M&A News
China
The sale of a 45% stake in media and telecoms group HKT Group Holdings, a recently formed subsidiary of PCCW has attracted significant interest from the biggest names in private equity,...
2008-07-16China
Each week brings further evidence of the extent to which high oil prices are driving corporate activity around the world, and this time it is the Chinese alternative energy sector...
2008-07-09China
Norway's Awilco Offshore and China Oilfield Services have agreed to a merger which will create the world's eighth-largest rig fleet. COSL has offered to acquire 100% of Awilco's shares...
2008-07-07Australia
Activity continues in the steel industry, as three heavyweights square off over control of the world's largest provider of pulverized coal. The Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO),...
2008-07-02India
Bangalore-headquartered global infrastructure group GMR Infrastructure has bought a 50% stake in Amsterdam-based power generation firm InterGen N.V from AIG Highstar for US$1.1bn...
2008-07-01China
New York-based fertilizer and oilseed conglomerate Bunge Ltd has agreed to pay US$4.8bn in stock for Corn Products International, in a deal that will combine two of the US's oldest...
2008-06-24Japan
In an effort to diversify and increase its presence in emerging markets, Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo has purchased a controlling stake in Indian generics firm Ranbaxy Laboratories,...
2008-06-18China
In May CFW covered the successful Hong Kong IPO of Asia Cement. Now China Shanshui Cement is planning to go public. However with a recent plunge in the Hang Seng Index (HIS) index,...
2008-06-18
