M&A Analysis

Hugh Hefner has announced a plan to take Playboy Enterprises, Inc. private by offering to purchase the shares he does not already own in the iconic media company. Another in a long... 2010-07-20

The announcement that Sprint Nextel may be considering adding LTE has led to some speculation of a merger with fourth-ranked T-Mobile USA. With the memories and long-term effects of... 2010-07-13

Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation announced a US$2.16bn acquisition of privately-held FDR Holdings (Frontier Drilling) on June 28 2010.

India's Reliance Industries is set to announce that is taking a stake in a Texas shale gas play for US$1.35bn from US independent Pioneer Natural Resources.

US-based healthcare services company Cardinal Health has announced plans to expand its presence in speciality pharmaceutical services with a deal to purchase Healthcare Solutions with... 2010-06-16

Embattled major BP may have to sell stakes in valuable upstream assets, including the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska, to meet its liabilities in the wake of the Macondo oil spill,... 2010-06-04

US independent Marathon Oil has announced that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LoI) to sell the bulk of its downstream assets in Minnesota, including a small refinery,... 2010-05-26

Endo Pharmaceuticals is to buy urological products and services firm HealthTronics for US$223mn. The US drugmaker will also assume approximately US$35mn in debt. Endo also revealed... 2010-05-12

Oracle, which is the world's second-largest software maker, is placing a bet on its Health Sciences global business unit, in light of the expected benefits of combining healthy software... 2010-04-19

US-based Casey's General Stores has rejected a hostile takeover bid from Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard. Following Couche-Tard's publication of its bid,... 2010-04-14