Hostile Takeover
Paramount made a hostile bid for Warner after Netflix deal. What happens next?
Warner has until Dec. 22 to decide the fate of its existing $72 billion deal.
4 min read9 Dec 2025Paramount's hostile takeover bid filings for Warner Bros. reveals ‘hidden’ name involved in deal — Jared Kushner
Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner's private equity fund Affinity Partners, is involved in Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, competing with Netflix. The participation could have significant impact — here's how…
2 min read9 Dec 2025Swraj Paul was socialist India's first capitalist revolutionary
In today's India, where acquisitions are normal, Paul would have been seen as a hero. But in 1983 he was a decade too early, and thus remains the Carl Icahn that socialist India was too frightened to embrace and too foolish to learn from.
3 min read22 Aug 2025Who is Arthur T. Demoulas? Market Basket CEO suspended over ‘misconduct’, alleges ‘hostile takeover’ of company
Born in 1955, Arthur Telemachus Demoulas spent his youth working at his family business – the Market Basket chain of supermarkets that are popular throughout New England.
1 min read29 May 2025Two Religare directors criticise haste in revealing Gaekwad bid; Saluja moves high court
Religare Enterprises' independent directors are unhappy with the company's rapid announcement of Danny Gaekwad's late bid. They argue that the company secretary acted improperly, potentially misleading shareholders during the open offer process, and called for more transparency.
4 min read30 Jan 2025Burmans are closer to Religare with Irdai no-objection, but there's more to go
IRDAI gives its no-objection to Religare's application proposing the company's takeover by Burman family. The go-ahead is the first regulatory step towards the deal's completion and is crucial since Religare owns Care Health and Religare's top management has been resisting the hostile takeover
5 min read25 Oct 2024Kedaara Capital votes against Saluja's reappointment as resolution passes with majority
This comes as the Burman family, the largest shareholder in Religare Enterprises, called for its chairperson to be removed from its subsidiary's board.
2 min read30 Sep 2024Scholz Condemns UniCredit’s ‘Unfriendly’ Commerzbank Move
Tensions between Germany and UniCredit SpA burst into the open Monday as the government said it opposes a takeover of Commerzbank AG while the Italian lender moved to raise its stake.
3 min read23 Sep 2024Hostile takeovers of faltering firms are integral to a competitive economy
The Competition Commission of India has eased a takeover rule. This is welcome. Underperformers getting taken over get another chance under new ownership. Businesses finding their way into the best hands is how capitalism stays dynamic.
3 min read17 Sep 2024When street fighter Manu Chhabria laid siege to Shaw Wallace
Manu Chhabria's brashness and Martian verve were matched with young Vijay Mallya’s as both men set their eyes on Shaw Wallace, famous for its brands like Director's Special, Haywards and Royal Challenge.
4 min read20 Jul 2024