M&A
Malaysian magnate offers to buy power firm Tanjong for $1.5 billion
02 Aug 2010
Tanjong’s power business, managed by Powertek Bhd and its subsidiaries has a total power generation capacity of nearly 4,000 megawatts (MW) from 13 plants spread over South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East
BP rejects Sinopec’s offer to buy its assets
31 Jul 2010
Capgemini acquires Skvader Systems AB
30 Jul 2010
Tulip Telecom, Global Holdings buy 26% stake in Qualcomm's India unit for Rs300 crore
30 Jul 2010
Qualcomm, the world’s largest fables chip supplier is selling a 26 per cent stake in its broadband unit in India to Tulip Telecom and Global Holdings for about Rs300 crore
Li Ka-shing consortium to buy EDF's UK arm for $9.1 billion
30 Jul 2010
The Hong Hong consortium's offer is about £1.8 billion more than what EDF had expected when it initiated the process of selling its UK electricity distribution arm n October 2009.
Panasonic to buy out Sanyo, other units for a `green' makeover
29 Jul 2010
The acquisition will cost Panasonic about $9.4 billion, which will be financed through cash at hand, short-term borrowings from within the group and a possible share issue
Portugal Telecom to sell Vivo stake to Telefonica for $9.8 bn
29 Jul 2010
The culmination of the deal ends a potential lengthy and costly court battle, which could have dragged on for years and also embarrassed the Portuguese government.
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