M&A
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
Foster's rejects SABMiller's $10-bn bid
21 Jun 2011
SABMiller, the world's second-biggest brewer by volume after Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, has turned its attention towards the world's second-largest wine maker by sales and Australia's largest brewer.
PNC Financial to acquire RBC's US retail bank operations for $3.45 billion
20 Jun 2011
PNC has the option to pay Royal Bank of Canada at closing up to $1.0 billion in common stock, or 3 per cent of PNC's outstanding common shares based on its closing price on 17 June 2011
ING in talks to sell car leasing business for around $5.7 bn: report
20 Jun 2011
Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV is in talks to sell its car leasing business in a deal potentially worth $5.7 billion (€4 billion), a Dutch newspaper today reported
CSR reduces Zoran bid by 30 %
18 Jun 2011
Tata Steel exits Riversdale with A$1 billion stake sale
16 Jun 2011
Tata Steel would, however, keep its 35 per cent stake in a Riversdale unit that owns coal assets in Mozambique and look to enhance participation in the Benga joint venture.
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