M&A
Starr Investment consortium in pact to buy MultiPlan for reported $4.4 bn
18 Feb 2014
With a network of over 900,000 healthcare providers and extensive proprietary analytics, MultiPlan generates over $11 billion in medical cost savings on about 40 million claims annually
Actavis in talks to buy Forest Laboratories for around $25 bn
18 Feb 2014
Actavis, the world's third-largest generics prescription drug manufacturer, hopes to use the Forest acquisition to deal with the tying up of hospitals, insurers and doctors to negotiate directly to buy prescription drugs at cheaper rates from manufacturers
Bharti to buy Loop Mobile in Rs700-cr deal: report
17 Feb 2014
Sunil Mittal-promoted telecom operator Bharti Airtel is close to acquiring debt-ridden Loop Mobile for around Rs700-crore, in a deal that would enable it to emerge the largest mobile firm in the Mumbai region
Essar Global Fund offers to buy rest of Essar Energy for £900 mn
17 Feb 2014
Essar Energy Plc's largest shareholder, the Ruia family's investment vehicle Essar Global Fund Ltd, yesterday said that it has offered to buy the 22-per cent stake it does not own in the London-listed oil and gas producer, for £900 million
SEBI creates fresh turbulence in Jet-Etihad airline deal
15 Feb 2014
Etihad will have to address the issues raised by the market regulator, failing which it will have to make an open offer for another 25 per cent in Jet Airways
Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 mn
14 Feb 2014
Rakuten Inc, Japan’s largest e-commerce company, today struck a deal to buy Cyprus-based messaging and VoIP service operator Viber Media Ltd for $900 million, in a bid to expand in emerging markets
Time Warner Cable to merge with Comcast in $45-bn deal
14 Feb 2014
The merger of Comcast and TWC would create a giant programming provider covering over 60 per cent of subscribers and one-third of all pay-television customers in the US
Canon to acquire US-based Molecular Imprints
14 Feb 2014
Amec to acquire Swiss rival Foster Wheeler for $3.13 bn
13 Feb 2014
The acquisition will enable Amec to serve across the whole oil and gas value chain and add mid and downstream capabilities to its existing upstream focus
Comcast close to buying Time Warner Cable for $45 bn
13 Feb 2014
The largest cable operator in the US, Comcast Corporation, the parent company of CNBC and NBC, is close to striking a deal to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion