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Human Genome Sciences agrees to GSK's revised $3-bn offer
17 Jul 2012
US biopharmaceutical company Human Genome Sciences yesterday agreed to be acquired by GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) for a sweetened $3 billion
Thermo Fisher to acquire One Lambda for $925 mn
16 Jul 2012
GSK to close Human Genome Sciences acquisition with $2.8-bn revised offer: report
16 Jul 2012
GlaxoSmithKline is close to acquiring Human Genome Sciences for about $2.8 billion, two months after it went hostile with its $2.59-billion bid for the US biopharmaceutical firm
Tinkler's consortium launches $5.3-bn bid for Australia's Whitehaven Coal
14 Jul 2012
Tinkler, Whitehaven’s largest shareholder with a 21.4 per cent stake, is offering to pay $5.20 a share, a premium of 50 per cent to the miner's yesterday closing price
Bain Capital, Singapore’s GIC plan joint bid for Genpact stake: report
13 Jul 2012
The two are reported to be in talks to jointly bid for a 41 per cent stake in the IT outsourcing company, for $1.5 billion to $2 billion
Australia’s Telstra sells NZ subsidiary to Vodafone for A$660 million
13 Jul 2012
The sale is expected to boost Telstra’s war chest of free cash flow to up to $3 billion in the next three years
Australia’s Telstra sells NZ subsidiary to Vodafone for A$660 million
13 Jul 2012
The sale is expected to boost Telstra’s war chest of free cash flow to up to $3 billion in the next three years
Australia’s Telstra sells NZ subsidiary to Vodafone for A$660 million
13 Jul 2012
The sale is expected to boost Telstra’s war chest of free cash flow to up to $3 billion in the next three years
Japan’s advertising giant Dentsu to buy British rival Aegis for $5 billion
12 Jul 2012
The deal is the largest ever in global advertising business, after WPP’s $4-bn purchase of Young & Rubicam in 2000 and Publicis’s $3-bn acquisition of Bcom3 Inc in 2002
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