M&A
Codelco to sell part stake in Anglo American Sur JV to Mitsui for $998 mn
02 Nov 2012
Codelco had earlier taken Anglo American to court after it sold a 24.5-per cent stake in its Sur copper mining complex in southern Chile to Japanese trading house Mitsubishi, for $5.39 billion
US supply chain software firm RedPrairie to acquire JDASoftware for $1.9 billion
01 Nov 2012
US supply chain software firm RedPrairie Corp today said it is acquiring enterprise technology maker JDASoftware Group Inc for about $1.9 billion in cash
Sinopec eyes French oil major Maurel & Prom
01 Nov 2012
Wipro approves demerger of non-IT businesses into Wipro Enterprises
01 Nov 2012
In a bid to strengthen its focus on IT Wipro, the country’s third-largest software services provider, will demerge all its non-IT businesses into a new unlisted firm, Wipro Enterprises Ltd
Potash Corp in talks to buy Israel Chemical
01 Nov 2012
Noble, Posco drop $1.24 billion bid for Australia’s Arrium
31 Oct 2012
Arrium had, on 1 October, rejected the consortium's offer of A$75 cents a share that valued the Sydney-based company at $1-billion
Walt Disney to buy George Lucas's Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion
31 Oct 2012
Lucasfilm, fully owned by George Lucas, will become part of The Walt Disney Co’s global portfolio of brands that include Disney, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and ABC.
Penguin, Random House in £2.4-bn merger pact
29 Oct 2012
The combination brings together two of the world’s leading English language publishers, with highly complementary skills and strengths