M&A News

The fluctuating financial markets struck again on October 20 when HLTH Corporation and its 84% owned subsidiary WebMD Health, announced that they had terminated the lon-planned merger... 2008-10-23

On October 22 multinational auto manufacture General Motors (GM) confirmed that it was exploring a potential sale of its ACDelco aftermarket parts business, as the beleaguered car-maker... 2008-10-23

Alaska's latest leasing sale for acreage on the North Slope and the Beaufort Sea has attracted US$9mn worth of bids for tracts covering around 1,214sq km (300,000 acres). The highest... 2008-10-23

Canadian Western Bank (CWB) is the latest to join the group of Canadian financials which have been snapping up wealth management firms around the country. On October 20 CWB announced... 2008-10-22

On October 20 the US's biggest nuclear power plant operator, Chicago-based Exelon, made an unsolicited US$6.2bn offer for all outstanding shares of NRG Energy, in a move which if... 2008-10-21

Canadian independent EnCana has put on hold its plans to divide the company into two entities, focusing respectively on natural gas and oil sands, citing 'uncertainty and volatility... 2008-10-20

On October 13, real estate investment trust Agree Realty confirmed that it had received a US$328.7mn, US$27.50 per share offer from Compson Holding, an affiliate of commercial real... 2008-10-16

Banco Santander, the biggest bank in the Eurozone, has continued its relentless expansion plan by picking up the remaining 75% of troubled US lender Sovereign Bancorp for only US$1.9bn.... 2008-10-16

On October 10, Marathon Oil completed the sale of its 47.5% stake in Pilot Travel Centres (PTC) to global private equity giant CVC Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. In partnership... 2008-10-14

The IT industry continues, despite market conditions, to produce good size deals, and on October 9 computer security giant Symantec confirmed it would by UK online messaging security... 2008-10-13