M&A
Lupin, BC Partners shortlisted for Bayer’s $1.1 bn dermatology business
14 Oct 2016
Lupin is mainly attracted by the Bayer dermatology business's regional presence in North America, where it is keen to expand
Rosneft-led consortium to buy Essar Oil in $12-13 bn deal
14 Oct 2016
The deal, which includes Essar’s Vadinar refinery, power plant serving the refinery, the Vadinar port and more than 2,500 fuel pumps, is expected to be funded by Russia’s VTB Capital, part of state-controlled bank VTB
Government looking at merger of two big PSU banks: report
12 Oct 2016
The near-term target is a merger of Bank of Baroda and Bank of India, which will then take over a smaller and weaker bank, a Reuters report quoted Bank Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai as saying
Coca-Cola to buy AB InBev's stake in Africa's biggest Coke bottler
12 Oct 2016
The move comes after AB InBev closed its $104-billion acquisition of SABMiller Plc on Friday, one of the largest-ever mergers in corporate history
Noble Group to sell North American energy distribution unit to Calpine Corp for $1.05 bn
10 Oct 2016
Verizon pushing for $1-bn discount on deal to buy Yahoo
07 Oct 2016
Verizon feels that Yahoo’s value has been diminished by the recent disclosures that its users’ accounts had not only been hacked by outsiders but also secretly scanned by Yahoo itself for US security agencies
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