M&A

British Telecom renews Tech Mahindra exit plan

05 Oct 2010

ONGC out, BP to transfer Vietnam oil stake to TNK-BP

05 Oct 2010

Although TNK-BP had been mulling since July to put in a bid for BP’s assets, its board had approved a bid for the assets in Vietnam and Venezuela only last week.

Financial Technologies sells shares worth over Rs21 crore in Indian Energy Exchange

04 Oct 2010

Government to ask Vedanta to pick up tab for royalty and cess on Cairn's Barmer production

04 Oct 2010

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.