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Amazon expansion lessons: an essential M&A shopping checklist
David Cotterell, QualiTest COO & CAO provides M&A shopping tips
David Cotterell Dec 12, 2017
Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond makes City return with Panmure Gordon takeover
The new owners plan to expand Panmure's boutique investment bank base.
Kedar Grandhi Mar 17, 2017
Standard Life and Aberdeen agree £11bn merger to form largest UK asset manager
Martin Gilbert, the chief executive of Aberdeen, said the merger will result in "some job losses."
Kedar Grandhi Mar 06, 2017
Nestle, Danone and Origin Materials team up to develop 100% bio-based plastic bottles
The new plastic will be made from waste such as sawdust, farm crop residues or old cardboard instead of petroleum.
Kedar Grandhi Mar 02, 2017
SoftBank in talks to merge satellite groups OneWeb and Intelsat
The deal could be announced as early as Tuesday, 28 February.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 28, 2017
British Gas owner Centrica plans to invest £100m in tech start-ups to help households lower energy costs
Centrica Innovations will search for tech startups across Cambridge, Houston, London, Seattle and Tel Aviv.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 18, 2017
PSA gave only thin assurances on the future of Vauxhall's UK operations, Greg Clark says
Vauxhall employs 3,400 people across its UK plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 17, 2017
SoftBank Group to acquire Fortress Investment Group for about $3.3bn in cash
Each Fortress Class A shareholder will receive $8.08 per share, a 38.6% premium on 13 February's closing price.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 15, 2017
TUI Group reaches agreement to sell Travelopia to KKR for £325m
TUI's decision to sell Travelopia was announced in May 2016.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 14, 2017
London-based Cinven offers €3.5bn to takeover STADA Arzneimittel
Cinven's offer of €56 per share marks a 15% premium to STADA's closing stock price of €49.69 on 10 February.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 13, 2017
L'Oreal might sell The Body Shop as sales performance disappoints
L'Oreal had acquired the UK-based skin care company in 2006 for £652m.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 10, 2017
China M&A: Cross-border deals worth $75bn were cancelled in 2016, Baker McKenzie and Rhodium say
These cancellations were amid regulatory and foreign exchange restrictions.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 06, 2017
Reckitt Benckiser in talks to buy baby-food maker Mead Johnson Nutrition for $16.7bn
Reckitt Benckiser is said to finance the deal through a combination of cash and debt.
Kedar Grandhi Feb 02, 2017
Lloyds private equity arm LDC buys majority stake in Cheshire-based Fishawack
While the exact stake acquired by LDC is unknown, the deal is said to have valued Fishawack at £38m.
Kedar Grandhi Jan 25, 2017
UK merger and acquisition deal value may fall to $125bn in 2017 amid Brexit and weaker economic growth
The Oxford Economics and Baker McKenzie study, however, said M&A activity would rise moderately in subsequent years.
Kedar Grandhi Jan 16, 2017
Italy's Luxottica and French lens-maker Essilor to merge in €50bn deal
The merged entity would have market value of €50bn, sales of about €14bn and a 130,000 employee base.
Kedar Grandhi Jan 16, 2017
ANZ agrees to sell its 20% stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for £1.08bn
The move by the Australian bank is part of its efforts to focus on institutional banking in Asia.
Kedar Grandhi Jan 03, 2017
Australia's top grocer Woolworths to sell its chain of petrol stations to BP
Woolworths will sell to BP 527 existing fuel stations and 16 committed development sites.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 28, 2016
Radio Times owner Immediate Media to be sold to Germany's Hubert Burda for £260m - report
The potential deal will put Radio Times under foreign ownership for the first time.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 20, 2016
Canadian firm CCL to acquire UK's new £5 note maker Innovia for £680m
The purchase will be made from a consortium of UK-based PE investors managed by Smithfield Group.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 20, 2016
Liberty House and Simec announce plan to invest £120m in UK's last aluminium smelter
The additional investment would create 300 direct job opportunities and hundreds in the supply-chain.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 19, 2016
Russia to sell 19.5% stake in Rosneft to Glencore and Qatar Investment Authority for €10.2bn
The deal marks a win for Russian President Vladimir Putin as it comes at a time when the government is cash-strapped.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 08, 2016
Burberry rejects multiple takeover offers from US fashion group Coach
The two companies combined would have had a market valuation in excess of $20bn.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 05, 2016
BP to buy 10% stake in Egypt's super-giant Zohr gas field from Eni for $375m
Shorouk concession contains the Zohr field, which has an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 26, 2016
China's Ctrip agrees to acquire airfare comparison website Skyscanner for £1.4bn
The deal would be completed by end-2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 24, 2016
Lloyds leads race for Bank of America's £7bn UK credit card business – report
If the deal goes through, it would mark the British bank's first acquisition in more than seven years.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 21, 2016
Oracle to complete $9.3bn NetSuite acquisition on Monday
Oracle had in July agreed to acquire NetSuite at $109 per share in cash.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 05, 2016
Jacobs Douwe Egberts to buy Singapore's instant food and beverage firm Super Group
The deal value translates to S$1.30 per share which is a 34% premium over Super's last traded price.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 03, 2016
GE Oil & Gas could announce $30bn merger deal with Baker Hughes on 31 October
Both companies are hosting an investor webcast at 8.30am ET, most likely to announce the deal.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 31, 2016
DBS Bank to acquire wealth management and retail banking business of ANZ in five Asian markets
The markets include Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 31, 2016
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