M&A
After O2, BT in talks to buy mobile phone operator EE
27 Nov 2014
British telecom giant BT Group Plc is in talks to buy EE from its joint venture partners Orange of France and Deutsche Telekom, a few days after it initiated talks with Telefonica's O2
Medtronic’s $42.9-bn Covidien deal approved by US regulator
27 Nov 2014
Medtronic Inc, the world's fourth-largest medical device maker, has received US regulatory approval to acquire Dublin-based Covidien Plc, subject to the condition that it sells its drug-coated balloon catheter business
Danone said to target Mead Johnson with sale of $2 bn stake in Yakult
26 Nov 2014
Groupe Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, is said to be weighing plans to sell its stake worth $2 billion in Japanese dairy-drink producer Yakult Honsha Co, to raise funds for a possible acquisition of US baby-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co, valued at $20.5 billion
BT Group in talks to buy O2 mobile network from Telefonica for $7.5 bn
25 Nov 2014
British telecom giant BT Group Plc today confirmed media reports that it is in talks with Spain's Telefonica to acquire its O2 mobile network
After Nigerian sale, Bharti to sell towers in Brazil to ATC
25 Nov 2014
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's biggest telecom operator, has struck a deal to sell its towers across Nigeria and Brazil to American Tower Corp. (ATC) in two separate deals for more than $2.2 billion
Canadian PE firm Onex to acquire Swiss carton maker SIG Combibloc for $4.66 bn
25 Nov 2014
Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp yesterday struck a deal to acquire SIG Combibloc Group, the world’s second-largest maker of drink cartons
Devices maker Stryker mulls $16-bn bid for British peer Smith & Nephew
25 Nov 2014
US medical device maker Stryker Corp is considering structuring the transaction as a tax inversion move, allowing it to move its base to the UK, where the taxes are lower than in the US
Blackstone to buy GE’s real estate business in Japan for $1.6 bn
22 Nov 2014
Blackstone will acquire GE Capital Real Estate’s 200 residential properties, with more than 10,000 rental units, primarily in the major cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka, in Japan’s largest property deal this year
British insurance company Aviva plans to buy Friends Life for $8.8 bn
22 Nov 2014
A merger of Aviva and Friends Life would create the UK’s largest insurance, savings and asset management business by number of customers and a net worth of about £20 billion ($31.4 billion).
Biyani’s Future Group buys out Nilgiris supermarket chain
21 Nov 2014
Nilgiris operates a franchisee-operated convenience store chain with 140 outlets in key urban centres in the four southern states and also owns a portfolio of brands in dairy, bakery, chocolates and staples along with their manufacturing facilities in Bangalore
Apache Corp eyes $1.4 bn through sale of oil and gas assets
21 Nov 2014
Houston-based Apache will sell its working interest in approximately 90,000 net acres in mature southern Louisiana fields, which are characterised by high decline rates and short reserve lives