Israel

BMI's view of consolidation in the box shipping sector is gathering momentum, with Israel's Zim Integrated Shipping Services (Zim) the latest line to announce that it is considering... 2011-11-25

CFW View: Teva Pharmaceutical Industries continues to favour inorganic growth from mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over in-house research and development (R&D). However, large... 2011-05-03

BMI View: Drugmakers who have moved into emerging markets more slowly than many of their competitors will look to mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures (JVs) with established distributors... 2011-03-28

Israeli fixed-line and broadband operator 013 NetVision agreed to enter into discussions with mobile network operator Cellcom regarding a proposed NIS1.5bn (US$421mn) takeover offer.... 2011-03-22

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries continues to favour inorganic growth from M&A over in-house research and development (R&D). However, large debts from acquisitions, below consensus... 2010-11-08

As part of the general rebound in venture capital companies selling on or floating their protegés, CFW anticipates a bright 2011 for tech start-up IPOs and acquisitions. Eight out... 2010-10-29

Following 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.... 2009-10-14

To 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... 2009-07-28

Seemingly still hungry for acquisitions, Israeli generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical has announced that biotechnology firms are likely targets, in line with its growth strategy... 2009-06-19

The buyout of Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks by a consortium of private investors ran into trouble on August 25 when the buyers refused to close the deal. Terms of the deal... 2008-08-27