M&A

Network18 to sell London-listed TIFC to Roptonal

04 Oct 2010

Gammon Gold to acquire Capital Gold for $288 million

04 Oct 2010

Sanofi-Aventis goes hostile with $18.5-bn Genzyme bid

04 Oct 2010

Refusing to hike its offer French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis today went hostile with its $18.5-billion takeover bid for the world's third-largest biotech firm, Genzyme Corporation

Murli Deora to pitch for selling BP’s Vietnam gas stake to ONGC

01 Oct 2010

Sinopec acquires 40-% in Repsol’s Brazilain assets for $7.1-bn

01 Oct 2010

Sinopec, Asia's largest oil refiner today acquired a 40-per cent stake in the Brazilian asses of Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA for $7.1 billion, its second-largest overseas investment to date.

Publicis Groupe to acquire 20:20 Media, 2020 Social

01 Oct 2010

Dollar Thrifty shareholders reject Hertz $1.44-bn takeover offer

01 Oct 2010

Etisalat offers $11.7 bn for 46-% stake in Kuwait’s Zain

01 Oct 2010

In one of the largest deals in the region in recent history, the UAE's Etisalat has submitted a preliminary conditional offer to buy a 46-per cent stake in Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain) for approximately $11.7 billion

Goldman Sachs sells stake worth $2.25 billion in China’s largest bank

30 Sep 2010

Mahindra Satyam details FY09, FY10 losses

29 Sep 2010

Mahindra Satyam today reported a net loss of Rs8,177 crore in FY09 and Rs125 crore during FY10.

SEBI lets Ficon hike SPIC stake to 44.5 per cent sans open offer

29 Sep 2010

ITC denies reports of hotels merger with EIH

29 Sep 2010

Goldman funds acquire Endesa's Spanish gas assets for $1.1 bn

29 Sep 2010

Italian energy giant Enel SpA’s Spanish subsidiary Endesa SA will sell 80-per cent stake in its arm Endesa Gas SA to two infrastructure funds operated by Goldman Sachs.

AOL to acquire tech blog TechCrunch websites

29 Sep 2010

Once the toast of US Inc, the then celebrated AOL, which faded into oblivion with its audacious but ill-fated acquisition of Time Warner, now hopes to emerge a tech publishing leader.

South African union opposes Wal-Mart's $4.2 billion bid for Massmart

28 Sep 2010

Wal-Mart has one of the worst records on labour rights and continues to be hauled to courts by its employees, according to Cosatu, South Africa's largest union.

IBM to acquire BLADE Network Technologies

28 Sep 2010

AOL calls on technology blog TechCrunch for merger once again

28 Sep 2010

Endo Pharmaceuticals to buy generic drug maker Qualitest for $1.2 billion

28 Sep 2010

Tata Steel to finalise $5.4-bn Corus debt refinance

28 Sep 2010

Tata Steel, which is nursing a debt of around $9.5 billion is planning to refinance around $4.5-5.5 billion of its outstanding European loans

SC asks IT department to compute Vodafone’s exact liability

28 Sep 2010

Russia’s Lukoil buys back stake from ConocoPhillips for $2.4 billion

28 Sep 2010

Lukoil bought just enough shares to avoid potential third-party investors joining the company’s board by accumulating the shares

Corus becomesTata Steel

28 Sep 2010

The re-branding will bring to an end to the 11 year-old Corus brand after British Steel merged with the 81 year-old Netherlands-based Koninklijke Hoogovens in 1999

Wal-Mart launches $4.2 billion takeover bid for South Africa’s Massmart

27 Sep 2010

The world’s largest retailer Wal-Mart has made a $4.2-billion takeover offer for South Africa’s s biggest food and general goods wholesaler, Massmart

Vivendi SA sells 7.66-per cent stake in NBC Universal to GE for $2 billion

27 Sep 2010

Unilever to buy Alberto Culver for $3.7-bn in cash

27 Sep 2010

The acquisition will pit Unilever in direct competition in the hair and skin beauty care segment with long time rival Procter & Gamble in the North American market