| Roche says latest Genentech bid is still fair ) said again on Tuesday that it deemed its $93 per share offer for U.S. biotech group Genentech DNA.N as fair, after a source familiar with the situation had said the two sides were in talks for a ...[more] |
| Roche close to securing deal for Genentech ) may be gaining momentum in its quest to acquire the 44 percent of Genentech Inc DNA.N it does not already own as the two sides come closer to a friendly transaction. Roche last we ...[more] |
| Radian says may sell interest in Sherman, shares jump ) said it was actively exploring capital raising options, including selling its stake in consumer asset and servicing firm Sherman Financial Group and through an equity offering, sending its shares ...[more] |
| Alstom would be interested in Areva T&D unit ) would be interested in the transmission & distribution unit of nuclear power group Areva () if the latter wanted to sell, an Alstom spokesman said on Tuesday. "Alstom has ofte ...[more] |
| AB InBev's $2 billion South Korea beer sale getting stale AB InBev's auction of Oriental Brewery (OB), which first hit the headlines last September, had been expected to attract a host of bidders, eager to tap around 40 percent of a big Asian beer m ...[more] |
| Santander buys out Brazil insurer for $285 million ), Spain's biggest bank, bought out Tokio Marine Holdings' () stake in a jointly owned Brazilian insurance group for 678 million reais ($284.9 million), aiming to strengthen its position in Brazil. ...[more] |
| Dow, Rohm merger to go through The companies said Rohm & Haas shareholders will receive just less than $79 a share -- $78 per share, plus a ticking fee agreed upon in the original deal. But Rohm's two largest s ...[more] |
| Dow CEO sees no need for fire sale "We've designed a structure where we can control our own destiny, rather than be forced to fire-sale. And this new structure gives us the flexibility that we didn't have before," Liveris said ...[more] |
| Crisis may trigger new round of SE Asia bank M&A Unlike the last flurry of M&A activity in 2006-08 at the peak of the bull market, buyers are expected to call the shots now as deal valuations are likely to be significantly lower. < ...[more] |
| FACTBOX: Major Southeast Asian bank M&A Following is a list of major bank deals in Southeast Asia between 2006 and 2008: OCTOBER 2008 - HSBC () agreed to buy an 89 percent stake in Indonesia's Bank Ekonomi Raharja Tbk PT fo ...[more] |
| China says is reviewing Coke-Huiyuan deal ) $2.5 billion bid to acquire China Huiyuan Juice Group () under the anti-monopoly law, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Tuesday. Coca-Cola said in December it had filed an app ...[more] |