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Japanese chipmaker Renesas in talks to buy Intersil for nearly $3 bn
22 Aug 2016
A combination of Renesas’ market-proven microcontroller and system-on-chip products and technologies and Intersil’s leading power management and precision analog capability will make Renesas a leader in key areas such as automotive, industrial, cloud computing, healthcare, and the Internet of Things
US approves $43-bn ChemChina-Syngenta deal
22 Aug 2016
Pfizer in advanced talks to buy cancer drug specialist Medivation for nearly $14 bn
22 Aug 2016
A successful deal would be Pfizer’s biggest acquisition since it purchased biologic drug specialist Hospira Inc last year for about $17 billion
Fortis splits hospital and diagnostics businesses
20 Aug 2016
Fortis will consolidate its hospital business under Fortis Healthcare and the diagnostics businesses under Fortis Malar in a demerger and merger process
Singtel to invest $657 mn in Bharti Telecom, raise stake to 30.69%
19 Aug 2016
Singtel is investing a total of S$2.47 billion ($1.8 billion), including S$1.59 billion ($1.18 billion) to acquire a 21 per cent stake in Thailand’s top telecom company Intouch Holdings
SBI board approves merger of 3 associate banks, BMB
18 Aug 2016
The merger of all five associate banks and the newly-created Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with SBI will create a banking behemoth with combined assets of over Rs37,00,000 crore
Strides Shasun completes acquisition of controlling stake in Australia’s Generic Partners
17 Aug 2016
Lonza to buy InterHealth Nutraceuticals
16 Aug 2016
Piramal Enterprises to acquire Ash Stevens
16 Aug 2016
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