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UK treasury sells $13 bn of Northern Rock mortgages
14 Nov 2015
The UK treasury is set to sell £13 billion of mortgage assets it acquired from lender Northern Rock during the global financial crisis to US private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP
Syngenta rejects $42-bn takeover offer from ChemChina
13 Nov 2015
Despite the rejection, Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemical company, is still in talks with ChemChina and an agreement could be reached within weeks
Time Warner mulls buying 25% in Hulu for over $1 bn
13 Nov 2015
The Walt Disney Co, 21st Century Fox, and Comcast, which own one-third each in Hulu, will reduce their stakes to 25 per cent, giving Time Warner an equal 25-per cent stake
Blackstone to invest over $800 mn in NCR
12 Nov 2015
Indiabulls acquires 40% of UK’a OakNorth Bank
12 Nov 2015
Expedia to acquire vacation-rental company HomeAway for $3.9 bn
07 Nov 2015
The acquisition bolsters Expedia's push to become a one-stop hub for travel and vacations
Sanofi mulls selling animal health unit and European generics business worth over $13 bn
07 Nov 2015
Alibaba raises offer for rest of Chinese video streaming site Youku Tudou to $3.7 bn
07 Nov 2015
The deal gives Alibaba, which has recently expanded into films, a larger arena to broadcast local movies and Hollywood blockbusters to China's middle-class consumers
AstraZeneca to buy ZS Pharma for $2.7 bn
06 Nov 2015
BASF puts $540 mn steel coatings business for sale
06 Nov 2015
The German chemical company has hired HSBC in helping with the sale process and has opened its steel coatings business books to five industrial players who have shown interest
Bank of America to sell $87-bn money-market fund business to BlackRock
04 Nov 2015
The transaction is expected to increase BlackRock's global cash-management business to $372 billion from about $285 billion
Lockheed Martin expects to close $9 bn acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft this week
04 Nov 2015
The acquisition of Sikorsky is the biggest by Lockheed since its $10-billion purchase of Martin Marietta in 1995, and also the biggest aerospace deal after the 2012 acquisition of Goodrich by UTC for over $16 billion
Activision Blizzard acquires mobile gaming firm King Digital for $5.9 bn
04 Nov 2015
The acquisition is the biggest-ever for a mobile gaming company and pips Microsoft's $2.5-billion purchase of Swedish game maker Mojang last year
Visa Inc to buy back Visa Europe for €21 bn
03 Nov 2015
Global electronic payment giant Visa Inc is acquiring its former subsidiary Visa Europe Ltd to take on arch rival MasterCard
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