Warburg buys stake in Chinese drug firm
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SHANGHAI Warburg Pincus, Citic Capital Markets Holdings and a Chinese venture capital company said Monday that they had agreed to pay 2.04 billion yuan, or $246 million, for 55 percent of Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Holding to help the drug maker
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U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus is in advanced talks to take a major stake in Chinese retailer Red Star Furniture Group, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday, as China's fast-growing home furnishing market draws increasing foreign interest.
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German drugmaker Merck KGaA   unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.3  billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono on Thursday,  creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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UCB, a Belgian drug maker, said it had agreed to buy Schwarz Pharma of Germany for 4.4 billion euros ($5.6 billion) to gain experimental medicines for ParkinsonÂs disease, epilepsy and bladder control. Schwarz investors will get 91.10 euros a share in cash and stock, 20 percent more than the closing price on Friday, UCB said. The Schwarz-Schuette family, which owns 60 percent of the company, backed the offer. Schwarz, based in Monheim, Germany, is the third European family-owned drug maker to sell in less than a week as the cost of developing new products rises. UCB, which faces patent expirations on its top sellers starting next year, will get three drugs that may provide more than 2 billion euros in annual revenue.
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FRANKFURT/ZURICH  - German drugmaker Merck KGaA   MRCG.DE unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.3   billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono on Thursday,   creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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Morgan Stanley  said on Monday it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give the Wall Street giant a coveted onshore commercial banking license in China ahead of U.S. investment bank rivals.
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China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group, said today it has acquired a majority stake in International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business for $1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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FRANKFURT/ZURICH  - German drugmaker Merck KGaA   MRCG.DE unveiled a surprise $13.3 billion deal to buy   Europe's biggest biotech firm Serono SEO.VX on Thursday,   creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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The Chinese mining group Chinalco said that it had teamed up with the American aluminum producer Alcoa to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio Tinto.
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Bayer BAYG.DE had completed its  acquisition of Roche Holding's ROG.VX consumer drugs unit,  the German chemical and drugs group said on Saturday.
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The company, battered by the subprime crisis, said it would sell a $5 billion stake to a Chinese investment.
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Share in healthcare conglomerate Australian Pharmaceutical Industries surged more than five per cent in early trade today after the company moved to boost its retail pharmacy operations by acquiring health, beauty and lifestyle retailer New Price Retail
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Consolidation in Europe's drugs   sector gathered steam on Thursday as Germany's Merck MRCG.DE   unveiled a $13.3-billion deal to buy Europe's top biotech firm   Serono SEO.VX, and Denmark's Nycomed won the drugs unit of   Altana ALTG.DE.
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ZURICH/FRANKFURT  - German drugmaker Merck KGaA   MRCG.DE on Thursday unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss   franc ($13.26-billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono,   creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals.
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China&#39;s biggest computer maker says it has acquired a majority stake in IBM&#39;s personal computer business. The 1.75- billion-dollar deal is one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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Drug giant Johnson & Johnson agrees to buy Guidant Corp, a key player in the heart technology market, for $25.4bn.
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German drug firm Schwarz Pharma is being bought in a 4.4bn euros deal, the third industry tie-up in recent days.