M&A

IndusInd Bank to acquire microlender Bharat Financial for Rs15,500 cr

17 Oct 2017

Flipkart reported in talks with BookMyShow for minority stake

16 Oct 2017

Saudi Aramco considering stake sale to Chinese investor: report

16 Oct 2017

Govt to sell its entire 51% stake in Pawan Hans

14 Oct 2017

UK insurer Aviva to exit Taiwan market

13 Oct 2017

Tata Tele to sell wireless mobile business to Bharti Airtel

12 Oct 2017

Tata, which will retain stake in Viom and take care of its liabilities, is also exploring combination of its enterprise business with Tata Communications and its retail fixed line and broadband business with Tata Sky

Adani in talks to acquire Rinfra’s Rs13,000-cr Mumbai power business

11 Oct 2017

Other groups, including Greenko, backed by Singapore’s GIC and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Torrent and Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Group were also in discussions for RInfra’s Mumbai power business

Tata Group eyeing stake in Air India, says chairman Chandrasekaran

10 Oct 2017

The government has yet to finalise the divestment plan for Air India – whether to sell in parts or whole — for the loss-making national carrier, which is sitting on a debt pile of Rs50,000 crore

Accor in $1.18-bn bid for Australia’s Mantra Group Ltd

09 Oct 2017

Big deal: Biyani’s Future buys Shoppers Stop arm HyperCity

07 Oct 2017

The deal is seen as a win-win for both sides, enabling Shoppers Stop to pare its losses and focus on its tie-up with Amazon, and Future Group’s Big Bazaar to expand its footprint in the metros

RIL sells US shale asset at $126 mn after buying it for $392 mn

07 Oct 2017

The US shale market has become highly competitive and companies have cut costs to stay afloat after a slump in crude oil and gas prices

Chinese regulator approves HP’s $1.1 bn acquisition of Samsung Electronics’ printer business

07 Oct 2017

The deal includes Samsung's printer business, intellectual property portfolio of more than 6,500 printing patents and a workforce that includes nearly 1,300 researchers and engineers with advanced expertise in laser printer technology, imaging electronics

Walmart acquires Parcel to enable same day delivery in New York

06 Oct 2017

Berkshire Hathaway acquires stake in US truck stop operator Pilot Flying J

04 Oct 2017

PAI Partners tables new €1.6-bn bid for Dutch bottler Refresco

04 Oct 2017

Airtel Tigo merger gets NCA approval in Ghana

03 Oct 2017

RCom calls off merger with Aircel as plan hits 'regulatory' wall

03 Oct 2017

The merger was expected to bring down RCom’s total debt to around Rs20,000 crore and that of Aircel to around Rs4,000 crore

Canada’s Metro Inc to buy pharmacy chain Jean Coutu Group for C$4.5 bn

03 Oct 2017

US and Canadian anti-trust regulators conditionally approve Abbott-Alere merger

29 Sep 2017

French software firm Dassault Systemes to buy US-based Exa Corp

29 Sep 2017

Toshiba sells memory-chip unit to Bain-Apple group for $17.7 bn

28 Sep 2017

After the sale, Japanese companies, including Toshiba and Hoya Corp, will continue to hold more than 50 per cent of the common stock in Pangea, the investment vehicle that will acquire Toshiba Memory Corporation

Siemens-Alstom deal to create European rail behemoth

27 Sep 2017

The combined entity hopes to withstand the challenge posed by China’s CRRC, which has annual revenues of about $35 billion and is bigger than Siemens-Alstom and Bombardier Transportation combined

Thyssenkrupp raises $1.66 bn in share sale ahead of Tata Steel merger

26 Sep 2017

Tata Capital to sell forex, travel services operations to Thomas Cook

25 Sep 2017

The two Tata Capital units, with operations in 26 locations and about 300 employees, will continue to run under Tata Capital management till the closing date when the share sale will be consummated

SpiceJet’s Ajay Singh to take control of NDTV: report

22 Sep 2017

According to reports, Ajay Singh will have controlling stake in NDTV of around 40 per cent and the promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy will hold around 20 per cent in the company