M&A

Premier Oil acquires majority stake in Rockhopper’s Falkland field for $1 bn

13 Jul 2012

Japan’s advertising giant Dentsu to buy British rival Aegis for $5 billion

12 Jul 2012

The deal is the largest ever in global advertising business, after WPP’s $4-bn purchase of Young & Rubicam in 2000 and Publicis’s $3-bn acquisition of  Bcom3 Inc in 2002

Qatari royal family buys iconic Italian fashion house Valentino for $857 mn

12 Jul 2012

PE firm Carlyle acquires 10 per cent in Infotech Enterprises for Rs210 crore

12 Jul 2012

BHP Billiton plans sale of Brazilian aluminium assets: report

12 Jul 2012

Bristol-Myers Squibb launches tender offer for Amylin

12 Jul 2012

South Africa's Mondi Group to buy German packaging firm for $782 mn

11 Jul 2012

Comcast to sell stake in A&E Television to Walt Disney, Hearst for $3.02 bn

11 Jul 2012

Maxis seeks to exit Aircel: report

11 Jul 2012

South Africa's Adcock Ingram to buy Cosme Farma drug business for Rs480 crore

11 Jul 2012

ONGC, IOC, OIL to bid for ConocoPhillips Canadian oil sand assets worth $5 bn

11 Jul 2012

L&T’s Tomco Switchgear acquires Henikwon Corp of Malaysia

10 Jul 2012

Intel to invest $4.1 bn in ASML Holdings for developing next-gen chips

10 Jul 2012

TPG Capital acquires Chinese cosmetics packaging firm HCP Holdings for $600 mn

10 Jul 2012

Remy Cointreau in exclusive talks to buy Scottish whisky maker Bruichladdich

10 Jul 2012

Microsoft to acquire large touchscreen display maker Perceptive Pixel

10 Jul 2012

HSBC sells Irish insurance business to Catalina Holdings

09 Jul 2012

Campbell Soup to buy Bolthouse Farms for $1.55 bn

09 Jul 2012

The acquisition of Bolthouse will provide Campbell with a wider base for expansion in the rapidly growing, $12-billion market for packaged fresh foods

Thomson Reuters to acquire forex trading portal FX Alliance for $625 mn

09 Jul 2012

KKR to buy German cutlery, coffee machines maker WMF for $727 mn

09 Jul 2012

Schlumberger acquires 20 % stake in Chinese rival Anton Oilfield Services

09 Jul 2012

Xstrata postpones vote on $90-bn Glencore merger

07 Jul 2012

Xstrata's second-largest shreholder is holding out for a better offer from Glencore

ArcelorMittal to hike stake in JV with China’s Valin to 49 per cent

06 Jul 2012

Volkswagen to own Porsche’s automobile business by 1 Aug

06 Jul 2012

According to the deal, Porsche will sell its holding business operations, including its 50.1-per cent investment in Porsche's operating business, to Volkswagen.

Gina Rinehart cuts stake in Fairfax Media

06 Jul 2012