M&A
Chesapeake Energy announces $12-bn asset sale to reduce debt
14 Feb 2012
Chesapeake says its 2012 financial plan aims to fully cover planned capital spending for this year and provide additional liquidity for 2013
EU and US regulators approve Google-Motorola merger
14 Feb 2012
Regulators have warned Google that they would monitor its use of Motorola Mobility’s portfolio of 17,000 patents, particularly those that are deemed standards essential
IDG, SAIF invest Rs68 crore in BrainBees
13 Feb 2012
DuPont Co to auction vehicle paint unit; expects $4 bn
11 Feb 2012
The sale would be the Wilmington, Delaware-based company's third largest asset disposal since 2001
Oracle to acquire cloud-based software firm Taleo for $1.9 billion
10 Feb 2012
In its second acquisition of cloud-computing firm in three months, Oracle Corp said yesterday it is taking over cloud-based human-resources software maker Taleo Corp
Batelco sells stake for Rs925 crore; is first telco to exit India
09 Feb 2012
Bahrain Telecommunications yesterday sold its entire 42.7-per cent stake in STel to its Indian partner for Rs925 crore, the same price it had paid in 2009 for acquiring the stake
Thomas Cook to sell stake in Indian unit
08 Feb 2012
Thomas Cook Group Plc today said that it has decided to sell its majority stake in Thomas Cook India Ltd, sending the Indian unit's shres soaring nearly20 per cent
Illumina rejects Roche's $5.7- bn hostile bid
08 Feb 2012
US-based gene sequencing leader Illumina has rejected Roche's $5.7-billion hostile takeover bid saying that the Swiss drug maker’s offer was inadequate and dramatically undervalued the company
Investors voice opposition to Glencore-Xstrata merger
08 Feb 2012
Two of Xstrata’s biggest shareholders have publicly voiced their concerns and said that they would vote against the "lop-sided" deal
Xstrata and Glencore agree on $90-billion all-share merger
07 Feb 2012
Diversified Swiss miner Xstrata and commodities giant Glencore today agreed on a $90-billion merger, the largest takeover in the industry that would create a mining and trading powerhouse with sales of $209 billion