VSNL buys out Tyco unit for $130 mn
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MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 1: India Inc is stepping up acquisitions abroad. In its latest shopping abroad, Tata group firm Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has signed an agreement to buy Bermuda-based Tyco Global Network
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Tyco International said yesterday that it would sell its undersea cable business to the Indian telecommunications company Videsh Sanchar Nigam for $130 million, giving the company a significant
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An oil company controlled by the Russian government said that it had bought the company that had won Sunday's auction for the largest subsidiary of Yukos.
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BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded US mutual-fund company, agreed to buy the investment unit of Quellos Group LLC for as much as $1.7 billion, more than doubling its hedge-fund assets.
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Novar, the UK building supplies group, is today expected to announce that it has agreed to be acquired by the US industrial giant Honeywell in a cash deal worth more than Â£800m.
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Ispat International (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy LNM Holdings and International Steel Group Inc. (ISG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , forming the world&#39;s largest
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VNU, the Dutch market research and information group, yesterday sold its directories business for â¬2.1bn (Â£1.4bn) to venture capital groups Apax Partners and Cinven.
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Rural hospital operator LifePoint  Hospitals Inc. LPNT.O agreed to buy rival Province Healthcare  Co. PRV.N for $1.0 billion in cash and stock to broaden its  geographic reach, the companies said on Monday.
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Bar-code scanning system maker   Metrologic Instruments Inc. MTLG.O said on Tuesday that it   agreed to be bought for about $420 million in cash by its   founder and other investors.
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An oil company controlled by the Russian government, Rosneft, said it had bought the company that had won Sundayâs auction for the largest arm of oil giant Yukos.
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LifePoint Hospitals Inc.  said  on Monday it agreed to acquire Province Healthcare Co.   for about $1.125 billion in cash and stock.
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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world&#39;s largest luxury-goods company, agreed to buy Scotland&#39;s Glenmorangie Plc for 300 million pounds ($545 million) to add the company&#39;s malt whisky to its stable of brands.
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Shares in Dutch publisher VNU (VNUN.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) rose more than 2 percent on Monday, supported by news it had completed the sale of a division and that a court case in the United States against a key unit had
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  A company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has acquired the operations of a Nowata manufacturer.
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Archipelago Holdings, the owner of ArcaEx, the largest electronic stock market, is expected to buy the Pacific Exchange for about $50 million.
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Softbank Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire Cable &amp; Wireless IDC Inc., a Japanese unit of British telecommunications firm Cable &amp; Wireless PLC, for 12.
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One of the Valley&#39;s top venture-capital-backed companies said Friday that it is being acquired by database publishing giant Thomson Corp.