M&A
Nasdaq to buy International Securities Exchange from Deutsche Boerse for $1.1 bn
10 Mar 2016
Nasdaq Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy US options exchange operator International Securities Exchange (ISE) from Deutsche Boerse AG for $1.1 billion
Shell plans to sell assets worth $30 bn
09 Mar 2016
Shell Plc is planning to sell assets worth $30 billion in a bid to bolster its balance sheet, which ratings agency Fitch downgraded after the Anglo-Dutch oil giant completed its $49-billion acquisition of BG Group last month
Exxon Mobil’s Canadian unit Imperial Oil to sell remaining Esso fuel stations for $2.1 bn
09 Mar 2016
Idea seeks to buy Providence stake in Aditya Birla Telecom
09 Mar 2016
Idea Cellular Idea Cellular is reported to have offered Rs4,000 crore to buy out Providence's 16-per cent stake in its subsidiary Aditya Birla Telecom, offering more than 40 per cent premium on the US private equity firm's investment made in 2009
Govt doubles M&A threshold for CCI approval
09 Mar 2016
Microsoft considered buying Slack for $8 bn
07 Mar 2016
GE gets regulatory approval to sell appliance business to China's Haier Group
04 Mar 2016
The sale is part of GE’s plan to divest around $200 billion worth of non-core assets in order to transform itself into a pure-play industrial-manufacturing company
Samsonite to buy premium travel luggage maker Tumi Holdings for $1.8 bn
04 Mar 2016
Samsonite International SA today struck a deal to buy Tumi Holdings Inc for $1.8 billion in cash, in a bid to expand into the premium travel luggage and accessories segment
Samsonite close to buying Tumi Holdings
03 Mar 2016
Honeywell abandons $90.7-bn offer to buy rival United Technologies
03 Mar 2016
UTC owns Otis elevators, Carrier air conditioners and Pratt & Whitney jet engines, while Honeywell makes thermostats, auto turbochargers and airplane cockpit electronics
Charges will be filed in Aircel-Maxis case: Jaitley
03 Mar 2016
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said that the Enforcement Directorate and the investigative wing of the Income Tax Department, during recent searches in connection with the Aircel-Maxis deal, have recovered several “incriminating” documents which are being scrutinised
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