M&A
European regulator blocks CK Hutchison Holdings' $15.3-bn acquisition of O2 UK
12 May 2016
The European antitrust regulator yesterday blocked CK Hutchison Holdings' $15.3-billion acquisition of O2 UK from Spain's Telefonica as the merger would have reduced competition
French energy giant Engie to buy controlling stake in battery power storage company Green Charge Networks
11 May 2016
Chinese buyout firms in the race for Canadian nutrition and weight-loss products maker Iovate Health
11 May 2016
Tata Steel evaluating 7 expressions of interest for UK selloff
10 May 2016
Tata Steel on Monday said it has taken forward only those proposals which are for all of Tata Steel's UK business and not in parts
Freeport-McMoRan to sell African copper mine to China Molybdenum for $2.65 bn
09 May 2016
Freeport said it would sell its interests in TF Holdings Limited, a Bermuda holding company that indirectly owns 80 per cent in the Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to China Molybdenum
Rio Tinto approves $5.3 bn Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion in Mongolia
09 May 2016
The Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia's Gobi desert is thought to be one of the world's largest untapped copper and gold deposits
FCC approves Charter-Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks merger deals
07 May 2016
On completion Charter's merger with Time Warner Cable will be one of the media industry's largest merger deals
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