M&A
MasterCard to buy most of payments company Nets for $3.19 billion
07 Aug 2019
The acquisition of majority of Nets’ Corporate Services business will provide more depth and scale to MasterCard’s `Send and Transfast’ technologies that deliver cross-border payments to bank accounts, mobile wallets and cards
LSE to buy financial tech firm Refinitiv in $27 bn deal
01 Aug 2019
The deal will see the Blackstone-led consortium doubling the value of its investment in Refinitiv and the consortium of investment funds affiliated with Blackstone and Thomson Reuters ending up with about 37 per cent economic interest in LSEG and less than 30 per cent of the total voting rights of LSEG
Zee promoters sell 11% stake to Invesco Oppenheimer for Rs4,224 cr
01 Aug 2019
The funds raised will help the broadcaster buy time with lenders as a standstill agreement the group entered into with lenders expires on 30 September 2019
Telecom ministry okays merger of MTNL with BSNL
30 Jul 2019
MTNL, which operates only in the Mumbai and Delhi circles, will become a subsidiary of BSNL following the merger, says a report in the Business Line
Apple to acquire most of Intel’s smartphone modem business
26 Jul 2019
Almost 2,200 employees from Intel will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases as Intel shifts focus on 5G technologies that will enable disruptive innovation in the network infrastructure
IBM completes $34-billion acquisition of Red Hat
10 Jul 2019
The acquisition positions IBM as the leading hybrid cloud provider and accelerates IBM's high-value business model, while extending Red Hat's open source innovation to a broader range of clients
NCLAT approves ArcelorMittal bid for Essar Steel, rejects Ruias’ offer
04 Jul 2019
The NCLAT also revised the approved claims of operational creditors to Rs19,700 crore, up from Rs5,000 crore and said the committee of creditors has no role in distribution of amount between operational and financial creditors
Liberty acquires European steel assets of ArcelorMittal for $740 million
01 Jul 2019
The deal brings Liberty Steel’s total rolling capacity to over 18 million tonnes, covering a wide range of finished products, and catapults it into top 10 steel producers globally outside China
Number of US states opposing T-Mobile-Sprint merger rises to 14
26 Jun 2019
US District Judge Victor Marrero noted that while the complaint, filed by attorneys who are Democrats, maintains that aggressive competition have resulted in “falling prices,” they also state the companies’ ability to signal each other on rates “has led to higher prices for consumers”
Binny Bansal sells 0.33% in Flipkart to Walmart for $76.4 million
24 Jun 2019
Binny Bansal, who had earlier also sold a small portion of his residual stake in Flipkart, owned 3.52 per cent stake in Flipkart before the latest sale of 5,39,912 shares to Walmart
Vedanta chief eyes NMDC, rest of HZL and other mining PSUs
24 Jun 2019
Agarwal, whose Sterlite Copper has been shut over charges of causing pollution and already owns 64.9 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd, said the government should divest its stake in NMDC, HZL, Hindustan Copper, Kolar Gold Fields and Uranium Corporation as also Shipping Corporation of India
ONGC Videsh, partners to invest $20bn in Mozambique LNG project
20 Jun 2019
ONGC Videsh holds a 16 per cent stake in the Mozambique Rovuma Area-1 Offshore Project, while Bharat PetroResources Ltd the investment arm of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd, and Oil India Ltd also hold stakes in the project
Pfizer to acquire cancer drug maker Array Biopharma for $10.6 bn
18 Jun 2019
Array’s Braftovi and Mektovi, launched last July for the deadliest form of skin cancer at a price of $22,000 per month, had sales of around $72 million over their first nine months, besides revenue from royalty and licensing deals