M&A
N-power firm Exelon Corp to acquire Pepco Holdings for over $5.4 bn
30 Apr 2014
Generating 35,000 megawatts of power that represent approximately 20 per cent of the US nuclear industry’s capacity, Exelon operates the largest number of US nuclear power plants
Bayer offers to swap cash and animal health unit for Merck's consumer healthcare
30 Apr 2014
German healthcare major Bayer AG has offered to swap its animal health unit and also pay some cash in exchange for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare business
Bayer offers to swap cash and animal health unit for Merck's consumer healthcare
30 Apr 2014
German healthcare major Bayer AG has offered to swap its animal health unit and also pay some cash in exchange for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare business
Bayer offers to swap cash and animal health unit for Merck's consumer healthcare
30 Apr 2014
German healthcare major Bayer AG has offered to swap its animal health unit and also pay some cash in exchange for Merck & Co's consumer healthcare business
HC blocks Ranbaxy-Sun Pharma merger over insider trading allegations
30 Apr 2014
The order was in response to a petition for a Sebi inquiry into possible insider trading in Ranbaxy shares that saw heavy trading before the merger with Sun Pharma was announced
HC blocks Ranbaxy-Sun Pharma merger over insider trading allegations
30 Apr 2014
The order was in response to a petition for a Sebi inquiry into possible insider trading in Ranbaxy shares that saw heavy trading before the merger with Sun Pharma was announced
HC blocks Ranbaxy-Sun Pharma merger over insider trading allegations
30 Apr 2014
The order was in response to a petition for a Sebi inquiry into possible insider trading in Ranbaxy shares that saw heavy trading before the merger with Sun Pharma was announced
Siemens to table offer for Alstom if given four weeks to conduct due diligence
30 Apr 2014
On Sunday, Siemens barged into Alstom's late-stage talks to sell its energy assets to General Electric Co (GE) by proposing an asset swap deal worth $14.5 billion
US defence contractors ATK, Orbital Sciences to merge in $5 bn deal
30 Apr 2014
The world's largest ammunition maker, US-based Alliant Techsystems, yesterday said that it will merge its aerospace and defence groups with satellite maker Orbital Sciences Corp
Ophir Energy no longer interested in Premier oil
29 Apr 2014
US audio chips supplier Cirrus Logic to buy British rival Wolfson Microelectronics for $468 mn
29 Apr 2014
Reckitt Benckiser confirms bidding for Merck & Co's consumer health business
29 Apr 2014
British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser has emerged as a front runner in the auction, although Bayer AG, Novartis, and Procter & Gamble Co are also in the race
Siemens barges into Alstom - GE deal with asset-swap offer
By By Ravi Kunder | 28 Apr 2014
Siemens proposes to give some of its high-speed train and locomotive businesses plus cash to Alstom in exchange for its power business, which GE was close to buying for $13 billion. By Ravi Kunder
Pfizer confirms AstraZeneca's rejection; to explore options
28 Apr 2014
US drugs giant Pfizer today confirmed that it had made a $98.67 billion (£58.73 billion) takeover offer for AstraZeneca, which was rejected by the UK-based company
Forest Labs to buy GI specialist Furiex in $1.46-bn deal
28 Apr 2014
Forest, which itself is in the process of being acquired by Actavis Plc for $25 billion, said that Actavis supported the deal
Bayer mulls selling plastics unit worth $10.8 bn
28 Apr 2014
With sales of €11.5 billion, Bayer MaterialScience is one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics.
Wilmar International tables $1.18-bn bid for Australian food firm Goodman Fielder
28 Apr 2014
Australian food company, Goodman Fielder, today rejected an unsolicited $1.18 billion takeover bid from Singapore's agribusiness group Wilmar International Limited, saying the offer undervalued the company.
EID Parry acquires Bayer’s nutraceuticals arm Alimtec in Chlie
26 Apr 2014
Alimtec makes Haematococcus pluvialis biomass, a cultured micro-algae, which is a rich natural source of Astaxanthin for human use
EID Parry acquires Bayer’s nutraceuticals arm Alimtec in Chlie
26 Apr 2014
Alimtec makes Haematococcus pluvialis biomass, a cultured micro-algae, which is a rich natural source of Astaxanthin for human use
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