M&A

Dell to acquire Perot Systems for $3.9 billion

22 Sep 2009

The all-cash deal, seen as a response to HP's acquisition of EDS earlier this year, will enable Dell to expand to take on its rivals HP and IBM

Reliance eyes bankrupt Dutch company LyondellBasel: report

19 Sep 2009

Reliance Industries is looking at acquiring the assets of bankrupt Dutch petrochemicals company LyondellBasell, either in part or whole, CNBC-TV18 network reported.

Department of justice, FBI probe into BoA’s Merrill Lynch acquisition

19 Sep 2009

Department of justice, FBI probe into BoA’s Merrill Lynch acquisition

19 Sep 2009

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation to acquire Camec for $960 million

19 Sep 2009

Warburg Pincus fails to sell its stake in WNS

19 Sep 2009

S African unions may block Bharti Airtel-MTN deal: report

19 Sep 2009

South African labour federation COSATU is reported to be trying to halt the Bharti-Airtel tie-up, though the treasury wants a deal.

Dabur readies war chest of $250-500 million for acquisitions

19 Sep 2009

Glaxo seeking stake in Dr Reddy’s: report

18 Sep 2009

Glaxo seeking stake in Dr Reddy’s: report

18 Sep 2009

Glaxo seeking stake in Dr Reddy’s: report

18 Sep 2009

Punjab National Bank may buy stake in Kazakh Metrokombank

18 Sep 2009

Millicom rejects BSNL’s Lankan bid; Bharti Airtel still in fray

18 Sep 2009

SBI to ramp up overseas business; plans $1 billion acquisitions

18 Sep 2009

SBI is looking at acquisitions of up to $1 billion in the United Kingdom, where it expects to maintain a 40 per cent growth rate, says chairman O P Bhatt

Warren Buffett warns Kraft not to overbid for Cadbury

17 Sep 2009

Canada may replace Australia as China’s favourite investment destination: study

17 Sep 2009

Bharati Shipyard raises bid price for Great Offshore, ABG Shipyard still a contender

17 Sep 2009

Skype sale in cloud as Joltid files lawsuit

17 Sep 2009

ENRC in talks to acquire cobalt major Camec for $1 billion

17 Sep 2009

Kazakhstan mining group Eurasian Natural Resources is in advanced talks to acquire  Central African Mining & Exploration

Corning buys Axygen BioScience for $400 million

17 Sep 2009

The gloal leader in specialty glass and ceramics, plans to diversify into life sciences with its $400-million acquisition of Axygen BioScience

BSNL eyes Luxembourg telecom firm's Sri Lanka unit, Celltel

17 Sep 2009

Sitting on a cash pile of over $6 billion, state-run BSNL, India's fourth-largest mobile operator, has submitted a bid to buy Luxembourg-based telecom operator Millicom International Cellular SA's Sri Lankan operations, Celltel, which operates under the Tigo brand

Adobe agrees to acquire Omniture for $1.8 billion

17 Sep 2009

Global creative and multimedia software provider Adobe Systems is acvquiring online marketing and web analytics company Omniture Inc, for approximately $1.8 billion

GE plans wind turbine unit in India; acquires Norway's ScanWind

16 Sep 2009

Macquarie Airports sells stake in Bristol; hikes Copenhagen stake

16 Sep 2009

Hit by losses JAL to cut 6,800 jobs in three years, hints chief

16 Sep 2009

JAL, which plans to scale down its operations, conveyed its improvement plan yesterday to a panel of Japan’s land, infrastructure, transport and tourism ministry.