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Yahoo to offload entire stake in Alibaba.com
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
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
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
Hershey's, Nestle may counterbid for Cadbury
By By Ravi Kunder | 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
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
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
Facet Biotech spurns Biogen’s buyout bid
09 Sep 2009
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