M&A
UK minister meets Tata Steel boss ahead of crucial board meeting
25 May 2016
Tata Steel is due to announce today, which of the seven bidders it had short-listed, would emerge as the preferred buyer for the company's European business
Yahoo may fetch much less than early bids
21 May 2016
Silver Lake, TPG Capital mull selling Avaya Inc
21 May 2016
European regulator set to conditionally approve AB InBev-SABMiller merger
21 May 2016
The European regulator is set to conditionally approve Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $104-billion proposed acquisition of its smaller peer SABMiller
Temasek, China Investment-KKR advance to second round of bidding for Yum Brands China unit
20 May 2016
Bayer confirms making preliminary buyout offer for US rival Monsanto
20 May 2016
Bayer disclosed that its executives had recently met with executives of Monsanto to privately discuss a negotiated acquisition of Monsanto
Valeant mulls asset sales to reduce $30-bn debt
19 May 2016
Tata Comms to sell 74%stake in data center to ST Telemedia for $630 mn
19 May 2016
The deal includes sale of a 74-per cent stake in Tata Comm's 14 data centers in India and a similar stake in its three Singapore data centers
Bayer courts Monsanto with preliminary buyout offer
19 May 2016
A successful deal would create a company with $68 billion in annual sales, nearly 28 per cent of the world's pesticides market share and about 36 per cent of US corn seeds and 28 per cent of soybean seeds
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