M&A

Deutsche Boerse buys forex platform 360T for $796 mn

Deutsche Boerse buys forex platform 360T for $796 mn

27 Jul 2015

Founded in 2000, 360T is credited with helping launch a new generation of forex platforms that allowed European companies to pick banks of their choice for currency trading

Teva in talks to buy Allergan's generic-drug unit for $45 bn: report

Teva in talks to buy Allergan's generic-drug unit for $45 bn: report

27 Jul 2015

A deal with Allergan would indicate that Teva could be considering abandoning its plan to buy Mylan NV after the Netherlands-based company rejected its $40-billion takeover offer

Health insurers Anthem, Cigna Corp to merge in $54.2-bn deal

Health insurers Anthem, Cigna Corp to merge in $54.2-bn deal

25 Jul 2015

The combined company would have over $115 billion in annual revenue

AT&T completes DirecTV acquisition

25 Jul 2015

Johnson Controls to spin off $22-bn automotive business within a year

25 Jul 2015

Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance to buy StanCorp Financial for $5 bn

24 Jul 2015

Japan's Nikkei buys Financial Times for $1.3 bn from Pearsons

Japan's Nikkei buys Financial Times for $1.3 bn from Pearsons

24 Jul 2015

The acquisition of Financial Times is the biggest by the Japanese media group, which had to outbid Germany’s biggest news publisher Axel Springer AG to clinch the deal

Cairn Energy may join LIC to vote against Vedanta-Cairn India merger: reports

Cairn Energy may join LIC to vote against Vedanta-Cairn India merger: reports

23 Jul 2015

Cairn Energy Plc is set to vote against Vedanta Ltd's $2.3-billion buyout offer for Cairn India's minority shareholders

Wal-Mart buys remaining 49% stake in China’s Yihodian

23 Jul 2015

Qualcomm to restructure with 15% lower workforce

23 Jul 2015

Lupin buys US generics drug maker Gavis for $880 mn

Lupin buys US generics drug maker Gavis for $880 mn

23 Jul 2015

The cash-free and debt-free acquisition creates the fifth-largest portfolio of new drug filings with the US FDA, addressing a $63.8-billion market

VW, Fleet Investments to sell entire stake in LeasePlan Corp to investors for $4 bn

23 Jul 2015

BlackBerry to acquire AtHoc

23 Jul 2015

Technicolor to buy Cisco’s set top box business for $602 mn

23 Jul 2015

HSBC close to selling Turkish unit to ING for $750 mn: report

HSBC close to selling Turkish unit to ING for $750 mn: report

23 Jul 2015

Analysts sayTurkey is a difficult market for foreign banks due to stiff competition with local lenders, and yet attractive by virtue of its young population and geographic location between Asia and Europe

US health insurer Anthem is close to inking a deal to buy Cigna for over $48 bn

US health insurer Anthem is close to inking a deal to buy Cigna for over $48 bn

23 Jul 2015

The proposed acquisition comes amidst consolidation among health insurers and health care companies in the US in order to cut costs due to President Barrack Obama's changed Affordable Care Act

UPS in talks to buy Coyote Logistics for $1.8 bn

23 Jul 2015

Italian coffee house Lavazza to buy Carte Noire from Douwe Egberts for reported $872 mn

23 Jul 2015

Home Depot to buy Interline Brands for $1.63 bn

23 Jul 2015

Toshiba sells 4.6% stake in Finnish elevator maker Kone Oyj for $946 mn amid accounting scandal

22 Jul 2015

Thoratec Corp accepts US heart device maker St Jude Medical's $3.4-bn offer

Thoratec Corp accepts US heart device maker St Jude Medical's $3.4-bn offer

22 Jul 2015

The deal will accelerate St. Jude Medical’s growth strategy by adding Thoratec’s complementary products and technologies to its own portfolio of heart failure products

Warburg Pincus to invest Rs1,800 crore in Piramal Realty

22 Jul 2015

St. Jude Medical in talks to buy smaller rival Thoratec Corp

22 Jul 2015

Horizon Pharma raises offer to buy Depomed to $33 per share

Horizon Pharma raises offer to buy Depomed to $33 per share

22 Jul 2015

Irish biopharmaceutical company Horizon Pharma Plc yesterday raised its offer to buy smaller US rival Depomed Inc to $33 per share in  abid to nearly double its drugs portfolio

French food processor Bonduelle prepares bid for General Mills’ Green Giant

21 Jul 2015