M&A

Apollo Tyres' $2.5-bn acquisition of Cooper Tire hits union hurdle

16 Sep 2013

An arbitrator has ruled that Cooper cannot sell two plants in the US to Apollo unless the Indian company first reaches an agreement with the workers of those plants

Five suitors submit final bids for German bathroom fittings maker Grohe

14 Sep 2013

Sanofi, Shire eye US rare diseases drug maker ViroPharma

14 Sep 2013

Lockheed Martin acquires British IT Amor Group

13 Sep 2013

Kabel Deutschland investors approve Vodafone's $10-bn buyout offer

13 Sep 2013

British engineering firm Amec withdraw $1.1-bn bid for Kentz

13 Sep 2013

Germany’s Fresenius to buy 43 hospitals from Rhoen-Klinikum for $4.1 bn

13 Sep 2013

Dell shareholders approve Michael Dell's $25-bn offer

13 Sep 2013

Dell Shareholders today approved Michael Dell's offer to take the company private for $25 billion, ending six months of bitter opposition from billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn

Linn Energy to buy oil and natural gas assets in Permian Basin for $525 mn

13 Sep 2013

S African drug maker Adcock Ingram approves Chile’s CFR $1.3-bn bid

12 Sep 2013

Glencore Xstrata expects four Chinese bidders for its $5-bn Peruvian copper mine

12 Sep 2013

Umpqua Holdings to acquire Sterling Financial in $2-bn deal

12 Sep 2013

Time Inc acquires American Express Publishing Corp

12 Sep 2013

New York-based AmEx has been compelled to sell its magazines unit since US banking regulations bar financial firms from undertaking non-financial activities

Tesco exits US market: to sell Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa

12 Sep 2013

UltraTech to buy 51% in Jaypee Cement unit for Rs4,000 crore

11 Sep 2013

The Aditya Birla Group firm will acquire a 51-per cent stake in Jaypee Cement’s 5 million tonne per annum Gujarat facility

Cisco enters data storage business with Whiptail acquisition

11 Sep 2013

With this acquisition, though Cisco will enter the $50-billion enterprise storage industry, the deal could affect its existing partnerships EMC and NetApp, both of whom make storage systems-based on flash memory chips

Canada sells part stake in GM for $1.1 bn

11 Sep 2013

IBM to sell its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex for $505 mn

11 Sep 2013

IBM is selling its customer-care outsourcing business to Synnex Corp for $430 million in cash and $75 million in stock, giving IBM a stake in the California-based acquirer

Toshiba to acquire majority stake in Hyderabad’s Vijai Electricals for Rs1,277 cr

11 Sep 2013

Marathon Oil sells 10% in offshore Angola block to Sonangol for $590 mn

11 Sep 2013

KKR & Co may invest Rs1,000 cr in Hyderabad-based Gland Pharma

10 Sep 2013

Twitter acquires mobile advertising firm MoPub for a reported $350 mn

10 Sep 2013

Koch Industries to acquire Molex for $7.2 bn

10 Sep 2013

Koch Industries, the second-largest private corporation in the US with annual revenues of about $115 billion, is buying Molex Inc, a maker electronic, electrical and fibre optic interconnection systems

Western Digital to buy Virident Systems for $685 million

10 Sep 2013

Japan's Suntory to pay $2.11 bn for GSK’s Lucozade, Ribena soft drink brands

10 Sep 2013

Japan's Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd yesterday agreed to buy the Lucozade and Ribena brands from GlaxoSmithKline Plc, for £1.35 billion in order to expand its soft drinks portfolio in Europe