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Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Barclays 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)
    Agri-Biz & Commodities
  • 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)
    Corporate
  • 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)
    eWorld
  • Fishing for small deals (November 02, 2009)
  • Acquisition — and after (March 23, 2009)
    Home Page
  • 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)
    Info-Tech
  • 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)
    Investment World
  • A load of trouble (July 19, 2009)
  • The growth potion (April 05, 2009)
    Logistics
  • 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)
    Marketing
  • Premji Invest, ICICI Venture object to Subhiksha merger with Blue Green (February 18, 2009)
    Markets
  • 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)
    Money & Banking
  • 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)
    Opinion
  • 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)
    Web Extras
  • 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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