The British government on Thursday made a final order to conditionally approve the proposed merger between Vodafone’s UK operation and Hutchison’s Three UK, following a detailed national security assessment...
Spanish bank Sabadell rejects $12.9 bln BBVA merger proposal
Sabadell’s board rejected a merger proposal by larger rival BBVA for a 12 billion euro ($12.93 billion) all-share merger, the Spanish lender said on Monday. The country’s fourth-largest lender by market...
Raymond’s board approves demerger of engineering biz for its foray into aerospace, defence, EV
The boards of various businesses of Raymond have given their nod for demerger of their engineering business to enable the company’s and newly acquired Maini Precision Product’s foray into certain sunrise...
DoJ seeks more details from US Steel, Nippon Steel on proposed merger
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking more details and documentary materials as part of an antitrust review of Nippon Steel’s proposed $15 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, the American firm said on Thursday...
US lawmaker probes FTC work with Europe to block Amazon iRobot merger
The chair of the House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday he is investigating the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) work with the European Commission in the collapse of Amazon.com’s plan to acquire iRobot...
Tatas to speed up Air India-Vistara merger
Tata Sons is rushing to complete the integration of Air India and Vistara and operate as a single airline by the end of this year, people familiar with the matter said. They added that both the airlines have approached...
Apollo Hospitals share price falls 8% post stake sale and Keimed merger
Shares of Apollo Hospitals on Monday fell up to 8% to the day’s low at Rs 5,738 on BSE after the company’s subsidiary Apollo HealthCo (AHL) agreed to sell a 16.8% stake for Rs 2,475 core ($300mn) to Advent...
Vedanta demerger likely to get nod from lenders by May end
Key lenders are likely to give their approval for the revenue stream-wise demerger of Vedanta by the end of May, a senior executive at the natural resources conglomerate told ET. “Right now, the file is with Sebi...
Axiata, Sinar Mas closer to $3.5 bln telco merger in Indonesia, Bloomberg says
Malaysian conglomerate Axiata Group and Indonesian group PT Sinar Mas are going ahead with plans to merge their telecom operations in Indonesia to create a $3.5 billion entity, Bloomberg News reported, citing people...
Bunge-Viterra agriculture merger runs into Canada competition concerns
Canada’s Competition Bureau on Tuesday said it found major competition concerns around U.S. grains merchant Bunge’s proposed acquisition of Glencore-backed Viterra, throwing an obstacle before a global...
Bunge-Viterra agriculture merger runs into Canada competition concerns
Canada’s Competition Bureau on Tuesday said it found major competition concerns around U.S. grains merchant Bunge’s proposed acquisition of Glencore-backed Viterra, throwing an obstacle before a global...
US sues to block merger of Coach and Michael Kors handbag makers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued to block Coach parent Tapestry’s $8.5 billion deal to buy Michael Kors owner Capri, saying it would eliminate “direct head-to-head competition” between...