M&A
General Electric to sell appliance business: report
15 May 2008
Delta-Northwest merger comes under US Congress scanner
15 May 2008
L&T sells ready-mix concrete business to Lafarge for Rs1,480 crore
15 May 2008
AC coil manufacturer Lloyd Electric makes Czech acquisition for undisclosed sum
14 May 2008
Kinetic Motor spurts on news of M&M's buyout talks
14 May 2008
Carl Icahn may lead Microsoft's fight for Yahoo
14 May 2008
Sunil Mittal may opt for merger rather than a takeover of MTN
14 May 2008
Intercell to acquire Iomai Corporation for $189 million
13 May 2008
Bharti seeks Gulf funds for MTN bid as UAE's Etisalat plans to join race
13 May 2008
Italian defence giant Finmeccanica acquires US-based DRS Technologies for $5.2 billion
13 May 2008
Chinese steelmakers close in on Australian iron ore giant Fortescue
13 May 2008
HP set to acquire EDS for over $12 billion
13 May 2008
Etisalat, Telcel, Altimo vie for $1 billion stake in Tata Tele
13 May 2008
Vodafone refuses to pursue MTN bid much to Bharti’s relief
12 May 2008
Australia's Westpac Bank in take-over talks with St George
12 May 2008
Cablevision looks to acquire Newsday as News Corp withdraws bid
12 May 2008
Bajaj Auto, Renault-Nissan alliance to build ultra-low cost cars at Chakan plant
12 May 2008
GM and Isuzu form new joint venture to boost Chevrolet sales in Colombia
12 May 2008
Carlyle buys Greek chemicals business Neochimiki for $1.15 billion
10 May 2008
US bank Sovereign looking to raise $1.5 billion; may lose management control to Santander
10 May 2008
Heidelberg to merge itself and Indorama with Mysore Cements
10 May 2008
ArcelorMittal files suit against Esmark / E2 over failed Sparrows Point sale
10 May 2008
Blockbuster looking to acquire Circuit City for $1.35 billion
10 May 2008
Italy's Finmeccanica looking to buy US defence electronics contractor DRS Technologies for $3 billion
10 May 2008
Bharti closer to $20-billion MTN deal as major shareholder Mikati expresses confidence
10 May 2008
IBM to acquire arsenal Digital Solutions
09 May 2008
Bharti’s proposed acquisition of MTN runs into pre-condition hurdle
09 May 2008
Jubilant Organosys acquires Speciality Molecules for about Rs20 crore
08 May 2008
Enzon Pharma to spin off biotechnology business
08 May 2008
Microsoft looks at Facebook after losing Yahoo!
08 May 2008
American British Continental: easy as ABC, but does it add up in the sky, asks CAPA
07 May 2008
ArcelorMittal weighs tie-up with China's Angang Steel
07 May 2008
Bharti in talks for a controlling stake in South Africa's MTN
06 May 2008
Yahoo says open to takeover; blames Microsoft chief for aborting talks
06 May 2008
Adlabs acquires majority stake in Malaysian cinema chain
06 May 2008
Freescale acquires SigmaTel for $110 million cash payment
05 May 2008
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's letter to Yahoo! co founder and CEO Jerry Yang
05 May 2008
Microsoft withdraws from Yahoo!; shareholders restive with Yang
05 May 2008
Divested from Esperion Therapeutics completes $22.75-million series A financing
03 May 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb sells ConvaTec to PE firms for $4.1 billion
03 May 2008
Engineering design firm Autodesk to acquire moulding software company Moldflow
03 May 2008
Mumbai IT firm Tricom to acquire Godrej Global Solutions
03 May 2008
Citi, State Street Sell Joint Venture CitiStreet for $900 million
03 May 2008
Microsoft to raise bid for Yahoo! to $33 per share
03 May 2008
Former off-highways unit returns to Daimler fold
03 May 2008
MindTree to acquire majority stake in Aztecsoft
02 May 2008
Reliance Power acquires three Indonesian coal mines in novel payment deal
02 May 2008
Essar Steel to acquire American steelmaker Esmark for $669 million
01 May 2008
Reliance takes 90 per cent stake in Peruvian oil block
30 April 2008
BG bids $12.9 billion for Australia's Origin Energy
30 April 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires BASF's contract manufacturing business in US
30 April 2008
Honeywell to acquire Metrologic Instruments from Francisco Partners
30 April 2008
HSBC gets more time to acquire Lone Star stake in Korea Exchange Bank
29 April 2008
3i Infotech to acquire largest independent remittance provider Regulus Group
29 April 2008
Tata Power refinances bridge loan taken for acquisition of 30 per cent stake in Indonesian coal miners Kaltim, Arutmin
29 April 2008
Dubai Group acquires 40-per cent in Chiranjjeevi Wind Energy
28 April 2008
Warren Buffet, Mars acquire Wrigley for $22 billion
28 April 2008
Perot Systems expands European footprint; acquires Germany's HighQ-IT
26 April 2008
New York Daily News owner matches Murdoch's $580 offer for Newsday
26 April 2008
Bharti Airtel may bid for South Africa's MTN for overseas expansion
26 April 2008
Shaw Wallace shareholders approve merger with United Spirits
25 April 2008
Rusal acquires 25 per cent stake in Norilsk
25 April 2008
Microsoft reports declining sales; sticks to original Yahoo offer
25 April 2008
Muruguppa Group offloads Parryware Rocca stake to JV partner for Rs705 crore
25 April 2008
Cabinet approves Bharat Refractories merger with SAIL
25 April 2008
Berlusconi promises rescue - and also job cuts - at Alitalia
24 April 2008
CVC Capital to buy 73 per cent in Dutch retailer Schuitema for $1.1 billion
24 April 2008
Apple to buy chip maker PA Semi for $278 million; US military may object to deal
24 April 2008
Reliance Globalcom acquires 90 per cent in UK WiMAX operator eWave
24 April 2008
Bombay Rayon to acquire `Guru' brand in Italy for €33 million
24 April 2008
GlaxoSmithKline acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
24 April 2008
Private equity firm TPG divests leather products maker Bally
23 April 2008
Microsoft's Ballmer unimpressed by Yahoo results; won't raise price, can live without deal
23 April 2008
General Electric CEO resists calls to sell of company units in face of record losses
23 April 2008
Murdoch keeps option to join Microsoft for Yahoo bid
22 April 2008
Ranbaxy forces Orchid into an alliance
22 April 2008
Biocon close to finalising AxiCorp acquisition; establishes cardiology division
22 April 2008
France Telecom looking to acquire TeliaSonera in $38 billion deal
21 April 2008
Global M&As cross 11,000 deals valued at with $1 trillion in Q1 2008
21 April 2008
1 June 2008 to be cut-off date for Kingfisher-Deccan merger
21 April 2008
Dabur Pharma to sell majority stake to Singapore-based Fresenius Kabi Pte Ltd
19 April 2008
Berlusconi puts Aeroflot back into the reckoning for Alitalia
18 April 2008
Israeli telecom firm Koor intends to buy stake in Tata Teleservices
18 April 2008
Semiconductor war hots up: Sumitomo committed to acquire Axcelis
18 April 2008
Bhuwalka Steel acquires Benaka Sponge Iron for Rs10 crore
17 April 2008
Delta Airlines-Northwest deal merger announcement raises some questions
17 April 2008
Thomson completes Reuters acquisition; forms Thomson Reuters
17 April 2008
Delta-Northwest merger: Just the tip of the iceberg?
17 April 2008
Majority shareholder offers to buy out Corel; offer criticized as being too low
17 April 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys two Khandelwal Laboratories brands for Rs116 crore
16 April 2008
Chinese fund buys into BP
15 April 2008
Delta, Northwest merger decision to create world's largest airline
15 April 2008
Sify to raise $57 million through stake sale to Ananda Vegesna's Infinity Satcom Universal
15 April 2008
Why Ranbaxy fancies Orchid
14 April 2008
Russia's largest steel maker Severstal to split into threeunits; plans acquisitions overseas
14 April 2008
Aditya Birla Group increases stake in AV Cell Inc, AV Nackawic Inc.
14 April 2008
Reliance in talks with Chevron, Exxon, BG for KG field stake sale
14 April 2008
Ranbaxy group closer to 15 per cent stake in Orchid
14 April 2008
Emami seeks mid-size acquisitions for growth
14 April 2008
STMicro and Philips unit NXP to merge $3 billion wireless chip operations
12 April 2008
JK Tyre buys Mexican tyre maker Tornel for Rs270 crore
12 April 2008
Atlas Copco acquires stake in two drilling technology companies in India
12 April 2008
Tata Steel offers to acquire Brazilian ore miner AVG
11 April 2008
Ranbaxy's Solrex picks up 1 per cent more in Orchid Chemicals
11 April 2008
German energy major RWE makes £11-billion power play for British Energy
11 April 2008
Japan's Takeda to acquire Millennium Pharma for $8.8 billion
10 April 2008
Konica Minolta acquires Danka Office Imaging for $240 million
10 April 2008
The Nielsen Company acquires IAG Research for $225 million in all-cash deal
09 April 2008
EMC to acquire Zip drive maker Iomega by for $213 million
09 April 2008
Philips hands over N. American LCD TV production to Japan’s Funai
09 April 2008
Citi acquires 40-per cent stake in BPTP for Rs640 crore
09 April 2008
Anil Ambani group acquires digital images business of US firm
09 April 2008
Yahoo asks Microsoft to improve takeover offer
08 April 2008
Kinetic Concepts to Buy LifeCell for $1.7 billion
08 April 2008
Bennett, Coleman & Co picks up Rs60-crore stake in Mantri Realty
08 April 2008
Novartis to acquire Nestle stake in eye care major Alcon for $11 billion
07 April 2008
Bacardi may buy a piece of Mallya's United Spirits
07 April 2008
Fallout of Microsoft-Yahoo war: a possible Alibaba buyback
07 April 2008
Microsoft may lose patience; could cut bid for Yahoo: Reports
05 April 2008
Japanese government set to reject UK fund's bid for J-Power
05 April 2008
Engineering giant Honeywell acquire Norcross Safety Products for $1.2 billion
05 April 2008
ECI raises Rs 100 crore of private equity capital from Sabre Capital
05 April 2008
Accenture to acquire Japanese Oracle solutions integration specialist, SOPIA
04 April 2008
i-flex Solutions to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Ltd
04 April 2008
IBM announces closure of Telelogic acquisition
04 April 2008
The UK's Ultra Motors opts out of collaboration with Hero Exports
04 April 2008
Schering-Plough's productivity transformation programme to yield $1.5 billion annualised savings
03 April 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires Jet Generici Srl; to establish generics range in Italy
03 April 2008
US Fed clears JP Morgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns bank
02 April 2008
Mahindra & Mahindra and ICICI Venture to acquire Metalcastello S.p.A.
02 April 2008
Teva to acquire Bentley Pharmaceuticals
01 April 2008
Motorola and the limits of Six Sigma
01 April 2008
Zurich Financial to buy-50 per cent stake in Can Soluciones Integrales; completes TEB Sigorta acquisition in Turkey
01 April 2008
Dr Reddy's to buy two Dowpharma Small Molecules units in the UK
01 April 2008
Hindujas talk to Valeo for possible $1.5 billion acquisition: Report
31 March 2008
Northwest re-woos Delta after lack of pilot buy-in stalls merger
29 March 2008
Four Soft and Take Solutions to merge: to create supply chain management giant
29 March 2008
New Tata acquisition: Telcon acquires 79-per cent stake in Serviplem SA
28 March 2008
American Express acquires GE Money unit for $1.1 billion
28 March 2008
Portuguese cement maker Cimpor acquires 73.6-per cent stake in Grasim's Shree Digvijay Cement
28 March 2008
GE Healthcare acquires VersaMed Corporation
28 March 2008
UK component suppliers prefer Tata at the wheel of Jaguar and Land Rover
28 March 2008
Gitanjali Gems buys out Gili, Modali Gems
28 March 2008
Tata Motors plans a $2 billion boost to Jaguar, Land Rover
27 March 2008
ArcelorMittal enters agreement to acquire Venezuelan welded steel pipe maker, Unicon
27 March 2008
Tata Chemicals completes acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products
27 March 2008
Motorola to split into two companies – mobile devices, and broadband and mobility solutions
26 March 2008
Is Tata Motors buying into trouble or a transformational deal?
26 March 2008
BT acquires Frontline Technologies for $202 million
26 March 2008
Ranbaxy's Religare becomes first Indian brokerage to acquire London firm
26 March 2008
Jaguar and Land Rover: Tata Motors acquires a rich legacy
26 March 2008
Tata Motors confirms Jaguar, Land Rover deal with Ford for $2.3 billion
26 March 2008
Heineken acquires Drinks Union in Czech Republic
26 March 2008
Tata, Ford seal Jaguar-Land Rover deal: NDTV
25 March 2008
Mittal offers to acquire Global Steel's ailing Kremokovtzi steel mill in Bulgaria
25 March 2008
XM-Sirius merger approved by US Justice Department
25 March 2008
JPMorgan may raise Bear Stearns bid to $10 a share: report
24 March 2008
Tata Motors set to seal Jaguar, Land Rover deal on March 26
24 March 2008
Vodafone in talks to buy stake in MTN
24 March 2008
NDDB to merge Mother Diary and Dhara subsidiaries
24 March 2008
Aurobindo acquires Italian generic pharma firm TAD
24 March 2008
Cobra Beer enters into two new bottling acquisitions
20 March 2008
Major shareholders oppose Bear Stearns takeover by JPMorgan Chase
20 March 2008
Aptech to unlock value of Chinese joint venture Aptech Baida Jade Bird Company
19 March 2008
Yahoo bullish on its future; expects higher Microsoft offer
19 March 2008
SBI, Citigroup, JPMorgan to provide $3 billion for Tata Motors' Jaguar-Land Rover acquisition
18 March 2008
Bear troubles and fears
18 March 2008
Kishore Biyani’s Future Capital Holdings acquires majority stakes in two Centrum Capital group companies
18 March 2008
Lakshmi Mittal eyes brother’s steel mill in Bulgaria
17 March 2008
JPMorgan Chase acquires Bear Stearns for $2 per share
17 March 2008
Air France – KLM to take over Alitalia for €138 million
17 March 2008
Microsoft to buy Rapt Inc to boost its online advertising business
15 March 2008
Bajaj Auto spun off into two subsidiaries
14 March 2008
ArcelorMittal moves court as Canadian mine partners `renege' on buyout
14 March 2008
Microsoft, Yahoo discuss merger: WSJ report
14 March 2008
AOL to buy social network site Bebo
14 March 2008
Cyber Media acquires TDA Group
13 March 2008
Murdoch backs out of Yahoo! battle
11 March 2008
Gitanjali acquires Renaissance Retail, Trinity Watch
10 March 2008
StanChart planning to acquire RBS’s 40 per cent stake in Saudi bank: report
08 March 2008
Italy’s Enel pays $1.5 billion to take majority stake in Russian power company
07 March 2008
StandChart to sell MF business to IDFC
07 March 2008
Yahoo! buys time to counter Microsoft’s board nominations
06 March 2008
StatoilHydro buys into US oil assets in Brazil, Gulf of Mexico
05 March 2008
Barclays to buy Russia’s Expobank for $745 million
05 March 2008
Phoenix India Acquisition Corp acquires 65-per cent stake in Citius Power Limited
05 March 2008
Pfizer to acquire Serenex, extend oncology pipeline
05 March 2008
United Phosphorus' Advanta India acquires Garrison & Townsend
04 March 2008
HDFC Bank to secure shareholder approval on Centurion acquisition at EGM on 27 March
04 March 2008
Jain Irrigation acquires Thomas Machines
04 March 2008
United Technologies makes unsolicited $3 billion bid for Diebold
03 March 2008
Acer to acquire E-TEN, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of smart handheld devices
03 March 2008
Colonial shareholders ask Dubai fund to modify offer
29 February 2008
Matrix Labs may divest Docpharma
28 February 2008
Biocon eyes more acquisitions overseas
27 February 2008
Dubai fund offers to buy Spanish realtor Colonial for $4.5 billion
27 February 2008
Wipro eyes alliances, acquisitions in Japan; plans expansion in China
26 February 2008
Hellman & Friedman acquires Getty Images for $2.4 billion
26 February 2008
Foster Wheeler acquires leading US biopharmaceutical process design company
26 February 2008
HDFC Bank approves merger share swap ratio of 1: 29 Centurion Bank of Punjab shares
25 February 2008
Investor group hikes stake in New York Times; seeks board seat
23 February 2008
HDFC's acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab may cost Aviva Life its bancassurance partner
23 February 2008
Centurion Bank of Punjab and HDFC Bank directors approve merger talks
23 February 2008
Boards of Centurion Bank, HDFC Bank to consider merger
22 February 2008
Venture Capital investments in India a record $928 Million in 2007: Dow Jones
22 February 2008
Bain calls off 3Com deal as US objects to Chinese stake
21 February 2008
Reliance Communications acquires telecom firm in Uganda
21 February 2008
HDFC Bank in advanced merger talks with Centurion Bank of Punjab: CNBC-TV18
21 February 2008
Blackstone picks up 10.38 per cent in Allcargo Global Logistics
20 February 2008
Sun Pharmaceutical buys Taro Pharma shares from Brandes
20 February 2008
Motorola completes acquisition of music provider Soundbuzz
18 February 2008
Dell acquires MessageOne, which is also a sibling’s company
16 February 2008
Chartered to acquire eight-inch wafer fab operation in Singapore
16 February 2008
China's Alibaba peeks at its future through Microsoft's Yahoo fog: WSJ
16 February 2008
Yahoo!'s bigger shareholders may opt for merger with Microsoft
16 February 2008
Microsoft to acquire Danger Inc; strengthens mobile consumer vision
16 February 2008
Thoma Cressey Bravo acquires Macrovision's software business
16 February 2008
L&T Infotech plans to acquire manufacturing firm in US
15 February 2008
Yahoo! rallies stockholders
15 February 2008
NYSE Euronext to acquire 5-per cent stake in MCX
15 February 2008
Yahoo, News Corp in talks to checkmate Microsoft?
15 February 2008
Blue Star completes Naseer Electricals acquisition for Rs42 crore
14 February 2008
Sumitomo, TPG make $544 million joint bid for Axcelis
12 February 2008
Bayer HealthCare affiliate MEDRAD to acquire devises maker Possis Medical
12 February 2008
Microsoft-Yahoo deal more likely, say analysts
12 February 2008
HSBC may sell around 350 branches in France: report
12 February 2008
Nucor Corp to acquire top US scrap metal company for $1.44 billion
12 February 2008
Yahoo! likely to rebuff Microsoft and look for more ‘compatible’ suitors
11 February 2008
Biocon to acquire European pharma distributor AxiCorp to enter Europe
11 February 2008
US spirit major Fortune may acquire Absolut
09 February 2008
Softbank not to sell stake in Yahoo Japan
09 February 2008
Diageo dumps bid for Absolut, sets up vodka JV with Ketel One
09 February 2008
Microsoft's Yahoo gambit: For a fistful of dollars
09 February 2008
European steel makers urge EC to probe BHP-Rio merger proposal
08 February 2008
Xstrata's revised A$1.08 billion offer fails to "impress" Resource Pacific
08 February 2008
Strides Arcolab acquires 17.7-per cent stake in Genepharm Australasia
08 February 2008
Alpharma divests API business to 3i for $395 million
07 February 2008
Rio Tinto rejects BHP's revised offer of $147 billion
07 February 2008
Fujitsu acquires Quebec-based Intélec Géomatique
07 February 2008
AES sells power plant, mine in Kazakhstan to UK's Kazakhmys
06 February 2008
BHP Billiton raises offer for Rio Tinto to $147 billion
06 February 2008
Microsoft may sweeten offer; plans debt issue to finance Yahoo acquisition
05 February 2008
GE Healthcare to acquire the UK-based Whatman
05 February 2008
China's top bank ICBC to take 20 per cent in South Africa's Standard Bank
04 February 2008
Microsoft – Yahoo! nightmare gives Google sleepless nights
04 February 2008
Tata Motors nearer to deal on Ford's Jaguar, Land Rover units
04 February 2008
Google offers support to Yahoo to thwart Microsoft bid
04 February 2008
Sequoia, UTI Ventures and ChrysCapital win APEX Awards
02 February 2008
Credit Agricole joins race for SocGen stake
01 February 2008
Chinalco, Alcoa acquire 12 per cent blocking stake in Rio Tinto for $14 billion
01 February 2008
Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!
01 February 2008
Bank of America, Countrywide to name Sambol to new role
01 February 2008
BNP to the rescue as France warns against hostile bids for SocGen
31 January 2008
Tata Chemicals acquires General Chemical Industrial Products for $1 billion
31 January 2008
Global BPO Services Corp in ‘definitive’ agreement to acquire Stream Holdings Corporation
30 January 2008
Kellwood agrees to $762-million Sun Capital offer
30 January 2008
CME in talks to acquire Nymex Holdings for $11 billion
29 January 2008
VC firms invest over $540 million in India during 2007
29 January 2008
GE agrees to acquire Hydril’s pressure control business
29 January 2008
WPP's JWT India to secure majority stake in Encompass
28 January 2008
UB promoters plan stake hike after S&N deal
25 January 2008
Carlsberg-Heineken to acquire S&N for $15.4 billion
25 January 2008
Siemens arm to acquire Morgan Construction Company of US
24 January 2008
Roche to acquire Ventana for $89.50 per share
23 January 2008
Microsoft acquires 35-per cent stake in Oxigen
23 January 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys Healthline's pharmaceuticals business
23 January 2008
Vale in talks with Xstrata for a $100-billion merger
22 January 2008
NBC Universal to acquire 26 per cent stake in NDTV
22 January 2008
James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch make $2.9-billion joint bid for Consolidated Media
22 January 2008
Satyam Computers acquires Bridge Strategy Group
21 January 2008
Temptation Foods acquires majority stake in software firm
19 January 2008
Citi announces exchange ratio for share exchange with Nikko Cordial Corporation
19 January 2008
RTI, Tutogen announce new name for proposed merged company
19 January 2008
Wockhardt to demerge R&D business
18 January 2008
MTS Allstream, Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent to introduce enhanced broadband internet and TV services
18 January 2008
Tatas may raise Jaguar, Land Rover acquisition price: Report
18 January 2008
Sun Microsystems to acquire MySQL for $1 billion
16 January 2008
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion
16 January 2008
House of Pearl to acquire Simple Approach in Hong Kong
14 January 2008
S&N rejects higher bid approach
11 January 2008
Bank of America agrees to purchase Countrywide Financial Corp.
11 January 2008
First Reserve invests in Harmony Gold Mining's uranium ore assets in South Africa
11 January 2008
Microsoft offers to buy Norwegian search firm Fast for $1.2 billion
09 January 2008
ArcelorMittal expands in Mauritania and Venezuela
09 January 2008
Genzyme and Isis announce strategic alliance including exclusive worldwide license of Mipomersen
08 January 2008
Procter & Gamble files infringement lawsuit against Blue Cross Labs
08 January 2008
Johnson Controls acquires Phoenix-based Metro Mechanical, Inc
08 January 2008
Gitanjali Group acquires De Beers Group's Indian flagship brand Nakshatra
08 January 2008
Cranes Software acquires Engineering Technology Associates
07 January 2008
Silverline Technologies acquires Canada's OMDR Inc in share-swap deal
07 January 2008