M&A Analysis

It has been revealed that UK food tycoon Ranjit Boparan is considering making a bid for UK food group Northern Foods. The entrepreneur has already built a 6.6% stake in the firm through... 2010-12-24

Scandinavian dairy giant Arla Foods has revealed it is holding merger discussions with German dairy cooperative Hansa-Milch. A merger would create a firm with greater geographical scope... 2010-12-21

Telenor has announced that it has formally told VimpelCom that it does not believe the proposed acquisition of Weather Investments is in the best interests of VimpelCom shareholders... 2010-12-21

It looks like 2010 is not going to pass without a potash megadeal after all. Russian potash miners Uralkali and Silvinit are in talks about merging to create the world's second... 2010-12-20

French vegetable group Bonduelle has revealed that it is considering a bid for international vegetable brand Green Giant. The firm's CEO, Christophe Bonduelle, told French newspaper... 2010-12-17

Food retailing is big business in Poland, where the majority of people still shop at independent stores. Not really burdened by the global downturn like most of Central Europe, Poland's... 2010-12-17

US industrial conglomerate GE has improved its offer for UK-listed pipeline specialist Wellstream, securing a takeover that will see GE expand its 'energy infrastructure' unit.

Mid Europa Partners LLP is to sell media and communication provider Aster to UPC Polska, an affiliate of Liberty Global Inc, for EUR574m. The deal will see Aster become part of UPC... 2010-12-09

The past week has seen a big resurgence in deal-making in Russia. Just a few days after PepsiCo reached an agreement to buy a controlling stake in Wimm-Bill-Dann for US$3.8bn (see 'PepsiCo... 2010-12-08

America's biggest soft drinks companies cannot get enough Russian exposure. PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) have between them picked up some of the most promising consumer... 2010-12-07