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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
Cable king Patrick Drahi’s Altice seals $9.1 bn buyout of Oi’s Portuguese assets
10 Dec 2014
Altice, a multinational cable and telecommunications company with a presence in France, Israel, Belgium and Luxembourg, Portugal, French West Indies / Indian Ocean Area and Dominican Republic and Switzerland beat a rival bid by PE firms Apax Partners and Bain Capital
Merck & Co to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $8.4 bn
10 Dec 2014
Merck expects the acquisition to add more than $1 billion of revenue after closing in the first quarter, but will be neutral to non-GAAP earnings per share until 2016
Reliance’s ‘Only Vimal’ half sold to China’s Shandong Ruyi
09 Dec 2014
RIL’s textile business, which operates under the well-known brand ‘Vimal’, is the founding business of RIL while Ruyi is a leading textile company in China with revenues in excess of $3 billion and a global presence
Sun Pharma, Ranbaxy merger deal gets conditional CCI nod
09 Dec 2014
The CCI has asked the two companies to sell off seven brands with combined sales of less than Rs50 crore and market share of 60 to 80 per cent, which the regulator felt, would adversely affect competition
Singapore’s Global Logistic, GIC to invest $8.1 bn in US logistics portfolio
08 Dec 2014
Global Logistic is the leading provider of modern logistics facilities in China, Japan and Brazil
Merck & Co in talks to buy Cubist Pharmaceuticals for more than $7 bn
06 Dec 2014
Cubist Pharmaceuticals develops drugs for potentially life-threatening infections caused by dangerous bacteria categorised as serious and urgent public health threats
ICICI Bank to exit Russia with sale of banking unit to lender Sovcombank
06 Dec 2014
ICICI Bank, India’s largest private-sector lender, plans to sell its Russian subsidiary ICICI Bank Eurasia Limited Liability Company to Sovcombank, a mid-sized Russian bank, for an undisclosed sum
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