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Watson Pharmaceuticals to buy Swiss rival Actavis for $5.60 billion
26 Apr 2012
The proposed acquisition will catapult Watson, the fifth-largest US pharma company, into the world’s third-biggest generic drugmaker with expected 2012 revenue of $8 billion.
Facebook buys AOL patents from Microsoft for $550 mn
25 Apr 2012
Earlier this month, Microsoft paid over $1 billion for around 925 AOL patents and patent applications plus a license to AOL’s remaining portfolio of approximately 300 additional patents
Shell to buy UK’s Cove Energy for $1.8 billion
24 Apr 2012
The acquisition will help Shell secure a stake in one of the world’s largest gas fields off the Mozambique coast in Africa
Thomson Reuters Corp sells health-care unit to Veritas Capital
24 Apr 2012
The sale allows Thomson Reuters to buy assets related to its tax and legal businesses, rather than spend resources on a unit unit that is not its highest-margin business
Max India to divest BOPP business: Reports
23 Apr 2012
Vodafone acquires CWW for £1.04 billion
23 Apr 2012
Telecom giant Vodafone today said it had clinched a deal for the acquisition of British firm Cable and Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for about £1.04 billion
KCI to acquire Switzerland based APAG Group
23 Apr 2012
UK’s CWW PLC to accept Vodafone bid
23 Apr 2012
Vodafone approached C&W Worldwide, owner of the largest fibre-optic network in the UK, in early February beating competition from Tata Communications
Japanese shareholders approve new Olympus board
21 Apr 2012
Aspen to buy GSK’s international OTC brands
20 Apr 2012
Icahn wins $2.26-bn takeover battle with CVR Energy board
20 Apr 2012
CVR Energy Inc yesterday paved the way for billionaire-activist investor Carl Icahn to proceed with his $2.26-billion takeover offer by withdrawing its poison pill defence
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