M&A
Vivendi to sell 5.8% stake in Activision Blizzard for $866 mn
22 May 2014
French mass media company Vivendi SA today said that it will sell around half of its remaining stake in US video game publisher Activision Blizzard, as part of its plan of transforming itself into a pure-play media company
Flipkart, Myntra finalise biggest merger in India’s e-retail sector
22 May 2014
In the biggest M&A deal seen in the Indian e-commerce space, leading e-retailer Flipkart has completed its acquisition of online fashion and lifestyle products retailer Myntra in a deal estimated by the market to be worth up to Rs2,000 crore
Unilever to sell Ragu, Bertolli pasta brands to Japan’s Mizkan for $2.15 bn
22 May 2014
Unilever Plc today struck a deal to sell its North America pasta sauces business under the Ragu and Bertolli brands to Japan’s Mizkan Group
SC blasts manner of stalling Sun-Ranbaxy merger
21 May 2014
Sun Pharma denied the charge but said the share purchase by Silver Street, a limited-liability partnership firm owned by two subsidiaries of Sun Pharma, was being annulled
Australia's Treasury Wine rejects $2.90-bn KKR bid
20 May 2014
Treasury Wine, which has a market cap of A$2.5 billion, was spun off by Foster's Group in 2011 after a decade-long expansion into wines in Australia and the US
Google eyeing video streaming service, Twitch
20 May 2014
Tata Communications to sell SA arm Neotel to Vodacom for $676 mn
19 May 2014
Neotel, South Africa’s second-biggest fixed-line phone operator, is 68.5 per cent owned by Tata Comm
Tata Communications to sell SA arm Neotel to Vodacom for $676 mn
19 May 2014
Neotel, South Africa’s second-biggest fixed-line phone operator, is 68.5 per cent owned by Tata Comm
Tata Communications to sell SA arm Neotel to Vodacom for $676 mn
19 May 2014
Neotel, South Africa’s second-biggest fixed-line phone operator, is 68.5 per cent owned by Tata Comm
AT&T to buy US satellite-television provider DirecTV for $48.5 bn
19 May 2014
A successful deal would combine AT&T, the second-largest wireless carrier and the largest satellite television company in the US, exceeding the deal size of Comcast's $45-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable
MasterCard acquires Opus subsidiary ElectraCard
19 May 2014
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s third takeover offer
19 May 2014
AstraZeneca said that Pfizer’s tax-driven inversion structure, which is a key part of its proposal, has already been the subject of intense public and governmental scrutiny
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s third takeover offer
19 May 2014
AstraZeneca said that Pfizer’s tax-driven inversion structure, which is a key part of its proposal, has already been the subject of intense public and governmental scrutiny
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer’s third takeover offer
19 May 2014
AstraZeneca said that Pfizer’s tax-driven inversion structure, which is a key part of its proposal, has already been the subject of intense public and governmental scrutiny
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