M&A
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
GAIL mulling purchase of Reliance gas pipeline
27 Oct 2012
Tata Group renews bid to acquire Orient-Express hotels
27 Oct 2012
If the Tata Group's bid suceeds, Orient-Express will remain a separate and independent company with standalone management and board of directors, as with the group's past acquisitions such as Jaguar-Land Rover and Corus