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Adani Group acquires Australian port for $2 billion
03 May 2011
The Adani Group plans to raise the handling capacity of the port from 50 million tonnes to 80 MT to facilitate the shipment of coal from its Australian mines to India
Teva trumps Valeant with a $6.8-bn deal to acquire Cephalon
02 May 2011
Trumping a hostile bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals Teva will acquire specialty pharma company Cephalon
DuPont raises offer price for Danisco to $6.64 billion
30 Apr 2011
DuPont raised its offer to 700 Danish crowns per share ($139.28) and also reduced the minimum number of shares required to be tendered to 80 per cent for acceptance.
Rio Tinto plans to de-list Riversdale
30 Apr 2011
Total to acquire 60 per cent in SunPower for $1.37 billion
29 Apr 2011
Total will also provide SunPower with up to $1 billion in credit support to guarantee repayment obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in connection with its businesses over the next five years.
Exelon Corporation acquires Constellation in $7.7 billion deal
28 Apr 2011
In the past Exelon made three attempts to buy other power companies since 2003, with Constellation being the target of two failed bids
Biocon to divest stake in Germany's AxiCorp
28 Apr 2011
Biocon Ltd had acquired a controlling stake in the German drug distributor in a bid to market its bio-similar drugs in Europe
J&J to buy Swiss medical devices maker Synthes for $21.3 billion
27 Apr 2011
Johnson & Johnson expects the acquisition to create the world's most innovative and comprehensive orthopaedics business
News Corp may sell MySpace for $100 million: report
27 Apr 2011
The social networking site, which Rupert Murdock-controlled News Corp bought for over $580 million in 2005, reported an operating loss of $156 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2010 alone
JK group on prowl for overseas acquisitions
20 Apr 2011
News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports
20 Apr 2011
News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports
20 Apr 2011
News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports
20 Apr 2011
Seagate acquires Samsung's hard disks business in $1.38 billion deal
19 Apr 2011
Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung will receive an approximately 9.6-per cent stake in Seagate and another $687.5 million in cash, plus a seat on the Seagate board
Aditya Birla group acquires Swedish speciality pulp major for $340 million
19 Apr 2011
The Swedish acquisition is in line with the group's strategy of meeting a substantial part of its speciality pulp requirements from captive sources
Continental to acquire Modi Tyres for undisclosed sum
18 Apr 2011
The German tyre major said Modi Tyres would ultimately become its wholly-owned subsidiary
Aditya Birla Group acquires Kanoria Chemicals unit for Rs830 crore
16 Apr 2011
The acquisition would raise Aditya Birla Chemicals' total caustic soda capacity from 105,000 tonnes per annum to 220,000 tonnes.
J&J may buy Synthes in $20-bn deal
16 Apr 2011
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