M&A

Magna likely to shed 10,500 Opel, Vauxhall jobs in Europe

15 Sep 2009

Confirming the fears of the critics of the GM-Magna deal, the Canadian car parts manufacturer said it may cut10,500 jobs at Opel and Vauxhall in Europe in the coming 12 months

AMR Corp joins fray for JAL stake, after Delta, Air France-KLM

15 Sep 2009

Texas-based AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, is planning to inject millions of dollars in to loss-making Japan Airlines Corp

Yahoo to offload entire stake in Alibaba.com

14 Sep 2009

RBS to sell Williams & Glyn's to quell EU competition concerns

14 Sep 2009

Avaya bags Nortel’s telecom unit with $900 million bid

14 Sep 2009

Avaya Inc today bagged Nortel Networks' enterprise solutions division for $900 million in a bankruptcy auction

BASF India board okays Ciba India merger

14 Sep 2009

Following parent BASF's acquisition of Ciba Holding AG, a the board of BASF India approves the merger of Ciba India and its two affiliate firms with itself

Deutsche Telekom eyes US’s Sprint Nextel

14 Sep 2009

Alcon to acquire Swiss biotech firm, ESBATech for $589 million

14 Sep 2009

Kraft’s low growth business model unappealing: Cadbury

14 Sep 2009

Cadbury says it finds suitor Kraft's low-growth, conglomerate model an unappealing prospect as it differs from Cadbury’s pure play growth strategy

UK’s 3i Group sells venture portfolio for £130 million

14 Sep 2009

The UK-based PE firm 3i Group Plc plans to sell its venture portfolio of investments to a rival consortium comprising UK’s Coller Capital and DFJ Esprit and US-based HarbourVest Partners

After failed Anglo American bid, Xstrata eyes Lonmin once again

12 Sep 2009

Dr Reddy's scotches stake sale rumours

11 Sep 2009

Magna, Sberbank win GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units

11 Sep 2009

After a prolonged battle involving various parties across Atlantic and Baltic, Magna and Sberbank have won GM’s Opel, Vauxhall units

National Express board likely to endorse CVC-Cosmen bid

11 Sep 2009

L&T Finance may buy stake in mutual fund business

10 Sep 2009

Hershey's, Nestle may counterbid for Cadbury

By By Ravi Kunder | 10 Sep 2009

Fears of weakening competition greet merger news of Orange, T-mobile in the UK

10 Sep 2009

Network 18 Holdings gets ‘valid acceptance’ to up stake in TIFC to 80.4 per cent

10 Sep 2009

China arms CNPC with $30-billion loan for overseas acquisitions

10 Sep 2009

The five-year low-interest loan has been extended by state-owned China Development Bank as the country hopes to cash in on low asset values to make cheap acquisitions

Barrick Gold to raise up to $4 billion through equity sale

10 Sep 2009

Japan’s Suntory in talks to buy French rival Orangina

10 Sep 2009

China’s CNPC pulls out of Verenex Energy takeover

10 Sep 2009

Libyan refusal to ratify the deal forces China's state-owned CNPC to pull out of its planned acquisition of Verenex Energy's Libyan opeartion

India-Malaysia group to buy 46 per cent in Kuwait's Zain for $13.7 billion

09 Sep 2009

French telecom giant Vivendi to launch $2.9 billion bid for Brazil’s GVT

09 Sep 2009

French media and telecom giant Vivendi is launching a friendly $2.9 billion tender offer to acquire Brazilian broadband and telecoms company GVT Holdings