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  • Eveready to expand FMCG business (February 06, 2010)
  • Israel court stops Sun from picking more Taro stake (February 05, 2010)
  • Fame's acquisition to help Inox increase number of screens (February 04, 2010)
  • Indoco-Watson Pharma alliance for US market (February 04, 2010)
  • Inox buys Fame Cinemas' promoter stake for Rs 66 cr (February 04, 2010)
  • ArcelorMittal hikes stake in Uttam Galva (February 02, 2010)
  • Dalmia Cement hikes stake in OCL (January 31, 2010)
  • ACC buys Encore Cement (January 30, 2010)
  • McNally Bharat arm buys Buildmet (January 30, 2010)
  • SK Bangur group buys out Ramsinghanis' stake in Rama Newsprint (January 28, 2010)
  • Indian Hotels offloads entire stake in ELEL Hotels (January 27, 2010)
  • Triveni to demerge steam turbine biz (January 22, 2010)
  • Cadbury-Kraft deal wrapped in controversies (January 22, 2010)
  • Cadbury board accepts sweetened Kraft offer (January 20, 2010)
  • FIPB nod likely for StanChart stake hike in stock broking arm (January 20, 2010)
  • Ranbaxy acquires Biovel's assets (January 20, 2010)
  • ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton likely to combine some iron ore assets (January 20, 2010)
  • Zenith sells 2 million shares in Strides (January 16, 2010)
  • McNally Bharat to acquire niche construction firm (January 14, 2010)
  • SHV India snaps up Caltex in all-cash deal (January 13, 2010)
  • IVR Prime to convene meeting for name change, amalgamation (January 07, 2010)
  • SVC Resources acquires mine in MP (January 06, 2010)
  • Marico strengthens Malaysian presence (January 05, 2010)
  • IL&FS open offer for Maytas Infra gets poor response (January 03, 2010)
  • Taro shareholders vote against promoter group (January 01, 2010)
  • Cadila Healthcare completes S. African co Simayla buy (January 01, 2010)
  • Gearing up for next M&A rally (December 31, 2009)
  • Key themes for M&A in 2010 (December 31, 2009)
  • Aurobindo shareholders to consider Trident Life merger on Jan 20 (December 31, 2009)
  • Cox & Kings India acquires two cos in Australia (December 31, 2009)
  • INOX India acquires majority stake in Cryogenic Vessel of US (December 30, 2009)
  • Brave new world of auto alliances (December 29, 2009)
  • Reliance yet to decide on final bid amount for LyondellBasell (December 26, 2009)
  • Revisiting SEBI Takeover Code (December 24, 2009)
  • Another proxy advisor backs Sun Pharma (December 23, 2009)
  • Proxy advisers cast their lot with Sun (December 22, 2009)
  • Nava Bharat arm takes 65% in Zambian co (December 22, 2009)
  • TVS Logistics infuses fresh life into UK's Multipart (December 21, 2009)
  • IFC to pick up 19.99% stake in Snowman Frozen (December 19, 2009)
  • Indian M&A deals halve to $21 b in 2009 (December 19, 2009)
  • Godrej Consumer to raise up to Rs 3,000 cr (December 18, 2009)
  • Orchid sells unit to US co for $400 m (December 17, 2009)
  • M&M flies high with stake buys in two cos Down Under (December 16, 2009)
  • DLF board to meet today to consider integration of DAL (December 15, 2009)
  • GMR Holdings sells entire stake in GMR Ferro (December 15, 2009)
  • The Loot in talks to offload 25% stake (December 15, 2009)
  • SAPL, Dhunseri boards to finalise merger deal (December 13, 2009)
  • Cairn India to merge some subsidiaries with itself (December 11, 2009)
  • Rey Resources issues fresh shares (December 10, 2009)
  • Nestle buys Speciality Foods unit (December 09, 2009)
  • NDTV selling stake in Imagine to Turner (December 09, 2009)
  • Attractive valuation for NDTV Imagine (December 09, 2009)
  • United Breweries, Heineken bury the hatchet (December 08, 2009)
  • Court nod for merger scheme of Emami, Zandu biz (December 05, 2009)
  • L&T awaits SEBI nod for DBS Chola MF acquisition (December 04, 2009)
  • Mitsubishi drives away from Eicher Motors (December 04, 2009)
  • Templeton u-turn has no bearing on Sun-Taro case (December 03, 2009)
  • Alstom-Schneider all set to buy Areva's T&D biz (December 02, 2009)
  • Equal stake for OVL, Hindujas in Iran's South Pars project (December 02, 2009)
  • Essar-Shell refinery buy plan may take longer (December 01, 2009)
  • Endgame in battle for Great Offshore (November 30, 2009)
  • ABG, Bharati open-offers for Great Offshore from Dec 3 (November 28, 2009)
  • Reliance Capital to buy majority stake in Quant Capital (November 28, 2009)
  • Ministry to discuss contentious M&A clauses of Competition Act in Dec (November 27, 2009)
  • United Spirits buys Tern Distilleries (November 24, 2009)
  • LyondellBasell could propel RIL to top league (November 24, 2009)
  • Marketmen give thumbs-up to Reliance proposal (November 24, 2009)
  • US co Millipore buys out 60% stake in Indian joint venture (November 24, 2009)
  • Srei-led consortium bids the highest for majority stake in DPSC (November 21, 2009)
  • Network18 to merge back-end operations of business channels (November 21, 2009)
  • Oman Oil picking up more stake in BPCL’s Bina refinery (November 16, 2009)
  • UltraTech agrees to 4:7 swap for Samruddhi merger (November 16, 2009)
  • Essar to take majority stake in Warid Telecom (November 16, 2009)
  • Aurobindo, Trident Life merger (November 14, 2009)
  • PVR acquires DLF’s DT Cinemas (November 14, 2009)
  • Essar Steel completes acquisition of Shree Precoated (November 14, 2009)
  • UltraTech board meet (November 14, 2009)
  • ONGC-Mittal ventures to be merged (November 13, 2009)
  • TVS Logistics acquires UK’s Multipart Holding (November 12, 2009)
  • Rallis now Tata Chem subsdiary (November 11, 2009)
  • IVR Prime board approves merger with group firms (November 10, 2009)
  • Orbitech cuts stake in Polaris Software (November 07, 2009)
  • Wipro Consumer buys Yardley for Rs 214 cr (November 06, 2009)
  • Pledging of shares points to Suzlon’s cash woes (November 06, 2009)
  • Tale of a Landmark (November 05, 2009)
  • McNally Bharat completes Humboldt Wedag arm buy (November 03, 2009)
  • Ramky finishes Cleantech buy (November 02, 2009)
  • Why Bajaj Hindusthan is interested in Balrampur Chini (November 01, 2009)
  • Limagrain buys 51% stake in Avesthagen seed co (October 29, 2009)
  • Birla Corp scouting for overseas buys (October 28, 2009)
  • L&T sells 50% Voith Paper stake to Voith AG (October 27, 2009)
  • Tata Motors completes Hispano buyout (October 21, 2009)
  • GE looking to acquire cos with energy-efficient tech (October 17, 2009)
  • Andrew Yule moves up on stake sale plan (October 17, 2009)
  • Stable revenue is big plus for acquirers (October 16, 2009)
  • Trivitron looking to buy cos in Pune (October 16, 2009)
  • Merck acquires Sanmar’s Bangalore Genei (October 14, 2009)
  • Merck acquires Sanmar’s Bangalore Genei (October 14, 2009)
  • Competition Act — M&A issues that need ironing out (October 13, 2009)
  • EID Parry buys 76% stake in Sadashiva Sugars (October 11, 2009)
  • UltraTech will be re-rated after merger (October 07, 2009)
  • Max Healthcare looking at acquisitions in Delhi region (October 05, 2009)
  • Merger with VW not to impact Porsche’s India operations (October 03, 2009)
  • Biocon to buy Gulf Oil's bulk drugs unit (October 02, 2009)
  • Dishman set to benefit from Abbott-Solvay deal (September 30, 2009)
  • 2 US acquisitions in 3 months and Lupin scouts for more (September 29, 2009)
  • 3 subsidiaries to merge with Lupin (September 26, 2009)
  • Vedanta Resources hikes Sesa Goa holding (September 24, 2009)
  • A year on, Satyam has 50% fewer staff (September 23, 2009)
  • SAIL all set to take over Salem unit of Burn Standard (September 19, 2009)
  • TiE-ISB Connect to catalyse M&A activity (September 19, 2009)
  • SEBI invites suggestions on M&A code (September 18, 2009)
  • Bharati Shipyard raises stake in Great Offshore to 22.48% (September 17, 2009)
  • Green Infra acquires BP Energy India (September 17, 2009)
  • Tata Tea gets relief in Mount Everest acquisition (September 16, 2009)
  • Coal India eyeing blocks in Australia (September 14, 2009)
  • M&A deals plunge 86% in August (September 13, 2009)
  • Asian Paints arm divests entire stake in HK unit (September 12, 2009)
  • Sterlite hikes Asarco bid to $2.56 b (September 12, 2009)
  • Essar Oil stake in Vadinar down to 26% (September 12, 2009)
  • Uttam Galva open offer from Oct 31 (September 10, 2009)
  • Achuthan to head M&A regulation panel (September 10, 2009)
  • SEBI plans panel on takeover norms (September 09, 2009)
  • Bharat Refractories merged with SAIL (September 09, 2009)
  • Mir acquires resort at Munnar (September 09, 2009)
  • Uttam Galva leaves options open for Arcelor hiking stake (September 06, 2009)
  • ArcelorMittal picks up stake in Uttam Galva (September 05, 2009)
  • IL&FS makes open offer at Rs 112.8/share for Maytas Infra stake (September 03, 2009)
  • German buy costs McNally Rs 78 cr (September 03, 2009)
  • It can take a year to turn around Maytas Infra, says IL&FS chief (September 02, 2009)
  • IL&FS’ exposure in Maytas counted for decision on ownership change (September 02, 2009)
  • Maytas Infra handed over to IL&FS; Rs 55-cr infusion on cards (September 01, 2009)
  • Intel Cap may bid for stake in ITI units (September 01, 2009)
  • New leadership provides hope for Maytas (September 01, 2009)
  • Britannia brings W. Asian arms under its fold (September 01, 2009)
  • What drove India’s outbound M&A (August 30, 2009)
  • CESC buys 50% stake in Dhariwal Infra for Rs 200 crore (August 29, 2009)
  • Corus fuels Tata Steel’s Q1 meltdown (August 28, 2009)
  • United Spirits, Diageo call off stake sale talks (August 26, 2009)
  • Decision soon on takeover of Hind Shipyard by Defence Ministry (August 26, 2009)
  • Fortis Healthcare to acquire 10 Wockhardt hospitals for Rs 909 cr (August 25, 2009)
  • Fortis acquires pan-India presence at reasonable price (August 25, 2009)
  • McNally Bharat acquires German co (August 22, 2009)
  • Tata Chem not to consider Rallis merger for now (August 22, 2009)
  • Sterlite ups Asarco bid by $500 m (August 21, 2009)
  • Berger to divest Malaysian stake (August 20, 2009)
  • Tata Chem buys 4 other group cos’ stakes in Rallis (August 20, 2009)
  • Small mergers, acquisitions may not need court nod (August 19, 2009)
  • Aurobindo Pharma to acquire group firm Trident Life Sciences for Rs 135 cr (August 18, 2009)
  • Nettlinx to invest in Mauritius co (August 16, 2009)
  • Global food cos keen to pick up stake in Eastern Condiments (August 15, 2009)
  • Tata Chem to buy out other Rallis India promoters (August 13, 2009)
  • Gujarat NRE may take over Rey (August 13, 2009)
  • L&T yet to make up its mind on Satyam stake sale (August 13, 2009)
  • Sterlite new bid entails higher upfront cash outflow (August 12, 2009)
  • TTK Group getting ready to go shopping (August 12, 2009)
  • Archies scouting for partners to set up shop-in shops (August 09, 2009)
  • Reliance Power takes over Tilaiya (August 08, 2009)
  • Schneider buys Meher Capacitors (August 07, 2009)
  • NMDC plans to expand sponge iron capacity (August 07, 2009)
  • Essar Steel to acquire Shree Precoated (August 05, 2009)
  • Steel deal (August 05, 2009)
  • Kazakh field: OVL, Mittal can join hands (August 01, 2009)
  • ABG Shipyard increases stake in Great Offshore to 7.8% (July 31, 2009)
  • Sanofi buys Merieux stake in Shantha (July 28, 2009)
  • GMR unit acquires EMCO Energy (July 26, 2009)
  • NFCL picks equity in Kakinada Fert (July 24, 2009)
  • Promoters of new telecom firms cannot sell stake for 3 years (July 24, 2009)
  • M&A activity in first half down 54%: Study (July 22, 2009)
  • India Cements arm buys 53% in Indo Zinc (July 21, 2009)
  • Betapharm blues for Dr Reddy’s (July 19, 2009)
  • Haunted by legacy orders (July 19, 2009)
  • Strategic but no results yet (July 19, 2009)
  • Not yet pay-off time (July 19, 2009)
  • Maytas board to discuss biz plan (July 18, 2009)
  • Tata Steel Global acquires more shares in Riversdale Mining (July 17, 2009)
  • Lanco Infra buys out German firm’s stake (July 17, 2009)
  • Jyothy Labs to exit venture with Ekta Kapoor (July 16, 2009)
  • Jaiprakash Hydro’s securities issue (July 05, 2009)
  • Alstom in race for Areva’s T&D biz (July 02, 2009)
  • S. Kumars buys US co Hartmarx; to invest Rs 168 cr (June 28, 2009)
  • NTPC eyes takeover of ailing SEB stations (June 28, 2009)
  • Jaguar Land Rover drags Tata Motors into the red (June 27, 2009)
  • Remondis forays into Indian waters (June 27, 2009)
  • IDFC arm to buy BP’s wind assets in India (June 27, 2009)
  • DuPont acquires cotton seed biz of two companies (June 26, 2009)
  • No smooth sailing for Novartis, Pfizer open offers (June 26, 2009)
  • Great Offshore: ABG may revise offer next week (June 26, 2009)
  • Fight for Great Offshore could drain internal accrual (June 24, 2009)
  • Reports of Addax bid, court verdict pull down Reliance (June 23, 2009)
  • Tenon buys Rotopower Projects (June 23, 2009)
  • NTPC buys 44.6% in TELK (June 23, 2009)
  • Godrej sets up M&A cell, to focus on rural markets (June 19, 2009)
  • Jubilant mulls sale of performance polymer biz (June 17, 2009)
  • Suzlon says it is considering options for its stake in Hansen Transmissions (June 16, 2009)
  • Indian Hotels to acquire Sea Rock for Rs 680 cr (June 13, 2009)
  • Gitanjali group in talks to pick up major stake in MobileNXT (June 13, 2009)
  • Sesa Goa to buy Dempo’s mining assets for Rs 1,750 cr (June 12, 2009)
  • NMDC to acquire majority stake in KIOCL (June 11, 2009)
  • Dorf Ketal acquires Sanmar unit (June 10, 2009)
  • Lanxess India to acquire assets of Gwalior Chem for Rs 536 cr (June 09, 2009)
  • Pfizer acquires Vetnex business (June 09, 2009)
  • Suzlon completes buy of Martifier’s stake in REpower (June 07, 2009)
  • GVK takes over EMRI management (June 06, 2009)
  • Bharati Shipyard to start ship repair service at its floating dock (June 05, 2009)
  • Lebanon’s Mikati family backs MTN-Bharti deal (May 31, 2009)
  • GMR Group signs deal to buy Island Power (May 30, 2009)
  • New deadline for JLR bridge loan (May 29, 2009)
  • Suzlon resets loan for REpower buy (May 29, 2009)
  • Novartis hikes offer price to Rs 450 a share (May 29, 2009)
  • Suzlon promoters sell 4% stake to fund REpower buy (May 26, 2009)
  • RIL-RPL merger: 2 held on extortion charge (May 23, 2009)
  • McNally to complete acquisition of KHD’s mining tech biz soon (May 23, 2009)
  • DoT puts 3G, TCIL stake sale on Cabinet panel’s agenda (May 22, 2009)
  • Steer acquires Chinese pipeline firm (May 22, 2009)
  • Telenor hikes stake in Unitech Wireless to 49% (May 21, 2009)
  • Floating dock for Bharati Shipyard (May 11, 2009)
  • Bharati Shipyard’s buy of Great Offshore – A new trend setter? (May 11, 2009)
  • UBS acquires DJ-AIG Commodity Index (May 11, 2009)
  • DLF falls on buzz of promoters’ stake sale (May 09, 2009)
  • McNally Bharat to buy German co’s engg, mineral tech biz (May 07, 2009)
  • Suzlon pays €30 m for REpower stake (May 03, 2009)
  • Seamless merger versus takeover (April 30, 2009)
  • M&A activity declines 60% in Jan-March (April 25, 2009)
  • Titagarh Wagons sees drop in FII holdings ahead of planned merger (April 24, 2009)
  • Everest Kanto completes stake acquisition in CC&L (April 24, 2009)
  • Wipro buys Nokia’s mobile TV unit (April 22, 2009)
  • Cipla does not support Adcock proposal to buy Cipla Medpro (April 19, 2009)
  • JBM buys out ThyssenKrupp in joint venture (April 19, 2009)
  • Daimler to go it alone for truck biz in India (April 16, 2009)
  • Pfizer to raise stake in Indian arm (April 14, 2009)
  • Zuari Industries hikes stake in Texmaco to 21% (April 14, 2009)
  • Talks of potential merger untrue: Reliance Ind. Infra (April 13, 2009)
  • Kesoram to merge realty arm with itself (April 12, 2009)
  • Cipla can benefit if Medpro acquisition goes through (April 10, 2009)
  • Understanding M&A motives (April 05, 2009)
  • Xander ups stake in Sinclairs Hotels; open offer at Rs 172.50/share (April 05, 2009)
  • Vote on Reliance Petro merger (April 05, 2009)
  • Suzlon likely to seek time to pay Martifer for REpower stake (April 05, 2009)
  • Spice Group board meet to review strategy for Satyam (April 03, 2009)
  • Cummins India merges subsidiaries (April 02, 2009)
  • AB Nuvo buys Birla Sun Life Distribution (April 01, 2009)
  • Is WL Ross in race to acquire Satyam stake? (March 31, 2009)
  • ‘Satyam going ahead with bidding process’ (March 29, 2009)
  • Titagarh Wagons to merge Titagarh Steel with itself (March 29, 2009)
  • Reliance Mutual buys stake in Financial Tech (March 28, 2009)
  • Lupin acquires 51% stake in Multicare Pharma (March 28, 2009)
  • NTT DoCoMo completes 26% stake buy in Tata Tele (March 27, 2009)
  • Tata Tea to acquire 33.2% stake in Russian co Grand (March 27, 2009)
  • Novartis set to raise stake in Indian subsidiary to 90% (March 26, 2009)
  • Bongaigaon Refinery merges with IOC (March 26, 2009)
  • Apeejay Shipping buys Panamax (March 26, 2009)
  • DLF down on DAL acquisition talk (March 24, 2009)
  • Accor buys OCS stake in Indian arm (March 18, 2009)
  • Sodexo poised to become India’s largest food services player (March 13, 2009)
  • Satyam CEO spells out do’s and don’ts to staff (March 11, 2009)
  • Merck-Schering Plough deal: What happens to subsidiaries? (March 10, 2009)
  • Asarco deal to open US market for Sterlite Industries (March 10, 2009)
  • Sterlite to buy out Asarco at lower cost in a new deal (March 08, 2009)
  • Stand alone and then b(l)end (March 07, 2009)
  • Philips Healthcare targets mid-price segment through more acquisitions (March 05, 2009)
  • 3rd offer for Orissa Sponge (March 04, 2009)
  • RIL, RPL close lower despite 1:16 swap ratio (March 03, 2009)
  • 16 RPL shares to fetch one of RIL (March 03, 2009)
  • Chevron to exit RPL, paving way for merger (March 01, 2009)
  • RIL-RPL merger: A dinosaur in the making (March 01, 2009)
  • RPL merger inevitable and expected: Experts (February 28, 2009)
  • Reliance moves to merge Petroleum with itself (February 28, 2009)
  • Satyam board readies framework for open bid route (February 27, 2009)
  • Vedanta makes open offer to buy 20% in Malco (February 27, 2009)
  • GMR Infra completes Indonesian buy (February 26, 2009)
  • LGB Forge to consider merger (February 21, 2009)
  • CLB sets in motion process to revive Satyam Computer (February 20, 2009)
  • Hindalco dips into share premium fund (February 19, 2009)
  • Hyundai Elevator acquires 40% in Kinetic Elevator (February 18, 2009)
  • Most cos see value erosion after merger & acquisition deals (February 16, 2009)
  • Supplyco evinces interest in taking over Subhiksha outlets in Kerala (February 15, 2009)
  • Mold Tek acquires US firm (February 13, 2009)
  • Piramal Healthcare: Talk of sale to Glaxo `unfounded' (February 08, 2009)
  • Tharanco buys golf apparel brand Greg Norman (February 07, 2009)
  • Spice Gas acquiring auto LPG dealer network (February 06, 2009)
  • Borri investing in Unitek Power (February 05, 2009)
  • Hiranandani group’s realty fund Hirco calls off merger (February 04, 2009)
  • Cosmo Films acquires US co (February 04, 2009)
  • Yash Birla group buys 51% stake in Kerala Vaidyashala (February 02, 2009)
  • Thai co picks equity in Avanti feeds (February 01, 2009)
  • Sun Pharma initiates mediation on Taro (February 01, 2009)
  • Bhushan arm buys stake in Orissa Sponge (January 31, 2009)
  • Sistema Shyam open to more acquisitions in CDMA biz (January 31, 2009)
  • Corus sells majority stake in Teesside Cast biz (January 30, 2009)
  • Diageo deal: United Spirits may pitch for Rs 1,500 a share (January 30, 2009)
  • Fear of job cuts casts shadow on Pfizer-Wyeth deal (January 28, 2009)
  • Nuziveedu Seeds buys 51% each in two firms (January 27, 2009)
  • ‘Pfizer, Wyeth operations are complementary’ (January 27, 2009)
  • Financial institutions, GVK Power in talks on Maytas Infra stake (January 25, 2009)
  • Corus, Klesch share purchase deal (January 23, 2009)
  • European cos pick 50% stake in Tricon Shipping (January 20, 2009)
  • Matrix assigns part of Astrix purchase rights to parent co (January 16, 2009)
  • UB finds Cobra Beer ‘over-valued’ (January 14, 2009)
  • ONGC Videsh to pay Imperial shareholders today (January 13, 2009)
  • ONGC Videsh to pay Imperial shareholders today (January 13, 2009)
  • Citigroup to advise Tata Motors’ JLR bailout (January 12, 2009)
  • IT majors prefer to park cash with Indian banks (January 10, 2009)
  • L&T says no strategic interest (January 09, 2009)
  • Sun Pharma rejects Taro’s proposal for higher offer price (January 08, 2009)
  • Maytas denies bid for merger, takeover (January 07, 2009)
  • No reconciliation in sight for Sun-Taro row (January 07, 2009)
  • Daiichi Sankyo to book losses on Ranbaxy (January 06, 2009)
  • Taro rebuffs Sun’s revised proposals (January 06, 2009)
  • Satyam promoters’ stake falls below Aberdeen Group (January 04, 2009)
  • Suzlon Energy sells 10% stake in Hansen (January 03, 2009)
  • Whiff of gas drives corporate activity in Bengal (January 03, 2009)
  • ONGC snaps up Imperial Energy for $ 1.9 b (January 01, 2009)


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