M&A
Strides Arcolab sells Agila Specialties to Mylan for $1.6 bn
28 Feb 2013
The deal comes seven years after Mylan paid $736 million in cash to acquire Hyderabad-based Matrix Laboratories
Royalty Pharma launches $6.6 bn bid for Irish drug maker Elan Corp
26 Feb 2013
Royalty Pharma, a US firm that invests in the pharmaceutical industry, today launched an unsolicited $6.6-billion bid for Irish neuroscience focused biotechnology company Elan Corp
Founder mulls taking Barnes & Noble private
25 Feb 2013
Leonard Riggio, founder and chairman of Barnes & Noble is weighing a plan to bid for the company’s bookstore business
BP nears $16-bn settlement over Gulf of Mexico oil spill: report
25 Feb 2013
The settlement offer would cover potential fines owed by BP under the Clean Water Act, and payments under an environmental evaluation known as the Natural Resources Damage Assessment statute