M&A

Maker of Jim Beam bourbon Fortune Brands plans three-way split

08 Dec 2010

Itochu Corp to acquire 15-% stake in Aston's Maules Creek coal project

08 Dec 2010

US medical insurer Aetna to buy Medicity for about $500 million

08 Dec 2010

US medical insurer Aetna to buy Medicity for about $500 million

08 Dec 2010

US natural gas distributor AGL Resources to buy Nicor for $2.4 billion

US natural gas distributor AGL Resources to buy Nicor for $2.4 billion

08 Dec 2010

US natural gas distributor AGL is acquiring peer Nicor to create an $8.6-billion natural gas distribution company with 4.5 million customers

Glaxo to buy China's specialist drugmaker MeiRui Pharma for $70 million

08 Dec 2010

Israel Chemicals offers to buy Scotts' Global Professional for $270 million

07 Dec 2010

China's Bright Food in talks to buy US vitamin retailer GNC Holdings

07 Dec 2010

China's Bright Food in talks to buy US vitamin retailer GNC Holdings

07 Dec 2010

Google buys UK-based speech technology company Phonetic Arts

07 Dec 2010

Russia’s X5 Retail Group to acquire smaller rival Kopeyka for $1.1 billion

07 Dec 2010

ONGC's Kazakh deal to be inked by February

06 Dec 2010

TVS Capital increases stake in Dusters Total Solutions

06 Dec 2010

3M to acquire Switzerland’s Winterthur Technologies for $448 million

06 Dec 2010

Bank note printer De La Rue rejects £750 million takeover offer from Oberthur

06 Dec 2010

Kraft to move part of Cadbury to Switzerland to avoid UK taxes

Kraft to move part of Cadbury to Switzerland to avoid UK taxes

06 Dec 2010

The new US owner of Cadbury will shift part of the company’s business to Switzerland, a move that could result in loss of millions in tax revenue every year for the UK exchequer

Google to acquire video software maker Widevine Technologies

04 Dec 2010

Groupon walks away from Google’s $6-bn takeover offer

Groupon walks away from Google’s $6-bn takeover offer

04 Dec 2010

Groupon has been in business for just two years and is projected to generate revenues of $500 million this financial year

eBay buys local shopping site Milo

03 Dec 2010

Walter Energy to acquire Canada’s Western Coal for $3.25 billion

03 Dec 2010

Religare acquires majority stake in US-based assets manager for $171.5 mn

03 Dec 2010

Merck to buy diabetes drug developer SmartCells in a $500 million-plus deal

03 Dec 2010

Godrej acquires makers of Swastik soap, Genteel detergent

03 Dec 2010

3M completes acquisition of Cogent Inc

03 Dec 2010

PepsiCo to acquire majority stake in Russia’s Wimm-Bill-Dann for $5.4-billion

02 Dec 2010