M&A
US fertilizer giant CF Industries to buy European rival OCI’s assets for $8 bn
07 Aug 2015
CF Industries Holdings Inc is acquiring Dutch rival OCI NV’s European and North American plants and global distribution for approximately $8 billion, in a bid to create the world’s biggest publicly-traded nitrogen producer
Pershing Square builds $5.5-bn stake in Mondelez
06 Aug 2015
Activist investor William A Ackman has amassed a $5.5-billion stake in Mondelez in case it becomes takeover target
Baxalta rejects drugmaker Shire’s approach
05 Aug 2015
US print services giant RR Donnelley to split into three
05 Aug 2015
The three companies will focus on financial communications and data services, publishing and retail print services and multichannel communications management
Microsoft buys Incent Games, aims to boost sales
04 Aug 2015
UK govt may start RBS stake sale
03 Aug 2015
The British government is set to begin selling its majority stake in banking giant the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (RBS), seven years after it was bailed out
Yahoo acquires social shopping site Polyvore
01 Aug 2015
OceanaGold acquires Romarco Minerals for C$856 mn
31 Jul 2015
The consolidation is aimed at creating the world’s lowest cost gold producer
BNP Paribas to acquire brokerage firm Sharekhan
30 Jul 2015
RBS to sell $2.2-bn stake in US bank Citizens
29 Jul 2015
RBS acquired Rhode Island-based Citizens in 1988 aiming to create a foothold in the US market