M&A
Monster to acquire Yahoo HotJobs for $225 million
04 Feb 2010
Global online jobs placement portal Monster Worldwide, is acquiring Yahoo's jobs-listings website HotJobs, for $225 million in cash
Kraft to raise $4 billion through bond sale for Cadbury acquisition
04 Feb 2010
Moody's has given Kraft a negative rating on the ground that the company will not be able to reduce its debt burden in the short term given its “history of unfavorable shifts in financial policy
Shareholders approve Kraft's acquisition of Cadbury
03 Feb 2010
Cadbury finally fell to Kraft Foods yesterday after the iconic 186-year old UK confectioner’s shareholders approved Kraft’s raised takeover offer of $19.6 billion
Dubai World to sell Inchcape for $700 million: report
03 Feb 2010
In order to restructure its massive $26 billion debt, Dubai World's investment arm Istithmar has put for sale its port and shipping agency business, Inchcape Shipping Services
Inox becomes India’s largest multiplex operator with Fame stake acquisition
03 Feb 2010
This acquisition will propel Inox to become the largest multiplex chain operator in the country with 55 multiplexes, 204 screens and 57,888 seats.
Rio Tinto closes sale of Alcan Packaging to Amcor for $1.948 billion
03 Feb 2010
Through the acquisition of Alcan Packaging, Amcor aims to command a leading position in the strategic growth markets for flexible packaging and folding carton packaging for tobacco
Bank of New York Mellon to acquire PNC unit for $2.1 billion
02 Feb 2010
The acquisition will propell BNY Mellon to the second biggest provider of fund accounting, administration and transfer agency services to fund managers globally.
Spice Televentures, Spice Mobiles to merge from 1 January 2010
01 Feb 2010
Based on the valuations, the swap ratio will be 7.91 shares of Spice Mobiles for every one share held in Spice Televentures.
Zylog acquires Canadian IT firm Brainhunter
01 Feb 2010
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