M&A

Cadbury rejects Kraft Foods' $16.7 billion merger offer

07 Sep 2009

Cadbury has rejected its $16.7-billion (£10.2 billion) acquisition offer to create “a global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals.”

AIG sells fund units to Pacific Century for $500 million

07 Sep 2009

AIG is selling part of its investment advisory and asset management business to PE firm Bridge Partners L P owned by Pacific Century Group (PCG), for around $500 million

HSBC scouts for ING’s Asian assets: report

07 Sep 2009

HSBC Holdings Plc. has made a $1.63-billion bid for Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV’s (ING) private banking businesse

Abu Dhabi's ATIC to acquire Singapore's Chartered Semi

07 Sep 2009

Singapore-based chip maker sells itself to Advanced Technology Investment for approximately $1.8 billion

Two more in fray for Nortel's enterprise business

05 Sep 2009

Moog likely to acquire GE Aviation subsidiary

05 Sep 2009

CVC-Cosmen consortium sweetens National Express offer

05 Sep 2009

Deutsche Telekom mulls sale of T-Mobile UK

05 Sep 2009

ArcelorMittal to take 35 per cent stake in Uttam Galva

05 Sep 2009

ArcelorMittal is launching a tender offer on 7 September 2009 to acquire a 29.4-per cent stake in Uttam Galva Steel, after having signed a co-promotion agreement with its original promoters

Axis IT&T acquires 51-per cent stake in Cades Digitech

05 Sep 2009

Toshiba, China wealth fund eye stake in Areva T&D

04 Sep 2009

Japan's Toshiba Corp is planning to acquire a power transmission equipment unit owned by French nuclear power major Areva.

Australia delays ruling on Chinese takeover of Lynas

04 Sep 2009

Australian regulators have extended the deadline for a decision for the third time since it asked China's CNMC to resubmit its application for approval to acquire Lynas

Sun-Oracle deal hits EU hurdle

04 Sep 2009

European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has initiated a thorough investigation of the $7.4-billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by software major Oracle

Sun-Oracle deal hits EU hurdle

04 Sep 2009

European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has initiated a thorough investigation of the $7.4-billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by software major Oracle

Sun-Oracle deal hits EU hurdle

04 Sep 2009

European Competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has initiated a thorough investigation of the $7.4-billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by software major Oracle

MTNL in fray to acquire 75 per cent in Nigerian Telecom

03 Sep 2009

RHJ hikes bid for GM's Opel

03 Sep 2009

Berkshire, Leucadia join hands to acquire Capmark's mortgage arm

03 Sep 2009

LEO Pharma to Acquire Peplin for $287.5 million

03 Sep 2009

BNY Mellon signs definitive agreement to acquire Pinnacle Arbitrage Compliance

03 Sep 2009

Bayer acquires two prescription dermatology product lines from SkinMedica in the US

03 Sep 2009

EMC to acquire eDiscovery software vendor Kazeon

03 Sep 2009

Dainippon Sumitomo close to buy US drug maker Sepracor

03 Sep 2009

Danaher acquires MDS division for $1.1 billion

03 Sep 2009

Tata Group mulls diluting stake in Infiniti Retail

03 Sep 2009

The Tata group is considering diluting its stake in Infiniti Retail, the group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, which runs the electronics retail chain Croma.