M&A
Snapdeal in talks to buy online inventory and order tracking start-up Unicommerce
18 Dec 2014
The move comes less than two months after Japanese telecom and media group SoftBank agreed to invest $627 million in Snapdeal for a 30-per cent stake, making it the single-largest investment in an e-commerce company
US auto parts maker Visteon to sell majority stake in Halla Visteon for $3.6 bn
18 Dec 2014
Halla Visteon, whose clients include Ford, Tata Motors, Volvo, Audi, BMW among others, makes heating, ventilation, air conditioning, compressors, powertrain cooling, fluid transport, and electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicle thermal systems
Philips to buy medical device maker Volcano Corp for $1.2 bn
17 Dec 2014
Dutch diversified technology company Philips N V today struck a deal to buy US medical device maker Volcano Corp, for $1.2 billion including debt
Cerberus Capital buys £2.3-bn distressed loans of top UK, Australian banks
17 Dec 2014
New York-based Cerberus is one of the world’s leading private investment firms dedicated to distressed investments
Repsol to buy Canada’s Talisman Energy in $13-bn deal
16 Dec 2014
Spanish oil & gas giant Repsol today struck a deal to buy Talisman Energy, Canada's fifth-largest independent oil producer, for $13 billion including $4.7 billion debt
Apache to sell stakes in two international LNG projects to Woodside for $2.75 bn
16 Dec 2014
Continuing with the divestment of its overseas assets, Apache Corp, the second-largest US independent oil and gas producer, yesterday struck a deal to to sell its stakes in two international liquefied-natural-gas projects to Woodside Petroleum
Singapore’s OLAM to buy ADM’s cocoa business for $1.3 bn
16 Dec 2014
The acquisition will make Olam one of the world’s top three cocoa producers with a combined annual capacity of around 700,000 tonnes
BT Group in exclusive talks to buy UK mobile phone network EE for £12.5 bn
16 Dec 2014
BT, which is planning to re-enter the mobile network business, was until last week looking to buy either EE or O2, both of which are the biggest mobile operators in the UK
BAE Systems completes acquisition of cyber security firm SilverSky
15 Dec 2014
The acquisition, announced in October, will increase BAE’s footprint in the fast-growing US cyber security market
Australian regulator blocks Yancoal’s $2.3 bn equity issue
15 Dec 2014
The Australian takeovers regulator has stopped Yancoal from raising up to $2.3 billion in securities, after minority shareholders objected, fearing this to be a backdoor strategy by China's Yanzhou Coal to gain near complete control of the loss-making coal mining firm
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