M&A

Laphroaig, Teacher's whisky maker Beam Inc to buy Ireland's Cooley brands

19 Dec 2011

UK insurer Old Mutual to sell Nordic unit to Sweden’s Skandia Liv for £2.1 bn

17 Dec 2011

Apollo Global acquires Belgian chemicals firm Taminco for €1.4 bn

17 Dec 2011

United Rentals to buy RSC Holdings for $4.2 billion

16 Dec 2011

United Rentals is buying its smaller rival RSC Holdings in a $4.2 billion deal that will create the largest rental equipment company in North America

Anadarko to sell some midstream assets to Western Gas for $483 mn

16 Dec 2011

ANZ to sell Oswal stake in Burrup Fertilisers to Apache for $560 mn

16 Dec 2011

ANZ has struck a deal to sell a 65-per cent stake in Australia’s Burrup Fertilisers to US energy company Apache Energy for a discounted $560 million, the ammonia company formerly controlled by the Oswal family

L'Oréal completes acquisition of skin care devices maker Pacific Bioscience

16 Dec 2011

Covidien plans to spin off pharmaceuticals business

16 Dec 2011

Covidien’s $2 billion pharmaceuticals business is among the top 10 generic drug makers in the US

Glencore acquires 80.08% of Namibia’s Rosh Pinah Zinc Corp

15 Dec 2011

Fujifilm to buy medical equipment maker SonoSite for $753 mn

15 Dec 2011

Chinese, Mid East giants in talks to buy stake in Frac Tech for $2.2 bn: report

15 Dec 2011

Saint Gobain to buy iron pipes business from Electrotherm (India) for Rs950 crore

15 Dec 2011

French building materials maker Saint Gobain will acquire Electrotherm (India) Ltd's ductile iron pipes business for Rs950 crore ($176.9 million), in a bid to strengthen its global pipes business

Lam Research to acquire Novellus Systems for $3.3 bn

15 Dec 2011

Chip equipment maker Lam Research Corp is acquiring its  smaller rival Novellus Systems Inc in order to better compete with market leader Applied Materials Inc

Thomas Cook sells Spanish hotel chain for €72.2 mn; to close 200 shops

14 Dec 2011

Kazakhstan pays $1 bn for 10% of Karachaganak oil and gas field project

14 Dec 2011

Kazakhstan government, will acquire, 10 percent stake, Karachaganak oil and gas field project, for $1 billion, ended, disputes, Sauat Mynbayev, BG Group Plc, Eni SpA, Chevron, Lukoil

Caterpillar to sell part of Bucyrus to Malaysia's Sime Darby for $360 mn

14 Dec 2011

Wolters Kluwer Health acquires Indian open access STM journal publisher

13 Dec 2011

Nokia Siemens sells fixed-line broadband access unit to Adtran

13 Dec 2011

Nokia Siemens Networks said yesterday it was in the process of selling its fixed-line broadband access business to Adtran, as part of its restructuring efforts to  focus on mobile broadband and related services

Vale to buy out minority shareholders in Vale Fertilizantes for $1.22 billion

12 Dec 2011

Firodias to merge KEL and KMCL

10 Dec 2011

Firodias to merge KEL and KMCL

10 Dec 2011

Firodias to merge KEL and KMCL

10 Dec 2011

Firodias to merge KEL and KMCL

10 Dec 2011

PE firm Thoma Bravo to acquire Blue Coat Systems for $1.3 billion

10 Dec 2011

IL&FS arm is first Indian firm to acquire stake in a Chinese state firm

09 Dec 2011

ITNL International, a part of  infrastructure developer Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited, has been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire a 49-per cent stake in China’s state-owned Chongqing Yuhe Expressway Co Ltd.