M&A
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
Danone buys 5.9% stake in China Mengniu Dairy for $665 mn
12 Feb 2014
French diary major Danone will emerge become the second-biggest investor in China's largest milk producer, Mengniu Dairy, after the deal
Finance ministry calls off conciliation in Rs20,000-cr Vodafone tax case
12 Feb 2014
The union cabinet had, in June last year, approved a proposal for conciliation in the resolution of the tax issue relating to Vodafone’s capital gains from its acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stake in Hutchison Essar
L’Oréal to buy back 8% stake from Nestle for $8.88 bn
11 Feb 2014
Swiss food giant Nestle today agreed to sell its 8 per cent stake in L’Oréal back to the French cosmetics giant for $8.88 billion
Continental AG to buy US rival Veyance Technologies for $1.9 bn
11 Feb 2014
German tyre and car parts maker Continental AG expects to expand its global industrial business, particularly in the US and South America through the acquisition of Veyance
SC stays further transactions in United Spirits-Diageo deal
10 Feb 2014
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered "status quo” be maintained in the sale of United Spirits to British liquor group Diageo Plc till April