M&A
RBI approves merger of ING Vysya with Kotak Mahindra
01 Apr 2015
The merged entity, with 1,214 branches, a wide-spread pan-India network and a combined employee strength of nearly 40,000, is now the country’s fourth largest private sector lender
Teva Pharmaceutical to buy US neurology drug firm Auspex $3.5 bn
31 Mar 2015
Auspex is a biopharmaceutical company specialising in applying deuterium chemistry to known molecules to create novel therapies with improved safety and efficacy profiles
Bankrupt RadioShack looks to sell customer data
31 Mar 2015
UnitedHealth to buy pharmacy benefit firm Catamaran for $12.8 bn
31 Mar 2015
US health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc yesterday struck a $12.8-billion all-cash deal to buy Catamaran Corp that would see the merger of the third and fourth-largest pharmacy benefit companies in the US
Holcim shareholders reject revised terms of merger with Lafarge
30 Mar 2015
Russian businessman Filaret Galchev, Holcim's second-largest shareholder, has rejected the revised merger terms as too low, and objected to the move to remove Lafarge boss Bruno Lafont as CEO of the combined group
Hinduja Global Solutions acquires Colibrium
30 Mar 2015
Switzerland's Dufry to buy majority stake in World Duty Free for $3.8 bn
30 Mar 2015
Switzerland's duty-free shop operator Dufry AG has agreed to buy a 50.1 per cent majority stake in smaller Italian rival World Duty Free S.p.A, controlled by the Benetton family, aiming to create the world’s biggest travel retailer
Chevron to exit Australian refining business for $3.6 bn
28 Mar 2015
Just hours after abbouncing tat it is quitting Caltex, Chevron made a second exit from Australia by abandoning its shale gas exploration joint venture with Beach Energy in Cooper Basin in Central Australia
Intel in talks to buy smaller rival Altera in over $10-bn deal
28 Mar 2015
Altera, based in California, is one of the two largest makers of chips used in cellphone networks, data centres, computer-networking equipment, cars and defence systems
Dow Chemical to sell part of chlorine business to Olin Corp for $5 bn
28 Mar 2015
Dow Chemical, the largest US chemical maker by sales, is selling non-core assets worth $3 to $4 billion in order to create shareholders value
Telefonica seals deal to sell British mobile unit O2 to Hutchison for $15.3 bn
25 Mar 2015
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica SA yesterday said that it has finalised a deal to sell its British mobile unit O2 to Hong Kong billionaire Li-Ka Shing's Hutchison Whampoa
3G Capital in talks to buy Kraft Foods Group for over $40 bn
25 Mar 2015
The PE firm will carry out the acquisition through H.J. Heinz Co., which it acquired 2013 in partnership with Warren Buffett’s investment arm Berkshire Hathaway
Sun, Ranbaxy complete $4-bn merger
24 Mar 2015
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India approved the issue of equity shares of Sun Pharma to non-resident holders of equity shares of Ranbaxy, facilitating the merger through a scheme of arrangement
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