M&A
Watson Pharmaceuticals to buy Swiss rival Actavis for $5.60 billion
26 Apr 2012
The proposed acquisition will catapult Watson, the fifth-largest US pharma company, into the world’s third-biggest generic drugmaker with expected 2012 revenue of $8 billion.
Facebook buys AOL patents from Microsoft for $550 mn
25 Apr 2012
Earlier this month, Microsoft paid over $1 billion for around 925 AOL patents and patent applications plus a license to AOL’s remaining portfolio of approximately 300 additional patents
Shell to buy UK’s Cove Energy for $1.8 billion
24 Apr 2012
The acquisition will help Shell secure a stake in one of the world’s largest gas fields off the Mozambique coast in Africa
Thomson Reuters Corp sells health-care unit to Veritas Capital
24 Apr 2012
The sale allows Thomson Reuters to buy assets related to its tax and legal businesses, rather than spend resources on a unit unit that is not its highest-margin business
Max India to divest BOPP business: Reports
23 Apr 2012
Vodafone acquires CWW for £1.04 billion
23 Apr 2012
Telecom giant Vodafone today said it had clinched a deal for the acquisition of British firm Cable and Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for about £1.04 billion
KCI to acquire Switzerland based APAG Group
23 Apr 2012
UK’s CWW PLC to accept Vodafone bid
23 Apr 2012
Vodafone approached C&W Worldwide, owner of the largest fibre-optic network in the UK, in early February beating competition from Tata Communications
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