M&A
Viacom in advanced talks to sell 49% in Paramount Pictures to Dalian Wanda
14 Jul 2016
Founded in 1912, Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, and America's oldest running studio and is consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood
Starbucks to invest in Italian restaurant Princi
14 Jul 2016
Xerox Corp in talks to buy financial printing firm RR Donnelley & Sons Co
14 Jul 2016
Xerox, which plans to split into two companies by the end of the year, will merge parts of RR Donnelley with its copier, printer and related-services business and the rest with its smaller business BPO services
IDFC Bank buys microfinance lender Grama Vidiyal
13 Jul 2016
This is a first of its kind acquisition where a bank has taken over a microfinance institution and made it a subsidiary
ThyssenKrupp defends merger talks with Tata Steel
11 Jul 2016
ThyssenKrupp has defended merger talks with Tata Steel saying the consolidation of the sector in Europe was necessary due to the "difficult economic situation
CVC Capital to buy Asia's largest funeral services firm Nirvana Asia for $1.1 bn
09 Jul 2016
European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners yesterday struck a deal to buy Asia's largest funeral services firm Nirvana Asia Ltd for $1.1 billion in cash and stock
Tata Steel weighs JV with Thyssenkrupp AG for UK business
09 Jul 2016
The joint venture plan is seen as an alternative to sale of Tata Steel’s UK plants and a strategy to reviving its business in the UK
Tata Steel weighs JV with Thyssenkrupp AG for UK business
09 Jul 2016
The joint venture plan is seen as an alternative to sale of Tata Steel’s UK plants and a strategy to reviving its business in the UK
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