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Resources Mergers & AcquisitionsBarclays Bank open to buys in India (November 19, 2009) Bhushan Steel arm clears regulatory hurdle in Australia (November 17, 2009) ‘Bank mergers are self-defeating’ (November 17, 2009) Nomura buys L&T stake in Mahindra Satyam (November 14, 2009) IFGL Refractories looks at more overseas buys (October 21, 2009) DoT turns down Etisalat, Allianz Infra merger proposal (October 09, 2009) BHEL in talks for majority stake in Hungarian co (October 08, 2009) Suitable buy: Drug MNCs look at India as a market (October 06, 2009) StanChart, RBS talks trip over high asset valuation (October 06, 2009) Cement demerger: Not much to lose for Grasim investors (October 04, 2009) Without cement, Grasim’s earning structure may weaken (October 03, 2009) Flying into turbulence (October 02, 2009) L&T Finance to acquire DBS Cholamandalam AMC (September 26, 2009) BSNL, MTNL cagey on tie-up with Vavasi for Zain stake (September 25, 2009) Dr Reddy’s promoters deny stake sale (September 12, 2009) McLeod Russel’s arm buys Rwanda tea factory (August 26, 2009) Ucal Fuel to strengthen US arm (August 21, 2009) EdServ to raise Rs 2 cr via warrants (August 20, 2009) UB to consolidate all sports properties and offer stake to investors (July 28, 2009) Only one-time stake increase of 5% allowed (July 20, 2009) Infosys eyeing buys for strategic reasons (July 11, 2009) 5 proposals for overseas buys (July 11, 2009) TRF takes over Dutch Lanka Trailer (July 08, 2009) Bharati Shipyard ups open offer price to Rs 405 (July 08, 2009) See acquisition as a growth platform (July 02, 2009) Wockhardt to sell animal health unit to French company (June 29, 2009) State Bank of Indore staff to strike work (June 20, 2009) Zandu’s FMCG business to be merged into Emami (June 20, 2009) Nomura agrees to buy 30.5% stake in LIC MF (June 16, 2009) Union opposes merger of public sector banks (June 12, 2009) Sanlam open to hiking stake in Shriram Life (June 10, 2009) ‘Acquisition will provide greater stability’ (June 08, 2009) Bharati to make open offer for 20% more in Great Offshore (June 01, 2009) Shriram Transport looking at portfolio buy (June 01, 2009) Polaris to take acquisitions route to new places, clients (May 30, 2009) BSNL readies $10-b war chest for overseas buys (May 29, 2009) DoT nod for Etisalat-Allianz merger (May 28, 2009) Bharti, MTN to explore synergies (May 28, 2009) Considerable business synergies for Bharti (May 26, 2009) Merger move reflects telcos’ need to look beyond India (May 26, 2009) Bharti, MTN may retain current management structures (May 26, 2009) PNB to sell 26% stake in housing finance arm to Dawnay Day (May 21, 2009) Promoters’ stake in Rasoi goes up (May 15, 2009) DoT panel moots spectrum transfer fee for M&A (May 14, 2009) Srei Infra promoters hike stake by 5%; skip warrants conversion (May 05, 2009) Restaurant chain eyes buys (April 20, 2009) Kotak Mahindra Bank objects to Subhiksha merger (April 18, 2009) Groupe Danone, Wadias end partnership in India (April 16, 2009) Satyam sale evokes mixed reaction from staff (April 15, 2009) Israel's Supreme Court to decide on Sun-Taro spat (April 01, 2009) Bidders begin due diligence of Satyam (March 26, 2009) EXL Service eyes overseas buys (March 26, 2009) Pacnet hikes stake in India joint venture (March 25, 2009) ‘Impairment’ loss may come under Indian GAAP accounting (March 23, 2009) Motherson buys Visiocorp at euro25 m (March 11, 2009) Chevron likely to exit RPL (February 28, 2009) Board of Approval allows merger of 3 SEZs (February 24, 2009) SpiceJet open to acquiring another low-cost airline (February 11, 2009) Jazeera Airways may pick up stake in domestic airlines (February 06, 2009) Existing telecom cos against lock-in of promoter’s equity (February 01, 2009) Protest against bank mergers (January 29, 2009) Proposal to allow 49% stake for foreign airlines in domestic carriers (January 21, 2009) Infosys eyeing acquisitions in consulting, ERP space (January 14, 2009) Roll-out may be linked with sale of equity by new telcos (January 10, 2009) Motherson Sumi to buy Europe’s Visiocorp (January 03, 2009) Renuka Sugars buys Brazilian firm for Rs 384 cr (November 12, 2009) Buying Brazilian sugar grower fits well with Renuka’s strategic plan (November 12, 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) Essar to take majority stake in Warid Telecom (November 16, 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) 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) Aurobindo, Trident Life merger (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) Pledging of shares points to Suzlon’s cash woes (November 06, 2009) Wipro Consumer buys Yardley for Rs 214 cr (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) TiE-ISB Connect to catalyse M&A activity (September 19, 2009) SAIL all set to take over Salem unit of Burn Standard (September 19, 2009) SEBI invites suggestions on M&A code (September 18, 2009) Green Infra acquires BP Energy India (September 17, 2009) Bharati Shipyard raises stake in Great Offshore to 22.48% (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) Essar Oil stake in Vadinar down to 26% (September 12, 2009) Sterlite hikes Asarco bid to $2.56 b (September 12, 2009) Asian Paints arm divests entire stake in HK unit (September 12, 2009) Achuthan to head M&A regulation panel (September 10, 2009) Uttam Galva open offer from Oct 31 (September 10, 2009) Bharat Refractories merged with SAIL (September 09, 2009) Mir acquires resort at Munnar (September 09, 2009) SEBI plans panel on takeover norms (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) New leadership provides hope for Maytas (September 01, 2009) Intel Cap may bid for stake in ITI units (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 acquires pan-India presence at reasonable price (August 25, 2009) Fortis Healthcare to acquire 10 Wockhardt hospitals for Rs 909 cr (August 25, 2009) Tata Chem not to consider Rallis merger for now (August 22, 2009) McNally Bharat acquires German co (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) Gujarat NRE may take over Rey (August 13, 2009) Tata Chem to buy out other Rallis India promoters (August 13, 2009) L&T yet to make up its mind on Satyam stake sale (August 13, 2009) TTK Group getting ready to go shopping (August 12, 2009) Sterlite new bid entails higher upfront cash outflow (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) Not yet pay-off time (July 19, 2009) Betapharm blues for Dr Reddy’s (July 19, 2009) Strategic but no results yet (July 19, 2009) Haunted by legacy orders (July 19, 2009) Maytas board to discuss biz plan (July 18, 2009) Lanco Infra buys out German firm’s stake (July 17, 2009) Tata Steel Global acquires more shares in Riversdale Mining (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) IDFC arm to buy BP’s wind assets in India (June 27, 2009) Remondis forays into Indian waters (June 27, 2009) No smooth sailing for Novartis, Pfizer open offers (June 26, 2009) Great Offshore: ABG may revise offer next week (June 26, 2009) DuPont acquires cotton seed biz of two companies (June 26, 2009) Fight for Great Offshore could drain internal accrual (June 24, 2009) NTPC buys 44.6% in TELK (June 23, 2009) Reports of Addax bid, court verdict pull down Reliance (June 23, 2009) Tenon buys Rotopower Projects (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) McNally to complete acquisition of KHD’s mining tech biz soon (May 23, 2009) RIL-RPL merger: 2 held on extortion charge (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) Lupin acquires 51% stake in Multicare Pharma (March 28, 2009) Reliance Mutual buys stake in Financial Tech (March 28, 2009) Tata Tea to acquire 33.2% stake in Russian co Grand (March 27, 2009) NTT DoCoMo completes 26% stake buy in Tata Tele (March 27, 2009) Apeejay Shipping buys Panamax (March 26, 2009) Bongaigaon Refinery merges with IOC (March 26, 2009) Novartis set to raise stake in Indian subsidiary to 90% (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) Reliance moves to merge Petroleum with itself (February 28, 2009) RPL merger inevitable and expected: Experts (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) Cosmo Films acquires US co (February 04, 2009) Hiranandani group’s realty fund Hirco calls off merger (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) Diageo deal: United Spirits may pitch for Rs 1,500 a share (January 30, 2009) Corus sells majority stake in Teesside Cast biz (January 30, 2009) Fear of job cuts casts shadow on Pfizer-Wyeth deal (January 28, 2009) ‘Pfizer, Wyeth operations are complementary’ (January 27, 2009) Nuziveedu Seeds buys 51% each in two firms (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) Whiff of gas drives corporate activity in Bengal (January 03, 2009) Suzlon Energy sells 10% stake in Hansen (January 03, 2009) ONGC snaps up Imperial Energy for $ 1.9 b (January 01, 2009) Fishing for small deals (November 02, 2009) Acquisition — and after (March 23, 2009) RBI pushing for acquisition of weak, sick urban co-ops (October 29, 2009) JLR pushes Tata Motors into the red in Q1 (September 01, 2009) What’s in store for shareholders? (April 19, 2009) Let’s talk mergers… (March 08, 2009) Satyam board firms up process to pick investor (February 22, 2009) SEBI to ease takeover norms for cos with superseded boards (February 14, 2009) Spice Group keen to acquire 51% in Satyam: B.K. Modi (January 30, 2009) Calsoft sells stake in IDC (November 21, 2009) Cisco leadership not under threat in India (November 13, 2009) McCamish to aid platform-based BPO revenues for Infosys (November 13, 2009) Infosys BPO acquires US co McCamish for $38 million (November 13, 2009) L&T to sell part stake in Mahindra Satyam (November 13, 2009) Integreon buys Grail Research of Monitor Group (November 12, 2009) Patni Computer plans $200-400 m acquisition (November 07, 2009) American Tower buys Transcend Infra (November 05, 2009) KPIT Cummins Info buys US co Sparta for $38 m (October 31, 2009) Sasken buys Ingenient’s assets, product portfolios (October 29, 2009) On the prowl for buys (October 29, 2009) Tech Mahindra, Satyam may merge after June 2010 (October 27, 2009) Telenor gets nod to raise stake in Unitech Wireless (October 20, 2009) Rs 52-cr deal (October 16, 2009) UBS unit buy is double bonanza for Cognizant (October 16, 2009) Laser Soft to enrich Polaris product portfolio (October 16, 2009) IT sector heads for new round of acquisitions (October 16, 2009) MTNL-BSNL consortium in talks for stake in Zain Telecom (October 06, 2009) MTN-Bharti setback can hurt new entrants (October 02, 2009) 3i Infotech gains 12% post ICICI’s stake sale (October 02, 2009) Bharti Airtel surges after deal collapse (October 02, 2009) MTN hangs up on Bharti as dual listing proves deal breaker (October 01, 2009) HC nod for Infotech-TTM merger (October 01, 2009) Edserv buys 2tion (October 01, 2009) ‘MTN deal call-off not a dampener for mergers’ (October 01, 2009) We are not sure what dual listing they are asking for: Chawla (September 30, 2009) MindTree to buy out Kyocera Wireless India (September 30, 2009) Kyocera buy adds to MindTree portfolio (September 30, 2009) Bharti-MTN deal may need convertibility, says Pranab (September 24, 2009) Finance Ministry handling Bharti-MTN merger: Raja (September 23, 2009) Bharti-MTN deal will trigger open offer (September 23, 2009) Perot India staff may be absorbed in full (September 22, 2009) KKR ups stake in Aricent to 79% (September 20, 2009) WNS rejects all bids (September 19, 2009) Tata Comm unit for bank infra services (September 18, 2009) BSNL bids for Lanka business of Millicom (September 17, 2009) BSNL, MTNL may join group buying 46% in Kuwait’s Zain Tele (September 10, 2009) Talks with MTN still on: Bharti Airtel (September 10, 2009) Cognizant buys Pepperweed Advisors (September 09, 2009) Axis IT&T completes buy of Cades Digi (September 05, 2009) American Tower Corp eyeing more acquisitions in India (September 03, 2009) Anand Mahindra logging in ‘balanced approach’ (August 26, 2009) HCL Tech ties up refinancing on Axon loan (August 26, 2009) Downturn halves IT/BPO mergers, acquisitions in Jan-July (August 23, 2009) Bharti-MTN extend merger talks till Sept (August 21, 2009) Trianz to acquire Megasoft’s US arm (August 20, 2009) Tata DoCoMo open to buying new players in India (August 20, 2009) US’ Travelocity buys Travelguru (August 19, 2009) MphasiS to buy AIG Systems (August 13, 2009) Aegis acquires Aussie BPO firm (August 12, 2009) Cash kitty of 3 US-listed Indian BPO cos crosses $530 million (August 10, 2009) GlobalLogic plans to buy R&D unit (August 06, 2009) Defiance Tech scouting for buys (August 05, 2009) Bharti, MTN extend talks up to Aug 31 (August 04, 2009) HCL Tech completes US data centre buy (August 04, 2009) Zylog acquisition plan (July 31, 2009) Bharti, MTN likely to extend timeline for merger talks (July 31, 2009) Avaya to buy Nortel’s enterprise segment (July 21, 2009) Satyam: Six months later (July 19, 2009) HCL-Axon to buy SAP biz of S. Africa’s UCS group (July 18, 2009) Glodyne to buy Broadllyne Tech (July 18, 2009) Vayana acquires SolutionNET (July 16, 2009) Tech Mahindra ‘comfortable’ holding 43% in Satyam (July 11, 2009) EXL keen on growth via acquisition route (July 10, 2009) SEBI guidance to Bharti on MTN deal (July 08, 2009) Gitanjali to pick 70% in MobileNXT (July 04, 2009) Kavveri Tele buys 67% in Canadian firm (July 03, 2009) Gemini buys 51% in Sanat Tech (June 27, 2009) Pearson to invest Rs 145 cr in Educomp, TutorVista (June 25, 2009) Mahindra Satyam to merge with Tech Mahindra (June 24, 2009) Satyam offer: Tech Mahindra gets US nod (June 19, 2009) Infosys eyes buys in Mexico, Brazil to improve operations (June 16, 2009) NTT DoCoMo open to hiking stake in Tata Tele (June 11, 2009) Past acquisitions come to haunt Satyam (June 10, 2009) Huawei may bid for majority stake in ITI (June 09, 2009) Bharti-MTN deal: Pointer to the future (May 29, 2009) Funding the merger not a major issue: Bharti (May 27, 2009) Telecom sector leads M&A activity in India (May 27, 2009) Bharti, MTN set to ring new $23-b merger tone (May 26, 2009) IT mid-market M&A space may see activity soon (May 25, 2009) Russia earmarks over $670 m for 20% stake in Sistema Shyam (May 22, 2009) Yash Birla forays into IT sector (May 21, 2009) Aegis to buy Australia’s UCMS Group for Rs 202 cr (May 16, 2009) Bharti open to acquiring domestic operators (May 16, 2009) DoT panel against 3-year equity lock-in for existing players (May 09, 2009) Sahara India Investment picks up stake in STel (May 06, 2009) Acquisitions getting less expensive for IT cos (May 03, 2009) SEBI wants Bharti to clarify on stake hike (April 29, 2009) Takeaways from the Satyam saga (April 27, 2009) ‘No trouble for Satyam-FIFA tie-up’ (April 25, 2009) Germany okays Satyam stake sale to Tech Mahindra (April 25, 2009) A new, improved Satyam? (April 23, 2009) Tech Mahindra open offer for Satyam from June 12 (April 23, 2009) ‘Satyam to continue as independent entity’ (April 21, 2009) Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems for $7.4 b (April 21, 2009) Why the discount on the Satyam stock? (April 19, 2009) Karnik sees no merit in ICAI poser on Satyam stake sale timing (April 17, 2009) Satyam: Broking firms divided on Tech Mahindra’s wisdom (April 16, 2009) Satyam board moves CLB for stake sale to Tech Mahindra (April 16, 2009) BT backs Tech Mahindra (April 15, 2009) Tech Mahindra to form Integration Team (April 15, 2009) Tech Mahindra bags Satyam, top bidder at Rs 58 a share (April 14, 2009) It’s a steal: Hinduja CFO (April 14, 2009) Why the wide divergence in Satyam bid prices (April 14, 2009) ‘Challenge is to instil confidence in clients’ (April 14, 2009) Perspective on deal value (April 14, 2009) Resurrection of Satyam (April 14, 2009) Tech Mahindra, Satyam, L&T jump on deal day (April 14, 2009) Relief for L&T investors (April 14, 2009) Reasonable price, but business concerns remain (April 14, 2009) Satyam: Govt heaves a sigh of relief (April 14, 2009) Praise from the drop-outs (April 14, 2009) Why L&T could not bid higher for Satyam (April 14, 2009) Challenges before Tech Mahindra (April 14, 2009) Satyam board has right to reject low-priced bids (April 13, 2009) Main suitors for Satyam… but will there be a dark horse? (April 13, 2009) Satyam winner may be named on April 13 (April 05, 2009) Bidders urge Satyam to push submission deadline (April 04, 2009) Is WL Ross front-ending for Cognizant? (April 04, 2009) Satyam is cash surplus again (April 03, 2009) Satyam board for open auction (April 03, 2009) Satyam to seek tech, financial bids in April second week (April 02, 2009) Bidders given full access to liabilities, litigations of Satyam (April 01, 2009) Aditya Birla Nuvo sets PSI Data exit price at Rs 60/share (March 28, 2009) Spice Group pulls out of Satyam bidding process (March 28, 2009) Acquisitions still on Hinduja Global’s radar (March 27, 2009) Spice Group may opt out of Satyam bid (March 26, 2009) Spice Group voices concern over bidding process (March 25, 2009) Satyam sets more conditions for winner (March 25, 2009) Financial bids for Satyam likely by April 9 (March 24, 2009) Why iGATE opted out of Satyam rink (March 23, 2009) List of 5 final bidders for Satyam likely by March 25 (March 22, 2009) L&T, Spice Corp, Tech Mahindra in race for Satyam (March 21, 2009) Satyam board to discuss EoIs today (March 20, 2009) Russian Govt may pick up 20% stake in Sistema Shyam (March 19, 2009) Marginal respite to Unitech from phase-I of Telenor deal (March 18, 2009) More stake for Telenor in Unitech Wireless at no extra cost (March 18, 2009) American Tower to buy Xcel Telecom (March 18, 2009) ‘Only 10-11 serious contenders seen bidding for Satyam’ (March 15, 2009) Spice Corp, L&T get ready with expert teams (March 14, 2009) Satyam gets over 100 applications (March 14, 2009) Three in race for Satyam stake (March 13, 2009) Satyam staff worried as bidding process begins (March 12, 2009) Satyam fixes March 20 as deadline for suitors (March 10, 2009) Selling Satyam (March 09, 2009) Infosys eyeing acquisitions in Germany, France, Japan (March 08, 2009) Satyam to call for global bids (March 07, 2009) ‘Bidding norms in 15 days’ (March 04, 2009) Essar arm to buy US-based ICT Group for $132 m (March 03, 2009) International companies can also bid for Satyam: Gupta (March 02, 2009) Bidders wary of Satyam’s financial health, clientele (March 02, 2009) L&T appoints investment bankers for Satyam (February 28, 2009) Won’t sell Satyam stake: L&T (February 26, 2009) Satyam sets timeline at 2 months (February 26, 2009) Guidelines for preferential share issues relaxed (February 25, 2009) Satyam suitors may not get full client-specific information (February 25, 2009) ‘Some clarity on Satyam sale process by week-end’ (February 24, 2009) L&T studying Company Law Board order on Satyam (February 21, 2009) L&T touches year low (February 21, 2009) Bharti raises stake in Hexacom (February 21, 2009) Norm for an exception (February 19, 2009) Satyam: Buyout action by month-end (February 18, 2009) Nu Tek firms up 2 overseas acquisitions (February 15, 2009) E-auction will give Satyam needed liquidity: B.K. Modi (February 14, 2009) Highest bid may be benchmark for Satyam open offer price (February 04, 2009) SEBI to ease takeover rules; more time to fix IPO price (February 03, 2009) Spice Group buys Cellucom’s Indian arm (February 03, 2009) Spice prefers pref issue route to acquire Satyam (January 31, 2009) L&T: Exposure to Satyam not subject to mark-to-market accounting (January 31, 2009) Spice Comm rise puzzles marketmen (January 31, 2009) Take Solutions, Four Soft merger plan off (January 31, 2009) Telenor to fund Unitech stake buy via cash, debt (January 28, 2009) L&T sees significant value in Satyam (January 28, 2009) Riverbed Tech buys US co Mazu Networks (January 27, 2009) Satyam jumps 69% on takeover hopes (January 26, 2009) India Inc intrigued by L&T stake hike in Satyam (January 25, 2009) L&T raises stake in Satyam to 12% in 2 bulk deals (January 24, 2009) iGate eyes taking over parts of Satyam (January 23, 2009) Genpact, Quatrro ‘interested’ in parts of Satyam biz (January 22, 2009) Chennai-based co picks up stake in Swan Telecom (January 21, 2009) Suitors queue up for Satyam (January 21, 2009) Tata Comm hikes Neotel stake to 56% (January 20, 2009) Satyam still has many buyers as it plunges to a new low (January 10, 2009) Merger buzz keeps Satyam, Tech Mahindra scrips ticking (January 07, 2009) ‘Tower’ing merger (January 06, 2009) Tata Tele merges tower biz with Quippo (January 06, 2009) Nahata, Dhoot bury the hatchet over Datacom (January 02, 2009) TCS pays $512 m for Citigroup’s BPO arm (January 01, 2009) A load of trouble (July 19, 2009) The growth potion (April 05, 2009) GVK keen to hike stake in Bangalore, Mumbai airport cos (November 21, 2009) SEBI rejects Bharati bid for management control (November 20, 2009) GVK Power to buy Zurich’s 12% stake in Bangalore Airport co (November 06, 2009) Bharati Shipyard hikes stake in Great Offshore (October 10, 2009) Why the race to bag Great Offshore? (September 21, 2009) Bharati Shipyard price, volume shoot up (August 20, 2009) Battle for Great Offshore (August 17, 2009) ABG Shipyard hikes stake in Great Offshore, raises open offer price (July 30, 2009) Changi Airports picks up 26% stake in Aerotropolis project (July 17, 2009) Open offer for Great Offshore: The race for controlling stake (July 13, 2009) ABG likely to revise Great Offshore offer price (July 12, 2009) Bharati Shipyard, ABG battle for Great Offshore (June 24, 2009) National Aviation Co plans to recast key committees (May 21, 2009) Sahara India takes Jet Airways to court again (April 01, 2009) Premji Invest, ICICI Venture object to Subhiksha merger with Blue Green (February 18, 2009) BSE picks up 15% stake in United Stock Exchange (August 08, 2009) United Stock Exchange buys 10% in IMCE (May 28, 2009) M&A deals stuck in ‘valuation’ stage (April 14, 2009) UTI ‘not averse’ to acquisitions (February 14, 2009) HDFC picks up 41% in Credila Financial (November 14, 2009) State Bank of Indore merger with SBI by March (November 13, 2009) SBI told to stop buyouts within group (November 07, 2009) Second round of mergers of RRBs likely (October 30, 2009) PNB plans picking up controlling stake in Kazakh bank (October 11, 2009) Bank mergers back in play (October 07, 2009) Mid-size banks told to consider consolidation (September 30, 2009) Federal Bank begins due diligence of CSB (September 23, 2009) Prizm buys Reliance Money's POS (September 22, 2009) B.K. Modi co acquires 51% stake in Wall Street Finance (September 09, 2009) M&A norms for insurance sector soon: IRDA chief (July 25, 2009) State Bank of Indore merger on course (July 14, 2009) SBI’s consolidation proposal hits union hurdle (July 04, 2009) ‘Associates’ response matters more than size’ (June 20, 2009) State Bank of Indore to be merged with SBI (June 20, 2009) LIC seeks nod to raise stake in public sector banks beyond 10% (June 19, 2009) Federal Bank, Catholic Syrian merger likely in a month (June 17, 2009) SBI gears up for consolidation, awaits govt green signal (June 15, 2009) Chakrabarty: Time not ripe for consolidation (June 14, 2009) Consolidating banks (June 13, 2009) Pranab sees merit in bank consolidation for stability (June 11, 2009) Will BNP Paribas takeover of Fortis impact here? (May 01, 2009) IOB eyes Rs 10,000 cr biz from Pune with Suvarna Bank in fold (April 08, 2009) Scouting for M&As in Europe (October 19, 2009) Dual listing truths (September 19, 2009) Satyam: Unfinished work (April 17, 2009) Moral hazard in Satyam resurrection (April 15, 2009) Due diligence in overseas acquisitions (March 12, 2009) Why the hurry to marry Satyam off? (February 23, 2009) Rossell Tea posts two-fold rise in profit (August 04, 2009) Nagarjuna Const Q1 turnover up marginally (July 31, 2009) 7 steps to synergise M&A success (July 16, 2009) Employees of SBI associates say no to consolidation (June 13, 2009) More cos expected to tap market: ICICI (June 08, 2009) Does Bharti-MTN deal signal a recovery? (May 28, 2009) Assessing impairment loss (May 14, 2009) Saraswat Co-op Bank plans to acquire Anyonya Co-op (May 06, 2009) ‘It is a tribute to Team Satyam & their capability’ (April 18, 2009) Uncertainty ends for Satyam staffers (April 14, 2009) Industry lauds swift action (April 14, 2009) Add DA edge to financial metrics (March 05, 2009)
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