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Pearson explores sale of Financial Times daily newspaper
21 Jul 2015
Pearson was sounding out possible bidders for the Financial Times and a sale may value the 127 year-old newspaper at £1 billion
SunEdison to buy Vivint Solar for about $2.2 bn
21 Jul 2015
Lockheed Martin acquiring Sikorsky Aircraft from UTC for $9 bn
21 Jul 2015
Sikorsky is a natural fit for Lockheed Martin and complements its broad portfolio of aerospace and defence products and technologies
Lockheed to buy Sikorsky for over $8 bn: report
20 Jul 2015
If it passes regulatory approval, the Sikorsky deal would see Lockheed further strengthening its position as the world’s largest defence contractor
Yahoo to spin off its $32-bn Alibaba stake into 'Aabaco Holdings'
18 Jul 2015
Yahoo’s stake in Alibaba is currently worth over $32 billion, which would make Aabaco Holdings a sizable company
Valeant to buy Egyptian drugmaker Amoun for $800 mn
18 Jul 2015
Founded in 1998, Amoun is the largest pharmaceutical company in Egypt and expects to reach valuation of Egyptian £1.75 billion this year, with annual growth of approximately 20 per cent
Samsung C&T EGM approves Cheil Industries' $8-bn takeover offer
17 Jul 2015
The 69.53 per cent vote would help Samsung Group's founding family consolidate stakes in key group affiliates, including flagship tech giant Samsung Electronics Co
eBay to sell eBay Enterprise to investor consortium led by Permira for $925 mn
17 Jul 2015
eBay Enterprise, which is facing competition from Amazon.com Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, had seen revenue growth lag behind PayPal, which eBay bought in 2002
Facebook's Oculus unit to buy Israeli gesture recognition technology developer Pebbles Interfaces
17 Jul 2015
Based in Israel, Pebbles Interfaces has spent the past five years developing technology that uses custom optics, sensor systems and algorithms to detect and track hand movement
Celgene to buy drugmaker Receptos for $7.2 bn
15 Jul 2015
China’s Tsinghua Unigroup preparing bid $23-bn bid for US chip maker Micron Technolgy: reports
14 Jul 2015
US energy firms MPLX and MarkWest to merge in $20-bn deal
14 Jul 2015
The combination of Marathon Petroleum-sponsored MPLX will create the fourth-largest US publicly traded limited partnership with a market capitalisation of $21 billion
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