World news about “Mergers and acquisitions” published by euronews.
Beanz meanz Buffett In a surprise purchase ketchup and baby food maker Heinz is being bought by billionaire Warren Buffett’s investment group, together with private equity firm… 14/02/2013
Fly the merging skies The consolidation in the skies continues with the merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group. That will create the world’s biggest airline in terms of… 14/02/2013
Flying the merging skies The consolidation in the skies continues with the merger of American Airlines and US Airways Group. That will create the world’s biggest airline in terms of… 14/02/2013
HSBC sells Chinese insurer stake HSBC is selling its stake in China’s Ping An Insurance for 7.2 billion euros. The buyer is CP group, a conglomerate controlled by Thailand’s richest man… 05/12/2012
Glencore-Xstrata tie-up in final stage One of the biggest takeovers in mining history is on the verge of going through after nine months of on-off negotiations. Shareholders in the commodities… 20/11/2012
Swiss miners finally agree on merger Swiss mining company Xstrata has finally agreed to sell out to its local rival Glencore, digging its heels in for an improved 25.6 billion euro offer. However… 01/10/2012
Lagardere threatens to veto EADS/BAE deal Major EADS shareholder Lagardere says BAE ‘s terms for the merger of the two companies are unsatisfactory, and says EADS must show how the deal will add… 01/10/2012
Secrets could be EADS/BAE deal-breaker America’s defence industries have not taken long to respond to the proposed EADS/BAE merger, via a former US undersecretary of commerce who warned they would… 17/09/2012
Glencore digs deeper for Xstrata Swiss commodities trader Glencore raised its offer for miner Xstrata on the day of a deadline for it getting the go ahead. The last minute sweetener is an… 07/09/2012
Qantas hopes for turnaround with Emirates alliance Australia’s struggling Qantas Airways has agreed to a 10-year alliance with Dubai’s Emirates, a key step in efforts to turn around its loss-making… 06/09/2012
Porsche Volkswagen tie-up completed Germany’s Volkswagen and Porsche have completed their long-awaited tie-up. That came one day after Porsche posted a six-month profit of 1.15 billion euros… 01/08/2012
VW, Porsche shares gain on tie-up plans Volkswagen’s shares jumped on Thursday following its agreement to buy the remaining half of Porsche. The sports car maker’s shares also rose. Completing… 05/07/2012
Microsoft writes off ad agency billions Microsoft has admitted an online advertising agency it bought five years ago is – in essence – worthless. It will write off the value of the company… 03/07/2012
remlin to take on four horsemen of AAR? A quartet of Russian billionaires and the Kremlin may soon fight it out over BP’s 50 percent share in the country’s third-largest oil producer TNK-BP. BP is… 04/06/2012
Yahoo cashes in Chinese stake Yahoo is selling half of its 40% stake in the dominant Chinese e-retailer Alibaba back to its founder, Jack Ma, for just over five and a half billion euros… 21/05/2012
Lada love affair as Renault delves deeper into Russia To Russia, with love, of its fast-growing sales -Renault-Nissan is taking control of Russia’s largest car firm AvtoVAZ – maker of the Lada. In a preliminary… 03/05/2012
Telecoms turmoil in France France Telecom suffered an 8.1 percent fall in operating profit and sales slipped in the first quarter of the year. It, and the other established French… 03/05/2012
Nestle wins pricey baby food battle Swiss group Nestle is to buy US drugmaker Pfizer’s baby food business. The world’s biggest food company will have to pay more than it had expected – just… 23/04/2012
Peugeot ‘considering production deal’ with GM PSA Peugeot Citroen is reportedly talking to General Motors about a broad manufacturing alliance. The idea is to reduce their losses in Europe and lower… 22/02/2012
Some shareholders baulk at Glencore-Xstrata merger No sooner was the biggest ever merger in the mining sector announced than it met opposition. Miner Xstrata is to be taken over by commodities trader… 07/02/2012
Can you dig it? Xstrata Glencore merger talks Mining group Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore have confirmed they are in merger talks. The all-share deal between the two Swiss-based companies would… 02/02/2012
Deutsche-NYSE: not going to happen Competition regulators in Brussels have blocked the merger that would have created the world’s biggest stock and derivatives exchange. Deutsche Boerse and… 01/02/2012
Thyssen and Outokumpu talk stainless tie-up Germany’s ThyssenKrupp and Finland’s Outokumpu are in talks over a possible merger of their stainless steel businesses. It would be a long-expected… 23/01/2012
Stock markets merger looks doomed despite lobbying The merger of Germany’s Deutsche Boerse and the US-European stock exchanges NYSE Euronext looks set to be blocked. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin… 18/01/2012
Investors unhappy with BAE/EADS merger planEADS, the parent company of Airbus, and Britain’s BAE Systems have confirmed that they have been in talks since June about a merger. That would create an… 13/09/2012
