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Tata Chemicals buys British Salt for Rs656 crore
20 Dec 2010
Tata Chemicals made the acquisition through Brunner Mond, UK, its wholly-owned subsidiary.
Anglo American mulls buying Oppenheimer family's stake in De Beers
20 Dec 2010
Anglo American, the diversified mining company, is mulling purchase of the Oppenheimer family's stake in De Beers, in a bid to gain full control of the world’s largest diamond company.
Natixis to acquire 25 per cent stake in IDFC AMC
17 Dec 2010
Sumitomo Chemical acquires New Chemi Industries
17 Dec 2010
Hero, Honda split; seal new licensing deal
16 Dec 2010
Under the agreement, Hero Honda will continue to sell all existing products while Honda will provide new models
India’s Lanco outbids Chinese rivals to bag Australia’s Griffin for $850 mn
15 Dec 2010
Infrastructure and power generation company Lanco Infratech has outbid Chinese and Japanese rivals to acquire Australia’s Griffin Coal, for around $850 million, making it India’s second-largest investment in the Australian coal sector
Yahoo cuts 600 jobs
15 Dec 2010
Sweden’s Assa Abloy to acquire Cardo for $1.6 bn
14 Dec 2010
Munjals to buy out Honda’s stake in Hero Honda: reports
14 Dec 2010
The deal will not trigger SEBI’s takeover code for a mandatory open offer for buying 20 per cent as the share sale will be between co-promoters of a listed company
BT Group sells stake in Tech Mahindra
14 Dec 2010
Dell to buy data storage firm Compellent for $960 million
14 Dec 2010
The acquisition comes after Dell lost out in September 2010 to Hewlett-Packard in an unprecedented 18-day bidding war for virtual data storage company 3PAR
Thermo Fisher to buy lab equipment specialist Dionex for $2.1 billion
14 Dec 2010
The deal brings two complementary chromatography portfolios together to create the most extensive chromatography instruments, software and consumables offerings.
General Electric to acquire Wellstream Holdings for £800 million
14 Dec 2010
With 2009 turnover of £386 million, Wellstream, is the world's largest supplier of flexible pipes used in offshore drilling
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