135 mn more for Amylin drug rights

10 Aug 2012

AstraZeneca will pay the $135 million to Bristol-Myers Squibb after the anti-trust and other competition regulators approve the acquisition of Amylin

Nokia to sell 500 wireless patents to US mobile ringtone firm Vringo for $22 mn

09 Aug 2012

National Oilwell Varco to buy rival Robbins & Myers for $2.54 billion

09 Aug 2012

Nokia to sell its Qt software business to Finnish IT services firm Digia Oyj

09 Aug 2012

US battery maker A123 Systems to get $450-mn lifeline from China’s Wanxiang

09 Aug 2012

Warner Chilcott scraps sale plans; to pay $1 billion dividend

08 Aug 2012

CIL plans South African arm to push coal mine acquisitions

CIL plans South African arm to push coal mine acquisitions

08 Aug 2012

CIL has signed an agreement with the government of Limpopo, South Africa, for jointly identifying, exploring and developing coalmines

DSM to buy Brazilian animal-nutrition company Tortuga for $575 mn

08 Aug 2012

Thai billionaire Charoen upsets Heinken’s $6 bn bid for Tiger Beer maker

08 Aug 2012

Gina Rinehart appeals to Fairfax retail shareholders

08 Aug 2012

Canada’s Endeavour Mining to buy Avion Gold for C$389 million

08 Aug 2012

CJ Korea Express may bid for US-based freight forwarder Phoenix International

08 Aug 2012

Employees Provident Fund approves Reliance Capital stake sale to Nippon Life

07 Aug 2012