M&A Analysis
There was a time when invitations from Libya's Colonel Ghadafi were discreetly declined, but emerging market investors are now increasingly drawn towards Libya, which Templeton Asset...
2010-02-22Uganda
SABMiller has acquired Uganda's market leading bottler water manufacturer Rwenzori Bottled Water Limited as part of a wider group strategy to strengthen its non-alcoholic portfolio...
2010-02-17Italy's Eni, Occidental Petroleum and Korea Gas have just signed a deal to develop the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq, in a 20-year contract which involves US$20bn in investment....
2010-01-26Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest....
2009-10-14To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger...
2009-07-28Morocco
Maroc Telecom, the Moroccan incumbent and 53% owned by French multimedia group Vivendi, has agreed to the acquisition of a 51% stake in Mali's national telecommunications operator...
2009-07-13Egypt
Multinational drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has strengthened its position in the Middle East by purchasing the Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) branded generics business in selected countries...
2009-07-06United Arab Emirates
In a long-overdue move toward reorganization in Dubai's swollen property market, the Middle East's largest real estate company Emaar Properties has said that it will merge with three...
2009-06-30
