M&A
Barclays to sell entire $6.1-bn stake in BlackRock
21 May 2012
With a 19.6-per cent stake in BlackRock Inc, Barclays is one of the largest shareholders in US asset manager
Yahoo to sell 20% in Alibaba for $7.1 bn
21 May 2012
Six years after Yahoo! Inc paid over $1 billion to emerge as Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba's biggest investor, it is selling half its stake for $7.1 billion
Google gets Chinese nod for $12.5-bn Motorola Mobility acquisition
21 May 2012
The Chinese regulator's approval comes with the crucial precondition that Google's Android operating system for smartphones and tablet computers should remain open and free for a period of five years
Aditya Birla group to buy 27.5 per cent stake in India Today group
18 May 2012
The media sector is a sunrise sector from an investment point of view, said Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla Group
Warren Buffet to buy 63 newspapers from Media General
18 May 2012
Although most analysts do not see long-term value of the print media, Buffett says newspapers will have a decent future if they continue delivering information that cannot be found elsewhere
ICAP in talks to buy Plus Markets Group
18 May 2012
Human Genome adopts poison pill to thwart $2.6-bn hostile GSK bid
18 May 2012
HGS, which is GSK's partner on two drug developments, had rejected the UK firm's takeover offer saying that it was an opportunistic move