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It has been confirmed that food-giant Nestlé is to sell a 52% stake in eye-care group Alcon to Switzerland's Novartis for US$28.1bn. The move is the second-stage of a two part deal...
2010-01-06Finance
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...
2008-11-06Finance
A sweetened US$2.6bn bid by pharmaceutical multinational Sanofi-Aventis has seen it successfully acquire Czech generics firm Zentiva, three months after its original offer was rejected...
2008-09-24Finance
So far this year, 25 airlines have collapsed and airline M&A has totalled US$13.3bn, according to Dealogic. Both numbers look set to increase with the US$3.1bn potential merger...
2008-08-07Finance
At TUI's annual meeting held on April 18, the German tourism and shipping company confirmed its plans to separate its shipping division, Hapag-Lloyd. The company plans to seek potential...
2008-04-25Finance
KAMAZ, Russia's largest truck maker, has plans to make a major share issue. Although, no firm details have been announced to date, it has been reported that the manufacturer may sell...
2008-04-07Finance
Italcementi Group has agreed to sell its Turkish Assets to Russian cement maker Sibirskiy. Italcementi's French Unit Ciments Français will sell Set Group, its Turkish unit for EUR600mn...
2008-04-07
