French IT company Atos said on Friday it signed a binding agreement to sell its Latin American operations to Brazilian tech company Semantix as part of a broad restructuring plan. The business to be sold employs...
Hillhouse joins Temasek in race for up to 6% stake in Quest Global
Asia-focused private equity firm Hillhouse Investment Management has entered the race to acquire about 6% of Quest Global, the Singapore-headquartered engineering services outsourcing company, at an estimated valuation...
Bharti Enterprises-Warburg to plug into Haier’s India arm
Bharti Enterprises and Warburg Pincus will together buy 49% of Chinese consumer electronics maker Haier’s India arm, the culmination of more than a year of negotiations, as the company steps up to challenge the...
BP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
BP has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants business to U.S. investment firm Stonepeak for about $6 billion, a significant step in the oil major’s $20 billion divestment plan aimed at cutting debt and...
JK Tyre completes Cavendish Industries merger, boosting capacity and product portfolio
JK Tyre & Industries on Tuesday announced the completion of the merger of Cavendish Industries Ltd. (Cavendish), its subsidiary, with JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. Cavendish was acquired by JK Tyre in 2016 from...
CCI okays Blackstone’s proposal to acquire 9.99 pc stake in Federal Bank
Fair trade regulator CCI on Tuesday cleared US-based Blackstone’s proposal to acquire 9.99 per cent stake through warrants in private sector lender Federal Bank. Private equity firm Blackstone is acquiring a stake...
Aurobindo arm to acquire additional 20% stake in JV firm
Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday said that it will pick up an additional 20 per cent stake in its China-based joint venture for USD 5.12 million. Helix Healthcare BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has entered...
ServiceNow to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion
ServiceNow has agreed to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday, as the enterprise software maker looks to attract new customers amid growing risks of cyberattacks...
Tata Steel plan to buy BlueScope gets CCI nod
The Competition Commission of India said Tuesday it has approved Tata Steel Ltd’s proposed acquisition of sole control in Tata BlueScope Steel Pvt Ltd by purchasing the remaining 50% equity shareholding currently...
HCLSoftware to acquire business intelligence platform Jaspersoft for $240 million
HCLSoftware, the software business division of IT services company HCLTech, intends to acquire Jaspersoft, the business unit of Cloud Software Group, for $240 million in cash, the company has announced. The deal is...
HCLSoftware set to buy agentic AI firm Wobby for $5.3 million
HCLSoftware, the software business division of IT services firm HCLTech, intends to acquire AI data analyst agents startup Wobby for €4.5 million (about $5.3 million) in cash, the company said on Monday. The Antwerp...
China clears Haier to dilute stake in India arm; Bharti–Warburg set to buy 49%: Sources
Chinese electronics major Haier has received the approval from the Chinese government to sell 49% stake in the wholly-owned Indian arm, Haier Appliances India, paving the way for the stake sell to Bharti Enterprises...
