M&A

John Laing offers to pay £1 bn for Balfour Beatty's public-private partnership assets

01 Dec 2014

JSW Steel eyes Rs30,000-cr acquisition of Bhushan Steel, defers Italian plans

01 Dec 2014

JSW Steel Ltd, the third-largest steel maker in India, has deferred plans to acquire Italian steelmaker Lucchini SpV and instead decided buy Bhushan Steel's Odisha unit and through it a stake in Orissa Sponge

German real estate giant to buy smaller rival Gagfah for $4.9 bn

01 Dec 2014

Mangalore Chemicals shares spurt as Vijay Mallya resigns from board

01 Dec 2014

Vijay Mallya has stepped down from the board of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers as he lost control of his last bastion after losing control of Kingfisher Airlines and United Spirits

United Spirits shareholders say `no’ to sale of Diageo brands in India

01 Dec 2014

German utility giant E.ON to split into two in major restructuring

01 Dec 2014

In response to rapid changes in the global energy markets, Germany’s largest utility E.ON SE plans to split its $122-billion business into two, with one focusing on renewable energy and the other on conventional energy

Portuguese conglomerate Semapa joins Bain and Apax to acquire Portugal Telecom

01 Dec 2014

P&G explores sale of Wella hair care business worth around $7 bn

29 Nov 2014

The potential sale comes two weeks after P&G agreed to sell its Duracell battery unit to Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway in a stock swap deal worth $3 billion

Canada’s BCE to buy local mobile phone retailer Glentel for $586 mn

29 Nov 2014

Better known by its brand name Bell, Canada's largest communications company BCE, yesterday struck a deal to buy local mobile phone retailer Glentel, in a $586-million deal

European regulator approves Medtronic-Covidien $42.9-bn deal

28 Nov 2014

Canary Wharf owner Songbird says its valuation of £2.82 bn exceeds QIA - Brookfield takeover price

28 Nov 2014

Cooper Tire to sell majority stake in Chinese JV to partner Chengshan

28 Nov 2014

US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co, the target of a failed takeover by India’s Apollo Tyres, yesterday agreed to sell its majority stake in Chinese joint venture to partner Chengshan Group, Gurgaon-based tyre make

SABMiller Plc, Coca-Cola to merge soft drinks bottling operations in Africa

27 Nov 2014

SABMiller Plc, Coca-Cola to merge soft drinks bottling operations in Africa

27 Nov 2014

SABMiller Plc, Coca-Cola to merge soft drinks bottling operations in Africa

27 Nov 2014

ArcelorMittal bids for loss-making Italian steel plant Ilva

27 Nov 2014

After O2, BT in talks to buy mobile phone operator EE

27 Nov 2014

British telecom giant BT Group Plc is in talks to buy EE from its joint venture partners Orange of France and Deutsche Telekom, a few days after it initiated talks with Telefonica's O2

Medtronic’s $42.9-bn Covidien deal approved by US regulator

27 Nov 2014

Medtronic Inc, the world's fourth-largest medical device maker, has received US regulatory approval to acquire Dublin-based Covidien Plc, subject to the condition that it sells its drug-coated balloon catheter business

Danone said to target Mead Johnson with sale of $2 bn stake in Yakult

26 Nov 2014

Groupe Danone, the world’s largest yogurt maker, is said to be weighing plans to sell its stake worth $2 billion in Japanese dairy-drink producer Yakult Honsha Co, to raise funds for a possible acquisition of US baby-formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition Co, valued at $20.5 billion