M&A

PetroChina to buy 49.9 % in Canada’s Encana’s Alberta shale gas prospect for $2.2 bn

14 Dec 2012

Renault raises $1.93 bn from Volvo stake sale

13 Dec 2012

Societe Generale to sell majority stake in Egyptian subsidiary to Qatar National Bank for $2 bn

13 Dec 2012

SPX Corp outbids private equity consortium for Gardner Denver: report

13 Dec 2012

Rosneft inks deal to buy Russian oligarchs 50% stake in TNK-BP for $28 billion

13 Dec 2012

Bill Gates becomes Canadian National Rail's largest shareholder with 12 % stake

13 Dec 2012

US billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates has boosted his stake in Canadian National Railway Co to approximately 12 per cent, worth around $4.7 billion

GrainCorp rejects Archer Daniels Midland's revised $2.9 bn bid as too low

13 Dec 2012

UTC to sell Pratt & Whitney’s power systems unit to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

13 Dec 2012

The sale is part of United Technologies' plan to divest non-core assets and focus on aerospace and building solutions, following its $18.4 billion acquisition of Goodrich Corp earlier this year

BT exits Tech Mahindra

12 Dec 2012

BT, which set up Tech Mahindra as a joint venture with M&M and was its second largest shareholder, has been gradually paring its stake in the Indian firm

Warburg Pincus seeks $10 bn plus for eye care company Bausch & Lomb

12 Dec 2012

Chesapeake Energy to sell midstream assets to Access Midstream Partners for $2.16 bn

12 Dec 2012

PetroChina to buy minority stake in BHP Billiton’s Browse LNG JV for $1.63 bn

12 Dec 2012

Delta buys Singapore Airlines' 49 % stake in Virgin Atlantic

12 Dec 2012

Virgin Group and Sir Richard Branson will continue to hold a majority 51 per cent stake in Virgin Atlantic, while Delta will get three seats on Virgin Atlantic’s board.

Roman Abramovich buys Norilsk Nickel stake for $1.49 bn to end battle between two oligarchs

11 Dec 2012

Spectra Energy to buy Express-Platte oil pipeline system for $1.49 bn

11 Dec 2012

Sutherland pips Genpact to acquire Apollo Health Street for Rs1,000 crore

11 Dec 2012

Google to sell Motorola Mobility's China manufacturing plant to Flextronics

11 Dec 2012

Honeywell to buy Intermec for $600 million

11 Dec 2012

Amgen to buy Decode Genetics for $415 million

11 Dec 2012

Fortescue Metals to sell 25 % stake in Nullagine iron-ore mine to BC Iron for $199 mn

10 Dec 2012

Virgin Atlantic brand may bow out, says British Airways, Iberia chief

10 Dec 2012

Wanxiang Group gets control of bankrupt US lithium battery maker A123 Systems in $256-mn deal

10 Dec 2012

Chinese consortium to buy 80 % of AIG’s aircraft leasing unit ILFC for $4.23 bn

10 Dec 2012

Under the deal that has to be passed by the US regulators, a Chinese consortium led by New China Trust Co Ltd will buy 80.1 per cent of AIG's International Lease Finance Corp, for $4.23 billion, valuing it at $5.28 billion.

After United Spirits, Diageo eyes US bourbon maker Beam: report

10 Dec 2012

Formed through the1997 merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan, Diageo is the world's leading distiller of premium drinks with an outstanding collection brands across spirits, beers and wines