M&A
Shire to buy US biotech firm Baxalta for $32 bn
12 Jan 2016
Baxalta offers Shire a promising range of new products to complement its expanding portfolio of high-priced treatments for rare or "orphan" diseases
Thermo Fisher to buy Affymetrix for $1.3 bn
11 Jan 2016
Yahoo considering selling its web business: report
09 Jan 2016
Analysts say the sale of Yahoo's core web business would leave it as a holding company for the company's various investments
Apple buys artificial intelligence firm Emotient
08 Jan 2016
Lafarge may exit India as plan to sell part capacity to Birla Corp fails
06 Jan 2016
The decision comes after Lafarge failed to sell 5.15-mt of its cement capacity in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to Birla Corporation for Rs5,000 crore, as the M P Birla group failed to secure limestone mining rights for the two units
TCS joins race to acquire Dell’s Perot Systems
05 Jan 2016
TCS back in race to buy Perot IT business from Dell
04 Jan 2016
Perot, which generated about $2.6 billion in annual revenue when it was acquired by Dell for $3.9 billion in 2009, is estimated to be worth less now since its current revenue is barely $3.1 billion
Telecom M&As hot up; Vodafone to buy Tikona spectrum
31 Dec 2015
If the deal does go through, it will help Vodafone double its geographical 4G presence from the five circles it currently has
DuPont to cut 5,000 jobs before Dow merger
31 Dec 2015
Intel completes $16.7 billion deal for Altera
29 Dec 2015
ONGC Videsh picks up stake in Russian oil fields
26 Dec 2015
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