M&A
US Supreme Court favours Barclays in $4-bn dispute with Lehman
05 May 2015
The disputed assets relate to Barclays's acquisition of the bulk of Lehman's brokerage business at the height of the 2008 global financial crisis
€41-bn Holcim-Lafarge merger gets conditional US, Canadian nod
05 May 2015
The merger of two of the world's biggest cement companies, Switzerland's Holcim and Paris-based Lafarge, will create the world's biggest cement maker with a market cap of $50 billion and annual sales of nearly $43 billion
Future Retail and Bharti Retail announce merger
04 May 2015
The merger will create one of India’s foremost retail networks with a national footprint of over 570 retail stores in multiple formats across 243 cities
Charter reaches out to Time Warner Cable over potential merger
04 May 2015
The move comes a few days after TWC and Comcast Corp abandoned their $45.2-billion merger over opposition from consumers and the federal regulator
Aditya Birla Group merges apparel brands into Rs5,290-cr business
04 May 2015
The company said the move would enable Aditya Birla Nuvo to unlock value for the shareholders by consolidating its branded apparels businesses
GE to meet EC objections over proposed Alstom SA takeover
02 May 2015
The European Commission last month announced an extension of its investigation over concerns the takeover would see an increase in gas turbine prices
Fortis to sell Singapore subsidiary to Fullerton for Rs530 crore
02 May 2015
After having been thwarted by the Malaysian regulator in its attemptt to sell RadLink-Asia to IHH Healthcare, Fortis has struck a sale deal with Singapre's Fullerton Healthcare
Pfizer is unnamed bidder for Swedish rare disease firm Orphan Biovitrum
02 May 2015
Pfizer’s interest in rare diseases first became evident in December 2009, when the company licensed the worldwide rights to taliglucerase alfa, a product that treats the genetic disorder Gaucher disease