M&A
Spectrum Brands to buy car care products maker Armored AutoGroup for $1.4 bn
29 Apr 2015
US consumer products company Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy car care products maker Armored AutoGroup Parent Inc from private equity firm Avista Capital Partners
XPO Logistics to buy French rival Norbert Dentressangle for $3.53 bn
29 Apr 2015
The acquisition brings to XPO's fold access to Europe's largest fleet network of 7,700 owned trucks, 3,200 trucks contracted through owner-operators and access to an additional 12,000 independent carriers
Barrick Gold to sell stake in Chilean copper mine
28 Apr 2015
Barrick reported a 35-per cent plunge in net income to $57 million in the first quarter on the back of a 6 per cent fall in gold prices and a 17 per cent decline in the price of copper
Capgemini to buy iGate for $4 bn
27 Apr 2015
iGate generated about 70 per cent of its $1.27 billion revenue from the US last year and, post-closing, North America will represent 30 per cent of the combined 2015 revenue of €12.5 billion ($13.58 billion)
Australia’s M2 Group joins the race for iiNet with $1.3-bn bid
27 Apr 2015
Under M2’s scheme, iiNet shareholders would get 0.803 M2 shares plus A$0.75 cash per share as a special dividend against TPG offer of A$8.8 per share besides getting to own about 42 per cent of the share capital of the enlarged M2 Group
Perrigo Co rejects Mylan's $33-bn sweetened bid
25 Apr 2015
Generic drugmaker Mylan NV yesterday raised its takeover offer for Perrigo Co to $33 billion, in a move widely seen as an attempt to ward off an unsolicited bid from larger rival Teva Pharmaceuticals
Comcast scraps merger agreement with Time Warner Cable
25 Apr 2015
The move scraps a giant deal that faced opposition from consumers and a possible veto from federal regulators
Capgemini close to buying iGate: report
23 Apr 2015
Capgemini, one of the world's largest consulting, technology and outsourcing services companies, is close to buying Nasdaq-listed iGate, in a deal which, if successful, would be one of the biggest M&As in the IT services sector
Perrigo rejects Mylan’s $29 bn takeover offer
22 Apr 2015
Teva Pharmaceutical offers to buy Mylan NV for $40 bn
22 Apr 2015
A successful Teva-Mylan merger would be the largest in the pharmaceutical industry this year, which has seen acquisitions taking place at a frenzied pace
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