M&A
Temasek acquires 24.9% in Li Ka-shing's A S Watson Co for $5.7 bn
21 Mar 2014
Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, today agreed to buy a 24.9-per cent stake in billionaire Li Ka-shing's health and beauty chain A S Watson
Vodafone to buy Spain's largest cable operator ONO for €7.2 bn
18 Mar 2014
Vodafone, which last month completed the $130-billion sale of its stake in US mobile network Verizon Wireless, is strengthening its hold over the European market through the ONO deal
German utility RWE to sell oil and gas unit to Mikhail Fridman’s L1 Energy for $7.10 bn
18 Mar 2014
RWE Dea currently has stakes in more than 180 licences or concessions in oil and gas blocks in 14 countries and is the operator of almost half of them
Charterhouse Capital buys education-software company Skillsoft for more than $2 bn
15 Mar 2014
The deal comes a few days after buyout firm Hellman & Friedman struck a deal to buy Renaissance Learning from Permira in a $1.1- billion deal
SC refuses to clear tax roadblock in Nokia-Microsoft deal
15 Mar 2014
As a result of the verdict, Nokia India will have to agree to an open-ended guarantee that the company would meet any future tax claims relating to the dispute before it can transfer Indian assets to Microsoft
Men's Wearhouse finally seals $1.8-bn deal to acquire Jos A Bank
14 Mar 2014
The transaction is one of those rare deals where Jos A Bank initially tabled a hostile bid for its larger rival, but ended up being acquired by Men's Wearhouse
Tilaknagar Industries buys out IFB Agro’s spirits business
13 Mar 2014
The acquisition will add brands like Leonov, Russki (vodka), Goldcup, Benjamin (brandy), Jubilation, Baluba (rum) and 3 Cheers (whisky) to Tilaknagar Industries’ expanding sprits portfolio