M&A

Vedanta set to take control of Electrosteel with Rs5,000 crore offer

31 Mar 2018

While Vedanta has offered nearly Rs5,000 crore for Electrosteel, which owes lenders close to Rs11,300 crore, the creditors have to complete the insolvency resolution process by 17 April

UltraTech gets CCI nod for Binani Cement bid

29 Mar 2018

GSK to sell Horlicks and India business for $4 bn to acquire Novartis

28 Mar 2018

Manipal Hospitals acquires Fortis’ hospitals business

28 Mar 2018

The merger will create the largest hospital services provider in the country by revenue while also providing a strong promoter and shareholder base to both FHL’s hospitals businesses and SRL

Govt to divest 76% stake in Air India and Air India Express, 50% in AISATS

28 Mar 2018

The government on Wednesday approved the strategic disinvestment of the state-owned carrier Air India, through sale of a majority stake in the airline

RIL to divest some US shale assets to Sundance Energy

28 Mar 2018

Manipal, Fortis hospitals pursuing merger deal

27 Mar 2018

Foxconn unit to buy American smartphone accessories maker Belkin

27 Mar 2018

Vodafone-Idea merger in final stages of approval, says DoT

27 Mar 2018

ArcelorMittal moves NCLT against bar on Essar Steel bid

27 Mar 2018

ArcelorMittal was formally declared ineligible to bid for Essar Steel due to the technicality of still being listed as a promoter of Uttam Galva Steel on the stock exchange, even though it had sold its shareholding before submitting the bid offer

RelinceJio Music to merge with Savan

24 Mar 2018

GlaxoSmithKline backs out of bidding for Pfizer’s consumer unit

23 Mar 2018

GlaxoSmithKline has pulled out of bidding for the consumer healthcare business of Pfizer, days after Reckitt Benckiser’s backed out

Tata Steel wins bid to acquire Bhushan Steel

23 Mar 2018

Plea to NCLT to resolve Binani Cement dispute at the earliest

23 Mar 2018

SC orders status quo on RCom's assets sale to Jio

22 Mar 2018

The Supreme Court today refused a plea by RCom and SBI to lift the stay on the sale of assets by the Mumbai High Court on 8 March 2018, till it hears the case

Rampant speculation on divestment of Air India

22 Mar 2018

Speculation continues to be rampant about the divestment of government stake in Air India, with a variety of theories being floated

UltraTech to challenge Binani sale to Dalmia-led consortium

19 Mar 2018

UltraTech Cement said the bankruptcy resolution process at Binani Cement was ‘shrouded in secrecy’ with bidders not allowed to participate in meetings, and ‘the Aditya Birla Group will not take this lying down'

DP World, NIIF venture Hindustan Infralog to acquire 90% stake in Continental Warehousing

19 Mar 2018

Danish drugmaker Lundbeck to buy Prexton Therapeutics in a deal worth $1.1 bn

17 Mar 2018

Japan Tobacco to buy Russia’s Donskoy Tabak for about $1.6 bn

17 Mar 2018

Shell to sell upstream assets in New Zealand to Austria’s OMV for $578 mn

16 Mar 2018

L’Oreal to buy Canadian beauty technology company ModiFace

16 Mar 2018

Qualcomm’s Paul Jacobs may be fishing for funds to acquire firm

16 Mar 2018

Former Qualcomm chairman Paul Jacobs has reportedly approached several investors in a bid to acquire the firm which he once ran and was founded by his father, even as Broadcom has not given up on its bid to acquire it