M&A Analysis
Australia
Australia's Arrow Energy has said that it has received an AUD3.7bn (US$3.4bn) offer from a vehicle jointly owned by Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell and state-run PetroChina....
2010-03-10It is does not take much imagination to figure this one out: UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson's call to review UK takeover law is clearly a political ploy in the run up to the...
2010-03-05India
India's high-growth telecoms market is continuing to be a global hotspot for M&A activity. While the focus for some time has been on the number of new entrants into the market...
2010-03-01The latest soundbites from China suggest that Beijing is getting serious about diversifying into gold. Just as TICs data have just shown that China sold over US$34bn Treasuries in...
2010-02-26China
What a busy couple of weeks it has been for African telecoms. It seems India is not the only BRIC nation interested in taking a gamble on the long-term potential of the underdeveloped...
2010-02-22India
India's Reliance Industries has made an increased offer of US$14.5bn for bankrupt petrochemicals giant LyondellBasell, according to a Bloomberg report on February 22 citing two people...
2010-02-22Bharti Airtel just cannot get it right when it comes to its African expansion. First, India's largest mobile operator bids twice for South Africa's MTN, only to see its plans rejected...
2010-02-16India
Indian firms look set to embark upon a spending spree in 2010 thanks to their success in tapping the nation's stock market last year, which rallied 81% over the twelve-month period....
2010-02-16
