M&A
Fossil Inc to acquire Skagen Designs
16 Jan 2012
Toshiba denies reports of Olympus tie-up
16 Jan 2012
RIL in talks with cable operators to buy minimum 26 % stake: report
16 Jan 2012
RIL, which is making a comeback into telecom, is holding talks with a number of cable operators in bid to acquire readymade last mile connectivity
Oil India eyes US shale gas acreage
16 Jan 2012
Oil India plans to join the booming shale-gas exploration business that has fuelled more than $39 billion of acquisitions in the US by companies like Exxon Mobil, Royal Shell and Reliance Industries
Delta Airlines eyes AMR Corp: Reports
13 Jan 2012
Thomas Cook India denies stake sale reports
13 Jan 2012
Raymond James Financial to acquire Morgan Keegan for $930 mn
12 Jan 2012
The merger will create one of the largest full-service wealth management and investment banking firms outside Wall Street.
Chinese cross border M&A’s rise in 2011
12 Jan 2012
Thomas Cook pledges stake worth Rs557 crore in Indian arm with RBS
12 Jan 2012
RBS is likely to find a buyer for Thomas Cook India from among the possible buyers like Mumbai-based Mercury Travels, Cox & Kings, Chinese firm HNA and London-based foreign exchange group Travelex
Germany’s Linde to buy Air Products' European homecare unit for $750 mn
11 Jan 2012
With the acquisition, Linde will almost become among Europe’s top suppliers of home care respiratory products
AkzoNobel to take 100 % control of Metlac Group
10 Jan 2012
Bristol-Myers to acquire hepatitis C oral drug developer Inhibitex for $2.5 bn
09 Jan 2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb over the weekend said that it will buy Inhibitex Inc, for about $2.5 billion in cash in order to expand its broad hepatitis C portfolio
Sinochem to buy 10% in five Brazilian offshore blocks from Perenco
07 Jan 2012
Sinochem had, last year, acquired a 40 per cent stake in the Peregrino oilfield off the Brazilian coast, from Norway-based Statoil, for $3 billion
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