Tag: Merger
Abu Dhabi: $125bln fund created in merger
Abu Dhabi's government on Saturday merged two of its top investment funds, Mubadala Development and International Petroleum Investment, to strengthen their financial clout in...
EU: LSE confident French will allow its merger
The London Stock Exchange and  are increasingly confident French authorities will not try to disrupt their proposed tie-up, as doing so would derail any French...
US: British American Tobacco to buy Reynolds American for $48B
British American Tobacco has agreed a $49.4bn (£40bn) deal to take control of US rival Reynolds, creating the world's largest listed tobacco firm.
The UK...
EU: Essilor to buy Ray-Ban maker Luxottica for about $24 billion
French lensmaker Essilor International agreed to buy Luxottica Group, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, for about 22.8 billion euros in stock, combining the largest...
Canada: Billionaire behind planned Endeavour-Acacia merger
Naguib Sawiris, the Egyptian billionaire who made his fortune building a telecoms empire extending from Algeria to Pakistan, is behind a deal to create...
UK: CMA clears VTech/LeapFrog merger
The companies are 2 of the leading suppliers of learning toys, child tablets and content in the UK. An in-depth investigation by a group...
Germany: Regulator investigates pre-merger trading in Linde shares
Germany's financial and markets regulator BaFin said it had begun a formal investigation into suspected insider trading in Linde shares in the run-up to...
China: Merger and acquisition boom to continue this year, says PwC
The record level of China merger and acquisition (M&A) activity seen in 2016 was not an isolated spike according to Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC), but...
US: FCC okays Nexstar-Media general $4.6 billion merger
The FCC's Media Bureau has approved the Nexstar-Media General merger. That came in an order published on the FCC website Wednesday.
Both broadcasters had asked...
Brazil: IBG eyes Praxair-Linde assets amid merger
Indústria Brasileira de Gases a may bid for assets of proposed merger partners Praxair and Linde AG should Brazilian antitrust watchdog CADE force them...
