M&A

Sanofi, Shire eye US rare diseases drug maker ViroPharma

14 Sep 2013

Lockheed Martin acquires British IT Amor Group

13 Sep 2013

Kabel Deutschland investors approve Vodafone's $10-bn buyout offer

13 Sep 2013

British engineering firm Amec withdraw $1.1-bn bid for Kentz

13 Sep 2013

Germany’s Fresenius to buy 43 hospitals from Rhoen-Klinikum for $4.1 bn

13 Sep 2013

Dell shareholders approve Michael Dell's $25-bn offer

13 Sep 2013

Dell Shareholders today approved Michael Dell's offer to take the company private for $25 billion, ending six months of bitter opposition from billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn

Linn Energy to buy oil and natural gas assets in Permian Basin for $525 mn

13 Sep 2013

S African drug maker Adcock Ingram approves Chile’s CFR $1.3-bn bid

12 Sep 2013

Glencore Xstrata expects four Chinese bidders for its $5-bn Peruvian copper mine

12 Sep 2013

Umpqua Holdings to acquire Sterling Financial in $2-bn deal

12 Sep 2013

Time Inc acquires American Express Publishing Corp

12 Sep 2013

New York-based AmEx has been compelled to sell its magazines unit since US banking regulations bar financial firms from undertaking  non-financial activities

Tesco exits US market: to sell Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa

12 Sep 2013

UltraTech to buy 51% in Jaypee Cement unit for Rs4,000 crore

11 Sep 2013

The Aditya Birla Group firm will acquire a 51-per cent stake in Jaypee Cement’s 5 million tonne per annum Gujarat facility

Cisco enters data storage business with Whiptail acquisition

11 Sep 2013

With this acquisition, though Cisco will enter the $50-billion enterprise storage industry, the deal could affect its existing partnerships EMC and NetApp, both of whom make storage systems-based on flash memory chips

Canada sells part stake in GM for $1.1 bn

11 Sep 2013

IBM to sell its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex for $505 mn

11 Sep 2013

IBM is selling its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex Corp  for $430 million in cash and $75 million in stock, giving IBM a stake in the California-based acquirer

Toshiba to acquire majority stake in Hyderabad’s Vijai Electricals for Rs1,277 cr

11 Sep 2013

Marathon Oil sells 10% in offshore Angola block to Sonangol for $590 mn

11 Sep 2013

KKR & Co may invest Rs1,000 cr in Hyderabad-based Gland Pharma

10 Sep 2013

Twitter acquires mobile advertising firm MoPub for a reported $350 mn

10 Sep 2013

Koch Industries to acquire Molex for $7.2 bn

10 Sep 2013

Koch Industries, the second-largest private corporation in the US with annual revenues of about $115 billion, is buying Molex Inc, a maker electronic, electrical and fibre optic interconnection systems

Western Digital to buy Virident Systems for $685 million

10 Sep 2013

Japan's Suntory to pay $2.11 bn for GSK’s Lucozade, Ribena soft drink brands

10 Sep 2013

Japan's Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd yesterday agreed to buy the Lucozade and Ribena brands from GlaxoSmithKline Plc, for £1.35 billion in order to expand its soft drinks portfolio in Europe

Ares and CPPIB close to buying luxury retail chain Neiman Marcus for $6 bn

10 Sep 2013

Jacobs Engineering to buy Australia’s Sinclair Knight Merz for $1.2 bn

10 Sep 2013