M&A

BP to sell Colombian oil assets to Ecopetrol, Talisman for $1.9 billion

04 Aug 2010

UK’s Shire to buy Belgium's GI drug specialist Movetis for €428 million

04 Aug 2010

Chinese businessman bids for Liverpool Football Club

04 Aug 2010

Abu Dhabi fund joins Morgan Stanley to bid for UK Channel Tunnel rail link

03 Aug 2010

HTC’s Android powered smartphone Wifire debuts in India

03 Aug 2010

Adani bags $2.7-billion deal to acquire Australian coal mine

03 Aug 2010

Adani will make a down payment of around A$500 million (US$455 million) in addition to an A$2 per tonne production-linked royalty payment extending up to 20 years

Washington Post sells Newsweek to Dr Sidney Harman

03 Aug 2010

Electronics tycoon Harman, 91, , who co-invented the first integrated audio receiver, outbid three other bidders including hedge fund Avenue Capital Group and investment firm OpenGate Capital

Canada’s Kinross Gold to buy Red Back Mining for $7.1 billion

03 Aug 2010

HgCapital acquires Italian software company TeamSystem for €565 million

03 Aug 2010

Telecom New Zealand plans demerger to join government’s broadband initiative

03 Aug 2010

Bilcare AG to acquire Ineos’ Global Films business for Rs607 crore

02 Aug 2010

China’s Geely completes $1.8-bn acquisition of Ford’s Volvo Cars

02 Aug 2010

Shareholders push Dana to discuss £1.7-bn takeover offer with KNOC

02 Aug 2010

NTT DoCoMo to buy the rest of PacketVideo for $111.6 million

02 Aug 2010

Eurazeo in exclusive talks to sell B&B Hotels to Carlyle for at least €485 million

02 Aug 2010

Malaysian magnate offers to buy power firm Tanjong for $1.5 billion

02 Aug 2010

Tanjong’s power business, managed by Powertek Bhd and its subsidiaries has a total power generation capacity of nearly 4,000 megawatts (MW) from 13 plants spread over South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East

BP rejects Sinopec’s offer to buy its assets

31 Jul 2010

Conatus Pharmaceuticals buys Pfizer's Idun subsidiary

31 Jul 2010

GrainCorp to buy AWB to become Australia’s largest wheat exporter

31 Jul 2010

Charles River, WuXi mutually terminate $1.6-billion merger

30 Jul 2010

Capgemini acquires Skvader Systems AB

30 Jul 2010

IBM acquires storage company Storwize for data compression capabilities

30 Jul 2010

Disney seals deal to sell Miramax Films to investors for $660 million

30 Jul 2010

Tulip Telecom, Global Holdings buy 26% stake in Qualcomm's India unit for Rs300 crore

30 Jul 2010

Qualcomm, the world’s largest fables chip supplier is selling a 26 per cent stake in its broadband unit in India to Tulip Telecom and Global Holdings for about Rs300 crore

Li Ka-shing consortium to buy EDF's UK arm for $9.1 billion

30 Jul 2010

The Hong Hong consortium's offer is about £1.8 billion more than what EDF had expected when it initiated the process of selling its UK electricity distribution arm n October 2009.