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Glencore shareholders approve $67-bn merger with Xstrata
20 Nov 2012
After nine months of hard negotiations, shareholders of commodities giant Glencore International today voted overwhelmingly in favour of its $67-billion merger with diversified Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc
Total to sell Nigerian oilfield stake to China’s Sinopec for $2.5 bn
20 Nov 2012
The sale is part of Total’s plans to divest assets worth up to $20 billion from 2012 to 2014
HSBC in talks to sell its 15.6 % stake worth $9 bn in China's Ping An Insurance
19 Nov 2012
HSBC, which has set aside $1.5 billion for fines it may have to pay as criminal charges in the ongoing US anti-money-laundering probe, has recently been selling some of its non-core assets around the globe
Billabong’s US head plans takeover
19 Nov 2012
Indonesia’s Overseas Union Enterprise tables $10.7 bn counter-bid for Fraser and Neave
16 Nov 2012
Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings, which holds a 14.8 per cent stake in F&N, has backed OUE’s offer, and if the bid is successful, Kirin plans to buy back F&N's food and beverage operations for about S$2.7 billion
DLF divests to cut debt; will sell Aman Hotel
15 Nov 2012
Starbucks to serve tea with $620-mn Teavana Holdings
15 Nov 2012
Teavana is a specialty retailer offering more than 100 varieties of premium loose-leaf teas, authentic artisanal teaware and other tea-related merchandise through 300 company-owned stores in the US, Canada and Mexico
GrainCorp rebuffs Archer Daniel Midland's $2.77-bn bid
15 Nov 2012
Australian grain handler GrainCorp yesterday rejected $2.77-billion takeover bid from US agriculture giant Archer Daniel Midland
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