M&A

Commerzbank to cut 9,600 jobs, suspend dividend payment

30 Sep 2016

Liberty House tables $130-mn bid for Tata Steel UK’s speciality steel and pipe businesses

30 Sep 2016

Qualcomm in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors for more than $30 bn

30 Sep 2016

NXP, which this year acquired Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor for $11.8-billion becoming the biggest player in the automotive and industrial semiconductor markets, is the world's fifth-largest non-memory semiconductor supplier

EU regulator launches in-depth investigation into Deutsche Boerse LSE merger

29 Sep 2016

Swedish music-streaming service provider Spotify in advanced talks to buy SoundCloud

29 Sep 2016

Private equity firms in talks to buy majority stake in Italian supermarket chain Esselunga

29 Sep 2016

CCEA nod for acquisition of 29.9% and 23.9% in Rosneft subsidiaries by Indian consortium

28 Sep 2016

Walmart may take stake in Flipkart, invest around $1 bn

28 Sep 2016

While both companies have refused to comment, reports are rife that the world’s largest retailer Walmart will take a stake in home-grown ecommerce leader Flipkart to take on global e-retail giant Amazon in the fast-growing Indian market

Rice Energy to buy Vantage Energy for about $2.7 bn

28 Sep 2016

Dalian Wanda in talks to buy controlling stake in Dick Clark Productions

28 Sep 2016

Tata Steel looks for pension deal with workers for merger with ThyssenKrupp

26 Sep 2016

Mexico’s Coca-Cola Femsa to buy Brazilian Coke bottler Vonpar for $1.08 bn

26 Sep 2016

German synthetic rubber maker Lanxess to buy US-based Chemtura for $2.12 bn

26 Sep 2016

German synthetic rubber maker Lanxess AG yesterday struck a deal to buy Chemtura Corp, a major global providers of high-quality flame retardant and lubricant additives

Tata Steel talks with UK union today over pension issue

26 Sep 2016

Google, Salesforce, Microsoft eyeing Twitter: reports

24 Sep 2016

Several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Salesforce, have expressed interest in acquiring struggling social media giant

Uber's rival Grab ties up with driver-less startup nuTonomy

23 Sep 2016

Piramal Enterprises looks to buy OTC business of Morepen Laboratories

23 Sep 2016

US orphan-drug developer Vanda Pharmaceuticals explores sale

23 Sep 2016

Apple set to invest big in luxury car maker McLaren: reports

22 Sep 2016

Although Apple chief executive Tim Cook stated that McLaren is not in discussion with Apple about any potential investment, reports persist that the iPhone maker plans to invest heavily in, or even buy out, the luxury car maker

ABB to sell high-voltage cable system business to Denmark’s NKT Cables for $934 mn

21 Sep 2016

Chinese antitrust regulators finally approve Marriott-Starwood merger

21 Sep 2016

Patent licensing firm Tessera to buy audio equipment maker DTS for $850 mn

21 Sep 2016

Indian Oil and Gail to buy stake in Adani LNG terminal

21 Sep 2016

Adani settles Glencore’s claims to Abbot Point port in Australia

20 Sep 2016

Adani, which bought the Abbot Point port for A$1.8 billion in 2011 from the Queensland state government, had to pay Glencore Plc A$19.25 million ($14.52 million) to end a legal wrangle over control of the port