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Footwear retailer Kurt Geiger acquired by Cinven from Sycamore Partners
Deal is in line with Sycamore's strategy of splitting Jones Group.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 14, 2015
Alibaba to acquire South China Morning Post to deepen its media reach
Apart from the newspaper, Alibaba said it will acquire other media assets of the SCMP Group.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 12, 2015
Reimann family's JAB Holding acquires Keurig Green Mountain for $13.9bn
The deal will enable JAB Holding to take on Nestlé's high-margin Nespresso brand directly.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 08, 2015
Jaguar Land Rover could purchase British Formula One circuit Silverstone
JLR could relocate major parts of its business to Silverstone if the deal were to go through.
Kedar Grandhi Dec 03, 2015
Australia: Hastings-led consortium wins TransGrid auction for A$10.3bn
The consortium beat rival bidders such as State Grid of China and Canadian and Australian pension funds.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 25, 2015
BBVA enters Britain with £45m Atom deal
Spanish bank emerges largest shareholder in digital-only lender and gains two board seats.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 24, 2015
Pfizer-Allergan close to announcing $150bn deal creating world's biggest pharma company
The market capitalisation of the combined company would exceed $300bn.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 23, 2015
Google acquires bebop to boost cloud business and compete with Amazon and Microsoft
Bebop founder Diane Greene will now head all of Google's cloud businesses.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 20, 2015
French industrial gases company Air Liquide to acquire its US peer Airgas for $10.3bn
The deal requires the French company to pay Airgas shareholders $143 a share.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 18, 2015
Ebury raises $83m from Vitruvian Partners and 83North
Fintech start-up that provides a variety of online services to smaller businesses has raised over $110m.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 18, 2015
Angie's List receives $512m acquisition offer from billionaire Barry Diller's IAC
IAC's all-cash proposal to acquire Angie's List translates to $8.75 per share.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 12, 2015
Weyerhaeuser to buy Plum Creek creating a $23bn timberland giant
Plum Creek's shareholders will receive 1.6 shares of Weyerhaeuser for every share they own.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 09, 2015
Alibaba to acquire all of Youku Tudou for $3.7bn
'China's YouTube' will give ecommerce giant a share of the online video market in world's most populous nation.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 07, 2015
Singapore Airlines offers to buy entire stake of Tiger Airways
Deal will allow Singapore Airlines to coordinate operations of Tiger and Scoot.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 07, 2015
London-listed Shire to acquire American biotech company Dyax for $5.9bn
Shire earlier acquired NPS pharmaceuticals and an eyecare treatment business.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 03, 2015
Candy Crush's King Digital to be acquired by Activision for $5.9bn
Combined entity will have games such as Candy Crush Saga, Call of Duty and Diablo Destiny.
Kedar Grandhi Nov 03, 2015
BAE Systems to buy 20% stake in Reaction Engines
Investment will give company a foothold in emerging low-cost space launch and high-speed commercial flights
Kedar Grandhi Nov 02, 2015
KeyCorp to buy First Niagara for $4.1bn to create 13th largest US bank
The combined company would have about $99.8bn in deposits, $83.6bn in loans and 1,366 branches.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 31, 2015
GE Money Bank's French arm receives bids from CVC Capital, Cerberus and JC Flowers
Sale of Money Bank is part of GE's strategy to focus on its core business of manufacturing.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 31, 2015
Visa close to buying its European sister firm for about $22bn
This deal may be announced as early as 5 November, when Visa releases its quarterly results.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 30, 2015
Hyatt in advanced talks to acquire Starwood Hotels
If Hyatt Hotels were to acquire Starwood Hotels, it would add brands such as the Sheraton, St Regis and W to its portfolio.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 29, 2015
Pfizer in talks to acquire Allergan and create world's largest pharmaceutical company
A deal with Ireland-based Allergan would bring tax advantages to US-based maker of Viagra.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 29, 2015
Trinity Mirror: Publisher of Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror to acquire rival Local World
Trinity, which owned 20% stake in Local World, will pay £154.4m in cash for the remaining shares.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 28, 2015
Walgreens to acquire Rite Aid for $17.2bn; new portfolio to have 12,793 pharmacies
The deal will help Walgreens strengthen its leverage with suppliers and pharmacy benefit managers and enable it to save more than $1bn.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 28, 2015
Sony eyes Toshiba's sensor business to strengthen its smartphone camera components business
Toshiba intends to sell its image sensor manufacturing plant in Japan as part of its restructuring.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 24, 2015
Kellogg in advanced talks to acquire snack-maker Diamond Foods
Acquisition will give Kellogg Kettle potato chips and Emerald nuts brands.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 24, 2015
John Malone's Liberty Global in talks to acquire London-listed CWC for about £3.7bn
Combined entity expected to enable CWC to take on Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim and Spain's Telefonica.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 23, 2015
Hamleys to be acquired by Hong Kong-listed footwear retailer C.banner
In 2012, it was reported that French toy retailer Groupe Ludendo had purchased Hamleys for about £60m.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 23, 2015
Western Digital announces acquisition of SanDisk for about $19bn
This deal values SanDisk's common stock at $86.50 a share.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 22, 2015
ITV in £100m deal to buy TV business of Northern Irish network partner UTV
The deal will give ITV access to 13 of the 15 Channel 3 licences in Scotland.
Kedar Grandhi Oct 20, 2015
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