M&A News
One of Kuwait's leading commercial banks, Burgan Bank, announced on May 12 that it had agreed to buy the holdings of Bahrain-based United Gulf Bank in four countries across the Middle...
2008-05-12United States
US big-box retailer Best Buy is making a foray into Europe. The company agreed on May 7 to buy half of UK mobile phone and telecom company Carphone Warehouse's retail business,...
2008-05-09United States
German telecoms incumbent Deutsche Telekom is reported to be considering a bid for troubled US mobile operator Sprint Nextel, following rumours that the Nextel unit of the company...
2008-05-07Australia
The battle for the Australian insurance market continues as QBE extends its bid for rival Insurance Australia. The bid faces opposition from the latter's board and QBE could thus...
2008-05-07Canada
Calgary, Canada-based Agrium, the world's fourth-largest fertiliser producer, has completed the acquisition of UAP Holding Corp after agreeing to the US Federal Trade Commission's...
2008-05-07Canada
Citigroup and State Street Corp have agreed to sell their joint venture CitiStreet to Dutch Bank ING for US$900mn. CitiStreet, based in Quincy, Massachusetts, is a benefits recordkeeping...
2008-05-07Australia
BG Group, a UK oil and gas exploration group, has bid AUD14.70 (US$13.84) per share for Australia's Origin Energy. The April 29 bid values Origin, Australia's second-largest electricity...
2008-05-02Brazil
The largest steel-maker in the Americas, Gerdau Group, has entered into a strategic alliance with Corporación Centroamericana del Acero (CCA) in Central America. In the deal announced...
2008-05-02
