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Daiichi to make open offer for Ranbaxy on August 8
16 Jun 2008
Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo, which agreed to acquire Ranbaxy promoter group's 34.8 per cent stake in Ranbaxy Laboratories, will make an open offer for another 20 per cent in the Indian pharma major on August 8.
SABMiller acquires Russia's LLC Vladpivo
13 Jun 2008
Shareholders offer to sell half of Ford Motor's stock to Kerkorian
11 Jun 2008
Ford Motor's shareholders have offered to sell 1.02 billion shares in respone to billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's offer to acquire 20 million shares of the former No 2 auto maker, which has postponed its projections to become profitable by 2009
Cognizant acquires Strategic Vision Consulting, strengthens consulting capabilities in media, entertainment
09 Jun 2008
Deere to become world's third largest irrigatipon system maker after Plastro acquisition
06 Jun 2008
China Unicom to buy fixed line operator Netcom for $23.9 billion in stock
02 Jun 2008
Mobile phone carrier China Unicom will buy fixed-line operator China Netcom for $23.9 billion in a share swap deal and sell a mobile business, under a government-backed merger scheme.
After six months, IFCI looking to sell, again
30 May 2008
Ranbaxy's Religare completes 97-per cent acquisition of UK broking firm Hichens for £56 million
27 May 2008
Reliance Communications in acquisition talks with MTN after Bharti withdraws
26 May 2008
Reliance communication has enetered into merger talks with MTN after Bharti's withdrawal. In a seperate development it has acquired UK-based Vanco
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