M&A News

There are those energy companies that will struggle through the current crisis, those that won't make it and those that will benefit - Hunting is the latter. Hunting announced on... 2008-12-17

Deutsche Lufthansa announced on December 5 that it has agreed a deal which will make it Europe's largest airline. Lufthansa is taking advantage of Europe's floundering airline industry... 2008-12-10

The announcement by London-listed insurer Old Mutual that it has terminated the sale process of its South African subsidiary Mutual & Federal (M&F) underlines how UK market... 2008-12-03

Polish private equity and venture capital firm Enterprise Investors (EI)has purchased a 42.45% share in beverage major Kofola-Hoop for EUR132mn (US$170mn), in what is reportedly the... 2008-12-01

Global banking giant Rothschild and the Netherland's Rabobank have entered into a global food and agribusiness co-operation agreement, which indicates the two firms belief that demand... 2008-11-26

UK-based Premier Foods has revealed that it would consider selling some of its non-core businesses as it looks to pay down the massive debts it built up through a series of acquisitions... 2008-11-20

Monterrey-based Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker, announced on November 7 that it plans to sell its Canary Islands operations to Spanish investment firm Cimpor Inversiones.... 2008-11-13

France's Lafarge, the world's largest cement maker, announced on November 4 that it is selling its operations in Italy to Sacci. The Rome-based family owned company will pay EUR290mn... 2008-11-06

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has confirmed that its international arm ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) is interested in acquiring a stake in Kazakhstan's MangistauMunaiGaz... 2008-10-10

Hungary's MOL has acquired a further 21.7% stake in Croatia's INA, raising its holding in the company to 46.7%. The company may still gain a majority stake as a result of the current... 2008-10-09