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NMDC in talks to acquire majority stake in Brazilian iron ore mining firm
28 Jun 2011
State-owned NMDC has signed a deal of confidentiality with a Brazilian miner and is currently conducting due diligence surveys of lts iron ore mines
KKR, Silver Lake close to buying Go Daddy for $2 bn
25 Jun 2011
A consortium of private equity firms are close to buying Go Daddy, the world’s biggest registrar of internet domain names, for $2 billion to $2.5 billion
PE firms Bain Capital, Hellman & Friedman to buy Securitas Direct for $3.26 bn
24 Jun 2011
Both PE firms beat a rival bid from power tools maker Stanley Black & Decker, Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Stanley Security Solutions and Apax Partner for Securitas Direct, from EQT Partners
Online video Hulu weighing sale option: sources
23 Jun 2011
Hunt expected to greenlight BSkyB deal next week
23 Jun 2011
Misys receives bid approach for takeover
22 Jun 2011
US carbon black maker Columbian Chem now in Birla hands
22 Jun 2011
The Aditya Birla Group completed the $875 million acquisition of Atlanta-based Columbian Chemicals Company after it obtained all regulatory approvals.
Citigroup puts EMI for sale
21 Jun 2011
Foster's rejects SABMiller's $10-bn bid
21 Jun 2011
The world's second-largest wine maker by sales and Australia's largest brewer, Foster's Group, today rejected an $10 billion (A$9.5 billion) unsolicited takeover bid
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