M&A
Tata Steel looks at mining acquisitions in the US, Africa, Australia: reports
08 August 2008
TransAlta rejects $7.8 billion takeover bid by American hedge funds
07 August 2008
Google sells Performics search-marketing unit to advertising giant Publicis
07 August 2008
CBaySystems acquires majority stake in MedQuist from Philips
07 August 2008
South Africa's Lonmin rejects Xstrata's $10 billion hostile bid
06 August 2008
Finance ministry clears Daiichi-Ranbaxy deal among 24 FDI proposals
06 August 2008
Siemens plans to pull out of joint venture with Fujitsu
06 August 2008
Tata Power shortlisted to bid for Senoko Power-Singapore
06 August 2008
Coal India looks at mines in Mozambique, Indonesia; invites EoIs for reviving old mines
06 August 2008
Sony takes up sole ownership of Sony BMG; buys out Bertelsmann for $1.2 billion
06 August 2008
Major Yahoo shareholder demands vote recount
05 August 2008
Essar group's Aegis buys US BPO firm for $250 million
05 August 2008
Daiichi to launch open offer for Ranbaxy on 16 August
05 August 2008
Booz Allen Hamilton divests government business to The Carlyle Group
05 August 2008
Carl Icahn finds Bristol-Myers' offer for ImClone Systems low
04 August 2008
Chinese regulators stall ArcelorMittal's takeover of Chinese steel firm
04 August 2008
China's Sinopec competes with ONGC's $2.5-billion bid for UK’s Imperial Energy
04 August 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb completes sell-off of ConvaTec to PE firms
04 August 2008
Anil Ambani bids for UK's Newcastle United football club
04 August 2008
Chinese competition authorities may reject BHP bid for Rio
02 August 2008
Emami eyes healthcare acquisitions in the UK, South Africa
02 August 2008
British retailer Kingfisher sells Italian unit Castorama for $872 million
02 August 2008
Forrester acquires JupiterResearch
02 August 2008
Yahoo board wins vote of confidence
02 August 2008
WPP launches sixth and formal hostile bid for TNS
02 August 2008
Johnson & Johnson (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Acquires Beijing Dabao Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
01 August 2008
Tata Steel sets up overseas holding arm in Singapore; plans to raise funds for acquisitions
01 August 2008
Japan's TDK to acquire Germany's Epcos for $1.9 billion
01 August 2008
GE Energy Financial Services acquires stake in Spain's largest solar power firm
01 August 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire ImClone Systems for $4.5-billion
31 July 2008
ITC Infotech to acquire US IT company
31 July 2008
Bidding war for British publisher Informa in offing as it receives competing takeover proposal
31 July 2008
Kinetic Motors to retire debt with M&M cash
31 July 2008
Siemens divests SEN to private US equity group, Gores
30 July 2008
Zinc miner Teck Cominco to acquire world's second largest coal producer for $14.1 billion
30 July 2008
Minining firm Bradken to acquire AmeriCast from PE firm Castle Harlan
30 July 2008
Sun set for a long battle for Taro
30 July 2008
M&M in aquisition deal with Kinetic Motors
30 July 2008
Lupin enter Europe with acquisition of German pharma marketing agency Hormosan
30 July 2008
Estee Lauder's investment in India's top spa brand to spur retail strategy
30 July 2008
Temasek takes a 10-per cent stake in Merrill Lynch for $900 million
29 July 2008
IBM acquires French software firm ILOG for $340 million
29 July 2008
Unilever to sell North American detergents business to Vestar for $1.45 billion
29 July 2008
Rolta acquires Chicago based WhittmanHart Consulting
29 July 2008
Private equity giant KKR to go public
28 July 2008
US regulators approve Sirius-XM merger to create satellite radio monopoly
26 July 2008
Origin Energy petitions Takeovers Panel from letting BG take its bid to shareholders
26 July 2008
South African authorities charge Vodacom executive with perjury
26 July 2008
HP Announces European Commission Approval of EDS Acquisition; Agrees to Settle Litigation Relating to Acquisition
26 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys 70 per cent in Brazilian steel processor Manchester Tubos
25 July 2008
Times of India group eyes UK’s Trinity Mirror: report
25 July 2008
GE Healthcare to Acquire Vital Signs, Inc., Expanding GE’s Monitoring, Anesthesia and Respiratory Care Offerings
25 July 2008
Roche bids for Genentech on Monday, acquires Mirus on Tuesday and Arius on Wednesday
25 July 2008
China vetoes Carlyle’s acquisition of machinery maker Xugong Group
25 July 2008
Cabinet clears merger of State Bank of Saurashtra with SBI
24 July 2008
Centrica to take 51-per cent stake in Belgian business SPE
24 July 2008
RBS fails to sell of Australian assets; faces multi-million pound lawsuit by hedge fund
24 July 2008
GE focuses on Middle East with $8-billion carbon-neutral city
24 July 2008
Cisco announces $120-million acquisition to strengthen home consumer section
23 July 2008
American hedge funds make $7.8 billion bid for Canada’s largest power utility
23 July 2008
Dr Reddy’s to buy back Perlecan Pharma stake from ICICI Ventures and Citigroup
22 July 2008
Global M&A environment to deteriorate in H2 08: KPMG
22 July 2008
Jordan LP acquires Harvey Gulf International Marine
22 July 2008
XM Radio - Satellite Radio closer to merger as FCC set to approve deal conditionally
22 July 2008
Inmarsat stock declines in London after Harbinger breaks off takeover talks
21 July 2008
Bilcare Ltd, MeadWestVaco jointly acquire US pharmaceuticals packaging firm International Labs
21 July 2008
Icahn to join Yahoo! board; calls-off proxy slate
21 July 2008
US equity firms shop for stake in Huawei unit
21 July 2008
Tata Power buys 26 per cent stake in Bhutan power project
21 July 2008
Sanofi-aventis to acquire Symbion Holdings for $544 million
21 July 2008
ArcelorMittal acquires US coal producer Concept Group
21 July 2008
Roche makes a $43.7-billion bid for Genentech
21 July 2008
UltraTech looking for coal mines in Indonesia, South Africa
19 July 2008
Gazprom buys 25 per cent stake in Rosneft's gas project
19 July 2008
MTN may go back to Bharti for an alliance: reports
19 July 2008
Major shareholder supports Yahoo CEO against Carl Icahn
19 July 2008
No1 generic drugs maker Teva acquires rival Barr Pharma for $7.46 billion
18 July 2008
IFFCO takes a stake in Australian phosphate miner
18 July 2008
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance to acquire The New Saraji Coal Project
18 July 2008
Merrill Lynch to sell 20 per cent Bloomberg stake for $4.5 billion
17 July 2008
Suez, GDF shareholders agree to $159-billion merger
17 July 2008
India's overseas investments up 53.2 per cent at over $23 billion in FY08
17 July 2008
Korea’s SK Telecom in talks to acquire Sprint Nextel
17 July 2008
Convergys acquires communication software company Intervoice for $335 million
17 July 2008
Iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs buys coal supplier Alpha Natural for $10 billion
16 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys out scrap metal firm Rolanfer
16 July 2008
Time Warner in talks with Microsoft, Yahoo for AOL sale
16 July 2008
Continental rejects Schaeffler's $17.8 billion takeover offer
16 July 2008
SRF to acquire South Africa's Industex Technical Textiles
16 July 2008
Sun Pharma extends Taro tender offer
16 July 2008
Mark Mobius objects to Sun's acquisition of Taro
16 July 2008
Goldman - PAI acquire German building materials firm Xella
16 July 2008
Kazakhmys dismisses talk of Metalloinvest reverse takeover
16 July 2008
Microsemi acquires semiconductor firm Semicoa for $25 million
16 July 2008
MTN denies going back to Bharti
15 July 2008
Imperial confirms interest in a possible £12.90 a share offer from ONGC
15 July 2008
Waste Management tries to scuttle Republic-Allied Waste deal with $6.2 billion offer for the latter
15 July 2008
Royal Dutch Shell to buy Canada’s Duvernay Oil Corp. for $5.87 billion
15 July 2008
ArcelorMittal buys out partner Primex in Turkish JV Uginox
14 July 2008
Hong Kong’s PCCW seeks to sell 45 per cent stake in HKT Group for $2.5 billion
14 July 2008
Continental AG in talks with parts maker Schaeffler for a $19 billion sale
14 July 2008
Spain’s Banco Santander buys UK mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester for $2.6 billion
14 July 2008
ONGC in bid to acquire Russia's Imperial Energy
14 July 2008
Tata Steel eyes iron ore mine in Western Australia
14 July 2008
Yahoo rejects Microsoft - Icahn plan; moots full acquisition
14 July 2008
ArcelorMittal takes over its stainless service joint venture with Primex
14 July 2008
InBev acquires Anheuser-Busch for $52 billion; Budweiser to be flagship brand
14 July 2008
Google CEO Eric Schmidt bats for “independent” Yahoo, slams Microsoft’s bid
12 July 2008
Sinosteel acquires controlling stake in Australian miner Midwest
12 July 2008
Spice Mobile on a high as reports ring in takeover rumours
11 July 2008
InBev and Anheuser-Busch cease fire; in friendly talks
11 July 2008
Chemicals maker Ashland buys peer Hercules for $3.3 billion
11 July 2008
Citigroup sells German unit to France's Credit Mutuel for $7.8 billion
11 July 2008
Taro advises shareholders against Sun's open offer
11 July 2008
DSM acquires Valley Research to strengthen food enzymes activities
11 July 2008
GE extends appliances divestment to entire consumer and industrial group
11 July 2008
Canada’s Agrium buys 70-per cent stake in CMF for $50 million-plus
11 July 2008
Dow Chemical acquires Rohm & Haas for $18.8 billion
10 July 2008
Allied Digital acquires US-based EnPointe Global Services Llc for $30 million
10 July 2008
Tata-Birla row over Idea goes for arbitration
10 July 2008
GfK mulls sweetened all-cash bid to rescue TNS from hostile bid by WPP
10 July 2008
AGL acquires stake in geothermal power firm Torrens Energy; inks JV pact
10 July 2008
UAE fund completes purchase of majority stake in New York’s Chrysler Building
10 July 2008
HC reserves ruling on Vodafone-IT dispute for next week
10 July 2008
American drugmaker Eli Lilly buys biotech company SGX Pharma for $64 million
09 July 2008
KPIT Cummins acquires mechanical design services business of Harita TVS Technologies
09 July 2008
UK energy utility Centrica buys stakes in Norwegian gas and oil fields for $416 million
09 July 2008
NBC ties up with private equity partners to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion
09 July 2008
Hedge fund Harbinger makes multi-billion dollar bid for satellite operator Inmarsat
09 July 2008
PPG to sell controlling interest in auto glass business to Kohlberg & Company
09 July 2008
Reliance Communications, MTN extend talks till July 21
09 July 2008
Anheuser-Busch drags InBev to court
09 July 2008
Ahmedabad-based Veeda Oncology acquires International Oncology Network Clinical Research
08 July 2008
Idea acquires over Rs 281 million shares in Spice for Rs2,176 crore
08 July 2008
Icahn spearheads new move to enable acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft
08 July 2008
MTN-Reliance Comm deal may be lost in the Mukesh-Anil feud
08 July 2008
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Cleantech Fund and London's Virgin Green Fund acquire US waste recyler DuraTherm
08 July 2008
Canadian miner Inmet bids for partner Petaquilla Coppers' stake for $338 million
08 July 2008
Novartis completes first step acquisition of 25-per cent stake in Alcon from Nestlé
08 July 2008
China Oilfield to acquire Awilco for $2.5 billion
07 July 2008
Fresenius to acquire APP Pharmaceuticals in $3.7-billion deal
07 July 2008
VVF Ltd acquires Henkel’s soap manufacturing plant in Poland
07 July 2008
Suzlon-Arcapita Bk JV to buy Honiton Energy
07 July 2008
MTN-Reliance exclusivity period may be extended
07 July 2008
L&T bags power order worth Rs446 crore; to demerge ECC division into four
07 July 2008
UB to to raise brewing capacity by 20 per cent; Shaw Wallace integration underway
07 July 2008
Microsoft to acquire entire stake in its Israel-specific portal
07 July 2008
Renault-Nissan CEO sees consolidation in auto industry
07 July 2008
BSkyB eyeing $3.9-billion bid for Digital+
05 July 2008
Panacea Biotec takes 75 per cent in Umkal to enter healthcare sector
05 July 2008
Carborundum to take 51 per cent in South Africa's Foskor Zirconia
05 July 2008
Cadila Healthcare to demerge consumer products division into Carnation, merge Zydus Hospitals with itself
05 July 2008
EU warns of tough scrutiny of BHP's takeover of Rio Tinto
05 July 2008
Bell Canada in world’s largest leveraged buyout
05 July 2008
Battle for market research firm TNS heats up; GfK approves merger while WPP threatens to go hostile
05 July 2008
Sony spins-off Field Emission Technologies, looks to acquire Pioneer's plasma panel factory in Japan
05 July 2008
GE Aviation buys Czech turboprop engine maker for $70 million odd
05 July 2008
Origin Energy spurns BG's $13.3 billion hostile bid
04 July 2008
UK's Shire acquires maker of Firazyr, Jerini AG
04 July 2008
Archies in stake-sale talks with Videocon
04 July 2008
BHP clears US regulatory hurdle for Rio deal; doubles iron ore prices
04 July 2008
$6.1-billion Penn Gaming leveraged buyout called off
04 July 2008
Vodafone acquires 70 per cent in Ghana Telecom for $900 million
03 July 2008
Huntsman files counterclaims; extends deadline for $11-billion Hexion deal
03 July 2008
RCOM evaluates other means to merge with MTN
03 July 2008
Piramal Healthcare acquires PlasmaSelect's polygeline product Haemaccel
03 July 2008
British Airways acquires French business-class carrier L’Avion for $107 million
02 July 2008
Starbucks reverses expansion; to close 600 company-operated stores in the US
02 July 2008
Glenmark acquires 7 pharmaceutical brands in Poland
02 July 2008
Modern Dairies to sell 4.65 million shares to IFC for Rs28 crore
02 July 2008
Microsoft buys internet start-up Powerset for around $100 million
02 July 2008
Amtek Auto may acquire Germany's KSM Castings
02 July 2008
Fortune 500 lender CIT Group sells off units for $1.8 billion to exit home lending
02 July 2008
Hedge fund shareholder DE Shaw & Co to try to rescue Huntsman – Hexion deal
01 July 2008
OnMobile acquires European speech technology and language processing software provider Telisma
01 July 2008
The UK government mulling stake sale in defence research company QinetiQ: Report
01 July 2008
American food company Del Monte offloads seafood business for $363 million
01 July 2008
Tyson Foods acquires controlling stake in Godrej Foods
30 June 2008
France Telecom drops bid for Sweden’s TeliaSonera, sees shares rise 13 per cent
30 June 2008
Corus moves EC against Rio bid as ArcelorMittal eyes stake
30 June 2008
French cosmetics maker's majority stakeholder makes $3.6-billion buyout offer
30 June 2008
Posco acquires 10 per cent in Australian miner Macarthur; blocks ArcelorMittal's take-over chances
30 June 2008
Idea to launch open offer for Spice on 22 August
30 June 2008
Unitech to sell 26 per cent in telecom arm; raise Rs11,000 crore from market
28 June 2008
Momentum behind forest, paper and packaging deals set to continue driven by sustainability trends: PwC
28 June 2008
NEC to Acquire NetCracker, a Leader in Operations Support Systems
28 June 2008
Doughty Hanson to acquire wind turbine brakes maker Svendborg Brakes for €460 million
28 June 2008
Toyota increases stake in carmaker Subaru
28 June 2008
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp takes set-top box maker NDS private in multi-part deal
28 June 2008
Virgin Mobile acquires Helios to enter postpaid zone
28 June 2008
InBev talks tough after Anheuser-Busch rejects overtures; may increase offer
27 June 2008
Yahoo shakes up management structure ahead of shareholders’ meet
27 June 2008
Bank of America-Countrywide merger to cost 7,500 jobs
27 June 2008
Morgan Stanley acquires majority stake in Learning Care Group
27 June 2008
Microsoft to acquire MobiComp
27 June 2008
Esmark falls for Severstals' revised $775 million bid; Essar withdraws offer
26 June 2008
MTN aims to become a major internet player by acquiring Verizon South Africa
26 June 2008
Sun goes ahead with Taro acquisition; files suit in US court
26 June 2008
Anheuser-Busch may reject $46.3 billion InBev bid
26 June 2008
Sourcefire turns down Barracuda's $206 million higher takeover offer
26 June 2008
Progress Software acquires Dublin-baseed IONA Technologies
26 June 2008
Yahoo stock rises on news of renewed Microsoft talks
25 June 2008
Singapore fund to buy 25.4 per cent in S Kumar's Reid & Taylor for Rs900 crore
25 June 2008
M&M's used car arm First Choice sells 10 per cent to Phi Advisors for Rs80 crore
25 June 2008
Tata Communications to hike stake in South Africa's Neotel to 56 per cent
25 June 2008
GMR Infrastructure acquires 50-per cent stake in InterGen N V for $1 billion
25 June 2008
Idea to buy 40.8 per cent in Spice Communications for Rs3,240 crore
25 June 2008
Intel Spins off Solar Energy Technology; Intel Capital Invests in SpectraWatt
25 June 2008
Nokia to buy out Symbian partners for $410 million
25 June 2008
NYSE Euronext to buy 25 per cent in Doha exchange for $250 million
24 June 2008
Lone Star chief cleared of stock manipulation, may accelerate HSBC purchase of KEB
24 June 2008
BG goes hostile with its $13.15 billion bid for Australia's Origin Energy
24 June 2008
Ospraie-led investor gropup acquires ConAgra Trade Group; supplemental share buyback authorised
24 June 2008
Hellman and Friedman part of Informa bid consortium
24 June 2008
Oracle to acquire insurance software company Skywire Software
24 June 2008
Safran bid for Digimarc Division challenges L-1
24 June 2008
Struggling Norwegian newsprint maker Norske Skog sells two Korean paper mills to PE funds
24 June 2008
GMR group to acquire ONGC stake in Kakinada refinery
23 June 2008
Expro defends keeping out Halliburton
23 June 2008
Hutch deal not taxable in India, claims Vodafone
23 June 2008
Xstrata matches Crosby's $540 million bid for Indophil stake
23 June 2008
Bunge to acquire Corn Products in $4.8-billion share swap deal
23 June 2008
Lloyds TSB in talks with Allianz to buy Dresdner Bank
23 June 2008
Nokia buys social networking company Plazes
23 June 2008
No 3 US waste haulier Republic to acquire larger rival Allied Waste in $6.24-billion deal
23 June 2008
Reliance acquires polyester plant in US; plans to invest $215 million
23 June 2008
Imperial Tobacco to cut 2,400 jobs as it integrates Altadis's operations
23 June 2008
Singapore shipping company Neptune seeks $5 loan to buy German firm
23 June 2008
Zentiva turns down PPF subsidiary Anthiarose as Sanofi makes rival bid
23 June 2008
Johnson & Johnson Nordic AB acquires Åmic
23 June 2008
World's largest leveraged buyout gets Canadian Supreme Court nod
21 June 2008
France Telecom may sweeten bid for TeliaSonera, but only just
21 June 2008
Advanta acquires seed business of US firm Limagrain
20 June 2008
Taro sues Sun Pharma again; alleges plan to block sale of Irish arm
20 June 2008
Telenor exploring acquisition opportunities, figures among Top 2 in Pakistan
20 June 2008
Monsanto to acquire Central American corn seed company Semillas Cristiani Burkard
20 June 2008
Bain Capital to buy Denon and Marantz maker D&M Holdings
20 June 2008
China's largest mobile handsets maker Huawei considers divesting stake to US private equity firms
20 June 2008
Rumours of takeover bid lifts Anglo American, other mining stocks
19 June 2008
Microsoft acquires Navic Networks
19 June 2008
Huntsman says Hexion management trying to scuttle merger
19 June 2008
LIC may offload Ranbaxy stake as it rejigs investment portfolio
19 June 2008
Top two shareholders, including Sanofi-Aventis, launch competing bids for Czech drugmaker Zentiva
19 June 2008
Providence private equity group tries for Informa after merger talks with UBM fall through
19 June 2008
Private equity firm Accel-KKR sponsors software acquisitions arm
18 June 2008
SAP to acquire Visiprise
18 June 2008
Ashok Leyland may divest stake in Nissan joint venture
18 June 2008
Anil Ambani eyeing 40 per cent in MTN: Report
18 June 2008
Tata Communications to acquire 50-per cent stake in China Enterprise Communications
18 June 2008
Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Actimis Pharmaceuticals
18 June 2008
Reliance Steel & Aluminum to acquire PNA Group for $1.1 billion
18 June 2008
Software firm Cadence Design makes $1.6 billion hostile bid for Mentor Graphics
18 June 2008
SPI may sell its $3 billion Stolichnaya vodka brand
17 June 2008
SocGen private banking arm buys 37 per cent in Rockefeller Financial Services
17 June 2008
Daiichi to make open offer for Ranbaxy on August 8
16 June 2008
Siemens acquires third largest Spanish electrical installations company
16 June 2008
Icahn coming around to Google-Yahoo deal?
16 June 2008
ArcelorMittal buys Bayou Steel of the US; hikes stake in Turkey's Erdemir
16 June 2008
Microsoft opposes Yahoo-Google deal, reveals another rejected stake plus search offer
14 June 2008
Ambanis brawl over RCom's MTN deal
14 June 2008
InBev’s bid for Budweiser parent ignites nationalist sentiments in the US
14 June 2008
Report on Pfizer move buoys Ranbaxy stock to a 3-year high
13 June 2008
SABMiller acquires Russia's LLC Vladpivo
13 June 2008
Yahoo strikes $800-million ad deal with Google, ends talks with Microsoft
13 June 2008
Esmark rejects Severstal bid, accepts Essar's revised $750 million offer
13 June 2008
Abu Dhabi fund looking to buy New York’s iconic Chrysler Building for $800 million
13 June 2008
Biotechnology giant Invitrogen plans to acquire peer Applied Biosystems for $6.7 billion
12 June 2008
Sterlite has US government backing for Asarco acquisition
12 June 2008
Behind the Ranbaxy sale
12 June 2008
InBev bids for US brewer Anheuser-Busch for $46.3 billion
12 June 2008
Nuon buys ConocoPhillips's stake in 35 gas field's through acquisition of Burlington Resources
12 June 2008
Essar to trump Severstal with a $19 per share offer for Esmark
12 June 2008
3M buys German dental care company for undisclosed sum
12 June 2008
Goldman Sachs buys 93,000 German apartments for $1.2 billion to give out on rent
12 June 2008
Gammon India takes controlling stakes in two Italian firms
11 June 2008
Staples to acquire Corporate Express for $2.65 billion; form world's top office supplier
11 June 2008
This is the start of a much larger game
11 June 2008
Esmark to decide on Severstal's $1.24-billion offer by 13 June
11 June 2008
Shareholders offer to sell half of Ford Motor's stock to Kerkorian
11 June 2008
Cisco to acquire Danish video technology company DiviTech for undisclosed sum
11 June 2008
Grasim to sell sponge iron unit to Welspun Power for Rs1,030 crore
11 June 2008
XTO Energy to buy Hunt Petroleum in $4.19 billion cash-stock deal
10 June 2008
Medical equipment manufacturer Hologic buys Third Wave for $580 million
10 June 2008
Tata Motors plans more acquisitions; to raise $1 billion overseas
10 June 2008
Severstal arranges $900 million bridge loan for Esmark bid
09 June 2008
Cognizant acquires Strategic Vision Consulting, strengthens consulting capabilities in media, entertainment
09 June 2008
Applied Materials offers up to $500 million for part of Netherland's ASMI
09 June 2008
General Dynamics Information Technology to acquire ViPS, Inc
09 June 2008
Spencer’s partners UK-based Woolworths for Chad Valley toy retail brand
09 June 2008
RComm, MTN in share-swap talks: Reports