M&A Analysis

Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has let its tender offer for US-based Casey's General Stores expire, and said that it has ended its pursuit of the firm.... 2010-10-05

The US-based specialty healthcare solutions company Endo Pharmaceuticals is to acquire the privately held generic drug firm Qualitest Pharmaceuticals. In 2009, Qualitest dispensed... 2010-10-04

Fortune 500 multinational firm Proctor & Gamble has rejected the opportunity to spin off its Pringles business to US snack maker Diamond Foods due to concerns about how the deal... 2010-09-24

Pharmacautical giant Johnson & Johnson (J & J) has announced that it is in advanced negotiations with Dutch biotech frim Crucell for an all-cash public offer of EUR24.75 (US$32.43)... 2010-09-22

India's Reliance Industries is in talks to acquire a stake in US gas producer Chesapeake Energy's Eagle Ford shale gas project in Texas, according to a September 16 Reuters report.... 2010-09-21

Pharma industry giant Pfizer is to acquire the privately-held drug discovery and clinical development company FoldRx Pharmaceuticals for an undisclosed sum. The closing of the transaction... 2010-09-08

Canadian food and retail conglomerate George Weston has purchased the US frozen bakery producer Keystone Bakeries for US$185mn. The deal comes 18 months after George Weston sold a US... 2010-09-01

US-based regional fixed-line telecommunications operator Windstream Corporation has agreed to acquire privately owned fibre network operator Q-Comm Corporation for around US$782mn.... 2010-08-24

US biotechnology company Emergent BioSolutions has signed a definitive US$98mn agreement to acquire Trubion Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company specialising in protein therapeutics.... 2010-08-18

US independent Apache is struggling to seal a deal with BP to acquire half of the British major's stake in the Prudhoe Bay field on the Alaskan North Slope. Talks between the two... 2010-07-21