M&A
Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman to buy drug research firm PPD for $3.9 bn
05 Oct 2011
PPD, which provides outsourced clinical research and laboratory services to drug companies, also invests in developing new products through its compound partnering programme.
IBM targets $94-bn security software market through Q1 Labs acquisition
05 Oct 2011
Q1 Labs will join the newly-formed IBM Security Systems division, which will target a $94-billion opportunity in security software
Fortune Brands renamed Beam Inc after splitting businesses
05 Oct 2011
After shedding its home, security and sports businessess, Fortune Brands, the world's fourth-largest premium spirits company, rebrands itself
Hewlett-Packard completes $10.3-bn Autonomy acquisition
04 Oct 2011
The acquisition is HP's biggest software acquisition in recent times after it purchased IT services company EDS in 2008 for $13.9 billion.
Alibaba evinces interest in taking over Yahoo
03 Oct 2011
Six years after Yahoo! Inc paid over $1 billion to emerge as the biggest investor in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the US internet company has now become a potential takeover target for the Chinese internet company.
Duke Energy's acquisition of Progress hits regulatoy roadblock
03 Oct 2011
Under the agreement, Duke Energy was to have acquired acquire Progress Energy for $13.7 billion in cash plus assume over $12 billion in debt
No takers for LyondellBasell's French refinery
30 Sep 2011
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