Tag: Antitrust bid
Australia: Varian’s Sirtex bid beat by China’s CDH
Sirtex Medical Limited (Sirtex), known for its cancer drugs, announced on May 4 in the press release that the company had received an unsolicited...
UK: Comcast confirms US$31b bid for Sky
US media group Comcast submitted a £22 billion (US$30.7 billion) bid for Sky on Wednesday, April 25, prompting the European pay TV group to...
US: Fox rejects Comcast bid over antitrust concerns
Media giant 21st Century Fox, which agreed to sell a series of entertainment assests to Disney in December, rejected a higher buyout offer from...
US: Hasbro makes bid for rival toymaker Mattel
Hasbro has made a bid to take over toy aisle rival Mattel in a deal that would bring together the leading makers of entertainment-themed...
China/US: Great Wall considers bid for Fiat Chrysler Jeep unit
Chinese SUV maker Great Wall Motors is considering making a bid to buy Fiat Chrysler's Jeep unit, spokespeople for the company said Monday, in...
EU: Knorr-Bremse acquisition of Haldex unlikely despite divestment offer
A takeover of Swedish brake systems maker Haldex by Germany's Knorr-Bremse stands only a slim chance of getting antitrust approval from the European Union...
US: Apple and Dell join Foxconn bid for Toshiba’s chip unit
Foxconn has lined up several high-profile US technology firms to join its bid for Toshiba's memory chip unit.
Apple and Dell are among the firms...
EU: PPG sweetened their $29bn hostil bid for Akzo Nobel
PPG Industries Chief Executive Officer Michael McGarry said he plans to make a hostile takeover bid for Akzo Nobel if his sweetened offer of...
China: Alibaba Affiliate raises offer for MoneyGram to $1.2 bn
China's Ant Financial has raised its offer for electronic payment firm MoneyGram International and the deal was unanimously approved by the US firm's board,...
Malaysia: State owned Petronas looking to divest $1bn stake
Malaysia's Petronas has offered an estimated $1 billion stake in a prized upstream local gas project to potential bidders including Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil,...
