http://www.livemint.com/SectionPages/Mergers-Acquisitions.aspx?NavId=3&NavsId=21 MAs- Livemint.com | © CopyRight HT Media Ltd. 2009 en-Us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:54:12 GMT 60 http://www.livemint.com/ http://www.livemint.com/Images/livemintbeta_rss.gif 144 33 http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20231847/Srei-partner-buy-57-of-power.html DPSC owns 200 acres of land and has “some approvals” for setting up a 500MW power plant, according to the tender document circulated among bidders Aveek Datta Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20231847/Srei-partner-buy-57-of-power.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20110319/EBay-completes-Skype-sale.html The previously announced sale of a 70% stake in Skype for some $2 billion had been held up by lawsuits filed by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis AFP Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:33:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/20110319/EBay-completes-Skype-sale.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19231836/Scripps-to-acquire-69-in-NDTV.html The company has not only found a strategic partner for its lifestyle channel in Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. of the US, it has also considerably reduced its debt burden by repurchasing $100 million worth of bonds A staff writer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/19231836/Scripps-to-acquire-69-in-NDTV.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15220809/UltraTech-board-approves-merge.html The merger is to be undertaken through a court approved scheme of amalgamation Joel Rebello Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:38:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15220809/UltraTech-board-approves-merge.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15111517/BSNL-may-submit-financial-bid.html The Zambian government is offering between 51% and 75% of its stake in Zambia’s leading telecom company, Zamtel PTI Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:56:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/15111517/BSNL-may-submit-financial-bid.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/14123149/HP3Com-deal-raises-stakes-in.html Pressure is mounting on technology companies to diversify to satisfy shareholders’ demands for more dramatic sales growth as the economy recovers Ritsuko Ando / Reuters Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/14123149/HP3Com-deal-raises-stakes-in.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13221115/HDFC-enters-education-loan-seg.html The stake in the privately held company, valued at about Rs10 crore, has been bought from DSP Merrill Lynch Capital Ltd Anup Roy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:41:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13221115/HDFC-enters-education-loan-seg.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13215936/FedBank-Board-postponses-CSB-t.html M. Venugopalan, managing director and chief operating officer of Federal Bank, said the board is awaiting the final report of consultancy firm KPMG which has completed financial due diligence for CSB Ajayan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:29:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13215936/FedBank-Board-postponses-CSB-t.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13213920/UltraTech-board-to-meet-Sunday.html Grasim Industries in October had announced plans to spin off its cement unit into another company called Samrudhi, which in turn would be merged with another group company UltraTech Cement Joel Rebello Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13213920/UltraTech-board-to-meet-Sunday.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13205729/PVR-to-acquire-DT-Cinemas-get.html As part of the deal, DLF group has agreed to offer exclusive rights to PVR to be the anchor cinema hall partner in its future mall projects Shuchi Bansal Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:29:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13205729/PVR-to-acquire-DT-Cinemas-get.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13184352/HDFC-to-buy-41-stake-in-Credi.html The corporation has agreed to acquire approximately 41% in the fully diluted equity share capital of Credila Financial Services from DSP Merrill Lynch Capital Ltd, HDFC said PTI Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/13184352/HDFC-to-buy-41-stake-in-Credi.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12233356/HP-will-acquire-3Com-for-27.html The company has been beefing up its network equipment offerings to compete aggressively against Cisco Systems Steve Lohr / NYT Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:03:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12233356/HP-will-acquire-3Com-for-27.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12180842/ArcelorMittal-acquires-138-s.html The deal valued at $404.3 mn will take the LN Mittal-led firm’s stake to about 96% in the subsidiary PTI Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:38:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12180842/ArcelorMittal-acquires-138-s.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12103230/Infosys-BPO-to-acquire-USbase.html Infosys Technologies’ business process outsourcing arm agreed on a payment of $38 million, and an additional $20 million based on targets Reuters Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:47:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/12103230/Infosys-BPO-to-acquire-USbase.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11233446/US-Europe-cultural-bent-hangs.html The verbal salvos heated up this week after the European Union issued formal objections on Monday to a bid by Oracle, the giant software maker, to buy Sun for $7.4 billion Steve Lohr and James Kanter / NYT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/11233446/US-Europe-cultural-bent-hangs.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10124458/Wipro-eyes-acquisition-in-BPO.html The company is also optimistic about the current quarter PTI Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:44:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10124458/Wipro-eyes-acquisition-in-BPO.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09095254/Reliance-close-to-6-bn-overse.html Reliance will likely make an announcement before its annual shareholders meeting on 17 November, the Economic Times said, citing a source close to the development Reuters Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/09095254/Reliance-close-to-6-bn-overse.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05234923/Wipro-buys-some-Yardley-busine.html Continuing with its strategy of jump-starting into new markets and categories via acquisitions, the firm said it had agreed to buy some businesses of Yardley, a 240-year-old British premium personal care brand Deepti Chaudhary and K. Raghu Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05234923/Wipro-buys-some-Yardley-busine.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05095509/Wipro-buys-some-Yardley-operat.html Buys ops in Asia, west Asia, Australasia, Africa; purchase will add to Wipro consumer care’s profit margins Sumeet Chatterjee / Reuters Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:05:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/05095509/Wipro-buys-some-Yardley-operat.html http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04171652/Godrej-eyeing-Rs1k-crore-acqui.html Internationally, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd is looking at categories that are core to its business, GCPL said PTI Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04171652/Godrej-eyeing-Rs1k-crore-acqui.html