M&A
ANZ in talks to buy IOOF Holdings: report
16 Jan 2010
CSR spurns Bright Food’s offer; prefers demerger
16 Jan 2010
Pearson mulls IDC sale for $1.5 billion
15 Jan 2010
Japanese cosmetics maker Shiseido to acquire Bare Escentuals Inc. for $1.7 billion
15 Jan 2010
Shiseido is among the top three cosmetics brands in China and other Asian markets and has been steadily increasing its global diversification.
MGM bid opens today; Reliance Entertainment may enter race
15 Jan 2010
The studio, known for such classics as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind and the James Bond and Pink Panther series, made only one movie in 2009
Hershey prepares to bid for Cadbury: report
14 Jan 2010
US-based confectioner Hershey is planning to make a counter-bid to its larger rival Kraft’s $16.7-billion unsolicited takeover offer for Cadbury
M&A activity declines 34 per cent in 2009
14 Jan 2010
GTL Infra set to buy Aircel’s tower business for Rs8,500 crore
14 Jan 2010
The deal, which expected to be signed as early as today, will be in the range of Rs8,500 crore, which works out to an average of Rs48.5 lakh a tower
Symantec to acquire Gideon Technologies
13 Jan 2010
VMware to buy Yahoo’s Zimbra software division
13 Jan 2010
HCL Technologies to merge with HCL Technoparks
12 Jan 2010
Bharti to take 70 per cent stake in Bangladesh’s Warid Telecom
12 Jan 2010
Bharti plans to make $300 million fresh investment in the company, to take the overall investment to $1 billion, to cover new funding to cover capacity expansion, coverage and new products
China's Bright Foods bids $1.4 billion for CSR's sugar business
12 Jan 2010
Shanghai municipal government owned food producer Bright Food Group Co. is planning to acquire the sugar and renewable energy business of Australia’s CSR Ltd.
Heineken beats SABMiller to acquire Femsa's beer unit for $7.6 billion
11 Jan 2010
Heineken edged out London-based brewing giant SABMiller Plc in an auction to acquire the beer operations of the largest brewer in Latin America, in an all stock transaction valuing it at $7.6 billion
Latest articles
Featured articles
Server CPU Shortages Grip China as AI Boom Strains Intel and AMD Supply Chains
By Cygnus | 06 Feb 2026
Intel and AMD server CPU shortages are hitting China as AI data center demand surges, pushing lead times to six months and driving prices higher.
Budget 2026-27 Seeks Fiscal Balance Amid Rupee Volatility and Industrial Stagnation
By Cygnus | 02 Feb 2026
India's Budget 2026-27 targets fiscal discipline with record capex as markets tumble, the rupee weakens and manufacturing struggles to regain momentum.
The Thirsty Cloud: Why 2026 Is the Year AI Bottlenecks Shift From Chips to Water
By Axel Miller | 28 Jan 2026
As AI server density surges in 2026, data centers face a new bottleneck deeper than chips — the massive water demand required for cooling next-generation infrastructure.
The New Airspace Economy: How Geopolitics Is Rewriting Aviation Costs in 2026
By Axel Miller | 22 Jan 2026
Airspace bans, sanctions and corridor risk are forcing airlines into costly detours in 2026, raising fuel burn, reducing aircraft utilisation and pushing airfares higher worldwide.
India’s Data Center Arms Race: The Battle for Power, Cooling, and AI Real Estate
By Cygnus | 22 Jan 2026
India’s data centre boom is turning into an AI arms race where power contracts, liquid cooling and fast commissioning decide the winners across Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.
India’s Oil Balancing Act: Refiners Rebuild Middle East Supply Lines as Russia Flows Disrupt
By Axel Miller | 21 Jan 2026
India’s refiners are rebalancing crude sourcing as Russian imports fell to a two-year low in December 2025, lifting OPEC’s share and raising geopolitical risk concerns.
Arctic Fever: How ‘Greenland Tariff’ Politics Sparked a Global Flight to Safety
By Axel Miller | 20 Jan 2026
Greenland-linked tariff threats have injected fresh uncertainty into transatlantic trade, triggering a risk-off shift in markets and reshaping global supply chain planning.
The New Oil (Part 5): Friend-Shoring, Supply Chain Fragmentation and the Cost of Resilience
By Cygnus | 19 Jan 2026
Friend-shoring is reshaping lithium, rare earth and graphite supply chains, creating a resilience premium and new winners and losers in clean tech.
The New Oil (Part 4): Can Technology Break the Dependency?
By Cygnus | 16 Jan 2026
Can magnet recycling and rare-earth-free motors reduce global dependence on strategic minerals? Part 4 explores breakthroughs, limits and timelines.
