M&A
Thomas Cook India denies stake sale reports
13 Jan 2012
Raymond James Financial to acquire Morgan Keegan for $930 mn
12 Jan 2012
The merger will create one of the largest full-service wealth management and investment banking firms outside Wall Street.
Chinese cross border M&A’s rise in 2011
12 Jan 2012
Thomas Cook pledges stake worth Rs557 crore in Indian arm with RBS
12 Jan 2012
RBS is likely to find a buyer for Thomas Cook India from among the possible buyers like Mumbai-based Mercury Travels, Cox & Kings, Chinese firm HNA and London-based foreign exchange group Travelex
Germany’s Linde to buy Air Products' European homecare unit for $750 mn
11 Jan 2012
With the acquisition, Linde will almost become among Europe’s top suppliers of home care respiratory products
AkzoNobel to take 100 % control of Metlac Group
10 Jan 2012
Bristol-Myers to acquire hepatitis C oral drug developer Inhibitex for $2.5 bn
09 Jan 2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb over the weekend said that it will buy Inhibitex Inc, for about $2.5 billion in cash in order to expand its broad hepatitis C portfolio
Sinochem to buy 10% in five Brazilian offshore blocks from Perenco
07 Jan 2012
Sinochem had, last year, acquired a 40 per cent stake in the Peregrino oilfield off the Brazilian coast, from Norway-based Statoil, for $3 billion
Praj acquires majority stake in Neela Systems
06 Jan 2012
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