Tags: Mergers & acquisitions

Japan Mergers Hit Lowest in Nine Years while Yen Unstable

Japanese mergers affected by volatile yen. Japan has hit the lowest number of deals since 2004. The number of mergers in the first two quarters of 2013 was 997 with a total valuation of US$45.


BTG Makes Two Acquisitions in Interventional Medicine

BTG is set to make two acquisitions to create interventional medicine business. (Photo : Reuters)Medical bills are culprit of more than 60 percent of U.

MISC Bhd Receives Higher Bid from Petronas

Petronas, whose real business name is Petroliam Nasional Bhd, offered higher price to buyout shipping company.

Randstad Acquires Some of USG People's Operations in Europe

Randstad and USG People reached a deal in which the former will buy some of the latter's European operations for 20 million euros.


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Ireland’s Takeover Panel is urging United State's Royalty Pharma to firm offer for Irish drugmaker Elan by May 10.
Valeant increases its offer to acquire Obagi after Merz Pharma tops its previous offer last month. Cosmetics products maker Obagi Medical Products Inc.
MetroPCS is urging its shareholders to approve its merger with Deutsche Telekom AG's unit T-Mobile USA Inc. amid criticisms.
Toronto-based Dominion Diamond Corp. said regulators have approved its plan to buy BHP Billiton's Ekati diamond operations in Northwest Territories, Canada.
The proposed merger of MetroPCS Communications and T-Mobile owned by Deutsche Telekom AG appears to have more critics and oppositions in a bid to force Deutsche to offer sweet deal.
NEC Corp. says it is planning to sell its its troubled mobile phone unit to personal computer venture partner Lenovo Group Ltd.as it continues to faces challenge from larger firms Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Apple Inc.
Amazon.com Inc., world's biggest online retailer, is making a deal to buy Goodreads, a book recommendations site, as it starts into bookselling.
Glass Lewis follows ISS recommendation that MetroPCS Shareholders should vote against merger with Deutche Telekom AG's U.S. business unit T-Mobile USA.
NeoPhotonics said that it had closed its acquisition of the LAPIS Semiconductor's semiconductor optional components business unit, which operates as the former's Japanese subsidiary.
TNT Express has decided to sell its its Hoau domestic road operations in China to private equity funds following UPS back-out.
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