M&A

Tata Steel, CSN hold out to Rio Tinto’s $3.9-bn takeover of Riversdale

24 Feb 2011

Pritzker family close to selling Triton Container for around $1 billion

24 Feb 2011

Valeo to acquire Japanese auto supplier Niles

23 Feb 2011

State Bank to merge remaining 5 associate banks in 18 months

State Bank to merge remaining 5 associate banks in 18 months

23 Feb 2011

SBI chairman O P Bhatt says the merger of subsidiaries is a systematic process and all assocaite banks will offer products, services and processes of similar nature and will be migrated to the same core banking technology

Publicis Groupe acquires Interactive Communications Ltd. in Taiwan

23 Feb 2011

Rio Tinto, Chinalco tie-up for Oyu Tolgoi will need government approval

23 Feb 2011

Technical publisher Elsevier acquires Chinese medical information provider Datong

23 Feb 2011

Rio Tinto receives $340 million binding offer for Luzenac

23 Feb 2011

Activist investor Carl Icahn puts Mentor Graphics into play with $1.86 billion bid

23 Feb 2011

BP to shed UK upstream assets

23 Feb 2011

Forest Laboratories to acquire Clinical Data for $1.2 billion

Forest Laboratories to acquire Clinical Data for $1.2 billion

23 Feb 2011

The acquisition will allow Forest to leverage its existing presence in the anti-depressant category through the launch of Viibryd.

US oil refiners Holly Corp and Frontier Oil in $7 billion merger

22 Feb 2011

RIL says Niko can raise KG block stake to 13 per cent

22 Feb 2011

Ruia Group acquires Germany’s automotive fasteners manufacturer Acument

22 Feb 2011

Japanese pharma firm KHK to buy Scotland’s ProStrakan for £292 million

22 Feb 2011

Russia's Sollers signs MoU with Ford, dumps Fiat

21 Feb 2011

BP picks up 30 per cent stake in Reliance's oil and gas blocks for $7.2 bn

BP picks up 30 per cent stake in Reliance's oil and gas blocks for $7.2 bn

21 Feb 2011

The two companies will also form a 50:50 joint venture for sourcing and marketing of gas in India

UK's CSR to buy Zoran Corp for $679 million

21 Feb 2011

Shell to sell most African downstream business for $1 billion

21 Feb 2011

Diageo to acquire Turkish distiller Mey Icki for $2.1 billion

Diageo to acquire Turkish distiller Mey Icki for $2.1 billion

21 Feb 2011

The maker of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Baileys among others, will now add Turkey’s popular drink Raki to its stable of alcoholic beverages

Huawei backs off from controversial acquisition of 3Leaf Systems

21 Feb 2011

Essar Energy on verge of buying Shell’s UK refinery

Essar Energy on verge of buying Shell’s UK refinery

19 Feb 2011

If Essar’s purchase matrialises, it will mark Shell’s final departure from the UK’s refining market.

Cairn can’t set deadlines for government: Reddy

18 Feb 2011

Cairn can’t set deadlines for government: Reddy

18 Feb 2011

Cairn can’t set deadlines for government: Reddy

18 Feb 2011