M&A

Cairn Energy to sell 40 per cent stake in Indian arm to Vedanta

05 May 2011

PE players to acquire 26 per cent in Jyothy Laboratories

05 May 2011

Defence contractor Esterline may buy French rival for $715 million

05 May 2011

Chevron to buy Marcellus Shale acreage

04 May 2011

Jet Airways pays part of Rs478-crore dues to Sahara: report

04 May 2011

Jet airways is reported to have paid Rs275 crore of the Rs478-crore the Bombay HC today asked it to pay the Sahara group for default in its obligations toward the Rs1,450 crore take-over of Sahara Airlines

Dabur acquires herbal energiser brand ‘30-Plus’ from Ajanta Pharma

03 May 2011

Adani Group acquires Australian port for $2 billion

03 May 2011

The Adani Group plans to raise the handling capacity of the port from 50 million tonnes to 80 MT to facilitate the shipment of coal from its Australian mines to India

Teva trumps Valeant with a $6.8-bn deal to acquire Cephalon

02 May 2011

Trumping a hostile bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals Teva will acquire specialty pharma company Cephalon

DuPont raises offer price for Danisco to $6.64 billion

30 Apr 2011

DuPont raised its offer to 700 Danish crowns per share ($139.28) and also reduced the minimum number of shares required to be tendered to 80 per cent for acceptance.

Rio Tinto plans to de-list Riversdale

30 Apr 2011

Total to acquire 60 per cent in SunPower for $1.37 billion

29 Apr 2011

Total will also provide SunPower with up to $1 billion in credit support to guarantee repayment obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in connection with its businesses over the next five years.

Exelon Corporation acquires Constellation in $7.7 billion deal

28 Apr 2011

In the past Exelon made three attempts to buy other power companies since 2003, with Constellation being the target of two failed bids

Polaris enters cloud computing space through strategic investment in IdenTrust

28 Apr 2011

Biocon to divest stake in Germany's AxiCorp

28 Apr 2011

Biocon Ltd had acquired a controlling stake in the German drug distributor in a bid to market its bio-similar drugs in Europe

J&J to buy Swiss medical devices maker Synthes for $21.3 billion

27 Apr 2011

Johnson & Johnson expects the acquisition to create the world's most innovative and comprehensive orthopaedics business

News Corp may sell MySpace for $100 million: report

27 Apr 2011

The social networking site, which Rupert Murdock-controlled News Corp bought for over $580 million in 2005, reported an operating loss of $156 million for the quarter ended 31 December 2010 alone

Russian billionaire close to buying the Waterstone’s book chain for £35 million

25 Apr 2011

Madras High Court clears Essar Tele-ISL merger, rejects Vodafone plea

21 Apr 2011

Tata Steel sells 51 pct in refractory unit to Japan's Krosaki for Rs576 crore

21 Apr 2011

JK group on prowl for overseas acquisitions

20 Apr 2011

News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports

20 Apr 2011

News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports

20 Apr 2011

News Corp in bid to acquire Formula 1: reports

20 Apr 2011

Seagate acquires Samsung's hard disks business in $1.38 billion deal

19 Apr 2011

Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung will receive an approximately 9.6-per cent stake in Seagate and another $687.5 million in cash, plus a seat on the Seagate board

Nestle to acquire 60-% stake in China's Yinlu Foods

19 Apr 2011