M&A

Google buys UK-based speech technology company Phonetic Arts

07 Dec 2010

Russia’s X5 Retail Group to acquire smaller rival Kopeyka for $1.1 billion

07 Dec 2010

ONGC's Kazakh deal to be inked by February

06 Dec 2010

TVS Capital increases stake in Dusters Total Solutions

06 Dec 2010

3M to acquire Switzerland’s Winterthur Technologies for $448 million

06 Dec 2010

Bank note printer De La Rue rejects £750 million takeover offer from Oberthur

06 Dec 2010

Kraft to move part of Cadbury to Switzerland to avoid UK taxes

06 Dec 2010

The new US owner of Cadbury will shift part of the company’s business to Switzerland, a move that could result in loss of millions in tax revenue every year for the UK exchequer

Google to acquire video software maker Widevine Technologies

04 Dec 2010

Groupon walks away from Google’s $6-bn takeover offer

04 Dec 2010

Groupon has been in business for just two years and is projected to generate revenues of $500 million this financial year

eBay buys local shopping site Milo

03 Dec 2010

Walter Energy to acquire Canada’s Western Coal for $3.25 billion

03 Dec 2010

Religare acquires majority stake in US-based assets manager for $171.5 mn

03 Dec 2010

Merck to buy diabetes drug developer SmartCells in a $500 million-plus deal

03 Dec 2010

Godrej acquires makers of Swastik soap, Genteel detergent

03 Dec 2010

3M completes acquisition of Cogent Inc

03 Dec 2010

PepsiCo to acquire majority stake in Russia’s Wimm-Bill-Dann for $5.4-billion

02 Dec 2010

iGate in talks to acquire Patni Computers

02 Dec 2010

For iGate founder and CEO Phaneesh Murthy, the Patni acquisition will mean being catapulted into the billion-dollar club of Indian software exporters

GlaxoSmithKline plans to acquire China’s Nanjing MeiRui Pharma

02 Dec 2010

Canadian miner Sherritt takes majority stake in Indonesian nickel project

02 Dec 2010

Dewan Housing signs Deutsche Postbank Home Finance deal for Rs1,079 crore

02 Dec 2010

Dewan Housing will boost its business by more than 40 per cent through the acquisition

Emami close to acquiring controlling stake in Paras Pharma for Rs3,000-cr

02 Dec 2010

Emami has emerged the front-runner leaving behind global pharma giants

Cardinal Health acquires Chinese drug distributor for $470 million

01 Dec 2010

HSBC Private Equity renamed Headland Capital Partners after management buyout

01 Dec 2010

Google close to buying online discount site Groupon

01 Dec 2010

Motorola to split into two entities on 4 January

01 Dec 2010