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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
B C Partners consortium to acquire US pet food retailer PetSmart for $8.7 bn
15 Dec 2014
The sell-off comes after the company came under pressure from two of its biggest shareholders who said the company was under-performing
Pacific Equity in talks to sell Australian cinema chain The Hoyts Group to China's ID Leisure for $743 mn
13 Dec 2014
M&M likely to acquire stake in Swedish auto maker Saab Automotive
12 Dec 2014
Mahindra & Mahindra is acquiring a stake in National Electric Vehicle Sweden, the company that owns Swedish auto maker Saab Automotive
Adobe Systems to buy stock photography company Fotolia for $800 mn
12 Dec 2014
Adobe Systems Inc, the maker of Acrobat and Photoshop software, yesterday struck a deal to buy privately-held stock photography company Fotolia for $800 million
BG Group sells Australian LNG pipeline to APA Group for $5 bn
10 Dec 2014
BG expects to make a profit of $2.7 billion through the sale, although it will be partly offset by impairment charges on its Australian subsidiary Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas Pipeline projet
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