M&A

China approves Glencore-Viterra $6.2 bn deal

08 Dec 2012

Australia’s Talison Lithium recommends Chengdu Tianqi’s sweetened $815 mn offer

08 Dec 2012

Canada approves Cnooc-Nexen $15.1 bn deal

08 Dec 2012

Chinese consortium in talks to buy controlling stake in AIG’s aircraft leasing unit: report

07 Dec 2012

Mahindra loses race for Aston Martin

07 Dec 2012

Norway’s Yara to buy Bunge's Brazilian fertilizer business for $750 mn

07 Dec 2012

Arcadia Group to sell stake in Topshop/Topman to Leonard Green for $563 mn

07 Dec 2012

Indonesia’s Medco buys Reliance’s stake in Yemen-9 block

06 Dec 2012

BHP Billiton eyes US metallurgical coal producer Walter Energy: report

06 Dec 2012

Italy’s ERG SpA to buy Italian, German wind power assets of GDF Suez for $1.12 bn

06 Dec 2012

Freeport-McMoRan to buy Plains Exploration, McMoRan Exploration for $9 bn

Freeport-McMoRan to buy Plains Exploration, McMoRan Exploration for $9 bn

06 Dec 2012

The combined company is expected to be a leading US-based natural resource producer with a global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas resources and a growing production profile

Publicis Groupe acquires luxury brands advertising agency AR New York

05 Dec 2012

Germany’s Intersnack close to buying UK’s KP Snacks for around $644 mn: report

05 Dec 2012

HSBC to sell entire stake in China's Ping An Insurance to Thai group for $9.38 billion

05 Dec 2012

Nokia to sell head office to Exilion Capital Oy for $222 mn

05 Dec 2012

Carl Icahn forced to abandon $3-bn Oshkosh bid

Carl Icahn forced to abandon $3-bn Oshkosh bid

05 Dec 2012

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn had started a proxy fight with the Oshkosh management last year over its 2006 acquisition of construction equipment maker JLG Industries for $3.2 billion

Baxter International to buy Swedish dialysis product company Gambro for $4 bn

04 Dec 2012

Piramal arm buys market analytics firm Abacus in UK

04 Dec 2012

US specialty chemicals firm Innospec withdraws $745 mn bid for TPC Group

04 Dec 2012

Dean Foods to sell Morningstar dairy to Canada’s Saputo for $1.45 bn

04 Dec 2012

NSN to sell optical fibre unit to Marlin Equity Partners, cut 650 German jobs

04 Dec 2012

Batelco to acquire Cable & Wireless Communications assets for $1 bn

04 Dec 2012

Archer Daniels Midland sweetens offer for Australia’s GrainCorp to $2.9 bn

04 Dec 2012

S African miner Gold Fields secures $1.5-bn demerger loan

04 Dec 2012

Delta plots takeover of Branson's Virgin Atlantic: report

03 Dec 2012