M&A
China’s Youngman to bid again for Saab: report
03 Feb 2012
Swiss giants Xstrata, Glencore in talks for $80-billion "merger of equals"
02 Feb 2012
A merger between the two Swiss giants could create a company worth more than $80 billion and with revenues of around $175 billion, making it the biggest mining takeover to date
Yara, Apache take control of Oswals' Burrup Fertilisers
01 Feb 2012
Apache paid $439 million to creditor ANZ to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Burrup Holdings, while Yara paid $143 million to increase its ownership in the Australian fertiliser company to 51 per cent.
Walt Disney to acquire controlling stake in UTV
01 Feb 2012
ThyssenKrupp to sell Inoxum stainless steel to Finland’s Outokumpu for $3.55 bn
31 Jan 2012
Combining Inoxum and Outokumpu would create the world's largest maker of stainless steel with over €10 billion in annual revenue and two million tons of annual cold-rolled stainless steel
ABB to acquire US electrical components maker Thomas & Betts for $3.9 bn
30 Jan 2012
This is ABB's second major deal under its CEO, Joe Hogan, after the 2010 acquisition of electrical motor maker Baldor Electric Company for $4.2 billion
Cambridge's Trinity College buys 50 % stake in Tesco stores for £450 mn
30 Jan 2012
Trinity, the wealthiest college of Cambridge University, has acquired a 50-per cent stake in a portfolio of Tesco Plc stores, 10 days after Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathway increased its stake in the giant retailer
Inbound M&A deal volumes surge by 30% in 2011
27 Jan 2012
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