Texas firms took a breather and said “time out” on M&A activity. "Texas followed the nation in taking a breather from M&A activity in the first half of the year," said Chad Watt.

McGraw-Hill Education acquired minority ownership share in Tata McGraw-Hill Education Private Limited originally held by two Tata charitable trusts.

HomeAway entered Asia-Pacific via Travelmob acquisition. HomeAway has acquired a majority stake of 63% Travelmob, a Singapore-based startup. This acquisition allowed the vacation rental site to enter the Asia-Pacific region and compete directly with Airbnb.

Minco acquired Buchans Minerals. Minco, a mining company, announced the completion of its acquisition of Buchans Minerals. The acquisition was first announced last April 30.

InternetQ acquired Atlas Interactive Deutschland. InternetQ announced that it has completed its acquisition of Atlas Interactive Deutschland GmbH for GBP5 million.

Abbott Laboratories is set to acquire all of IDEV Technologies' outstanding equity shares for US $30 million.

Tiger Bay's acquisition of Gramercy Park creates a 'superfirm' in the industry of asset management.

Cipla acquired Cipla Medpro South Africa. Cipla Medpro South Africa was delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange as of July 16, 2013. This was after Cipla completed its acquisition of the company for US$512 million.

Rumors of bidding war for Invensys abound. Rumors of a possible bidding war for the acquisition of Invensys Operations Management abound. This followed the announcement of Schneider Electric of its bid of about US$5 billion for Invensys.

Source BioScience was reported to place an offer for Vindon. The board of Vindon has confirmed that talks with the board of Source BioScience are at an advanced stage.