M&A

Pfizer to buy pain drug company King Pharma for $3.6 billion

Pfizer to buy pain drug company King Pharma for $3.6 billion

12 Oct 2010

King develops, manufactures and markets therapies and technologies in specialty-driven markets, including neuroscience, hospital and acute care medicines.

L'Oreal may bid $19 billion for Avon Products: report

L'Oreal may bid $19 billion for Avon Products: report

12 Oct 2010

Avon has increased the number of sub-$5 products in its portfolio and added more direct sellers to push sales to beat the downturn.

Top global pharma players in fray for Paras

12 Oct 2010

UK media groups cry foul as Murdoch plans BSkyB take over

12 Oct 2010

KKR, Korea pension fund to acquire Chevron’s stake in Colonial Pipeline

12 Oct 2010

Hyderabad’s MIC Electronics to acquire 51-% stake in Avni Energy Solutions

11 Oct 2010

Suzlon may sell stake to IDFC PE in swap deal

11 Oct 2010

Vedanta refuses to raise offer for Cairn’s minority holders

11 Oct 2010

Fortis Healthcare to acquire Hong Kong’s Quality Healthcare for Rs882 crore

11 Oct 2010

Electrolux buys controlling stake in Egypt’s Olympic Group for $246 million

11 Oct 2010

Thomas Cook, Co-operative Travel tie-up creates UK’s largest travel agency

09 Oct 2010

Agrium bid to take over AWB cleared following expert ruling

08 Oct 2010

Cairn Energy shareholders approve stake sale to Vedanta

07 Oct 2010

Wellstream rejects GE’s £755 million bid

07 Oct 2010

Komli Media acquires UK-based Indoor Media

07 Oct 2010

New York PE firm Zephyr acquires Trimax stake

07 Oct 2010

Rogers communications takes over Ontario network operator Atria

06 Oct 2010

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts buys 9-% stake in Avantha Power for Rs217 crore

06 Oct 2010

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts buys 9-% stake in Avantha Power for Rs217 crore

06 Oct 2010

Russia's VimpelCom in $6.5 billion merger deal with Egyptian mobile phone operator

Russia's VimpelCom in $6.5 billion merger deal with Egyptian mobile phone operator

05 Oct 2010

Under the deal, VimpelCom would become the 100 per cent owner of Wind Telecommunicazioni, the third largest mobile operator and second largest fixed line operator in Italy

Harbinger Capital sells 14.1-% stake in Inmarsat for $650 million

05 Oct 2010

British Telecom renews Tech Mahindra exit plan

05 Oct 2010

ONGC out, BP to transfer Vietnam oil stake to TNK-BP

ONGC out, BP to transfer Vietnam oil stake to TNK-BP

05 Oct 2010

Although TNK-BP had been mulling since July to put in a bid for BP’s assets, its board had approved a bid for the assets in Vietnam and Venezuela only last week.

Financial Technologies sells shares worth over Rs21 crore in Indian Energy Exchange

04 Oct 2010

Government to ask Vedanta to pick up tab for royalty and cess on Cairn's Barmer production

04 Oct 2010