M&A
Sodexo to acquire Inspirus
08 Sep 2016
Intel to spin out cyber security division and sell majority stake to TPG for $3.1 bn
08 Sep 2016
If McAfee's anti-virus software were to be embedded with Intel's chips, it would be difficult for other security software companies to forge alliances with PC-makers to buy their software
Petrobras to sell 90% in its natural gas pipeline network to Brookfield consortium for $5.2 bn
07 Sep 2016
Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge to buy Spectra Energy for $28 bn in stock
07 Sep 2016
A successful transaction would make Enbridge North America’s largest energy pipeline and storage company with a network of pipelines transporting oil, natural gas, and other liquids from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, to the coasts of southern Florida
Bayer raises offer for Monsanto to $127.50 a share as talks advance
06 Sep 2016
A successful deal would be Bayer's biggest since it paid €17 billion in 2006 to buy German multinational pharmaceutical company Schering AG, and also the largest-ever German takeover of a foreign company
NewsCorp-backed PropTiger acquires PropRates
06 Sep 2016
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