Fosun buys Thomas Cook brand for £11 million
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese conglomerate Fosun has snapped up the Thomas Cook brand for £11 million ($14.2 million), weeks…
7 years ago
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GSK, Pfizer to merge consumer healthcare units
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Pharmaceutical giants GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer on Wednesday announced a merger of their consumer healthcare units…
8 years ago
IBM buys software company Red Hat for $34bn in bid for cloud dominance
by Christophe VOGT Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- IBM said Sunday it has reached a deal to buy…
8 years ago
Investors shun Bayer stock over US pesticide ruling that awarded $290M to cancer patient
https://youtu.be/rEeEdBlt_OI by Tom Barfield Agence France Presse FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- Investors fled shares in German chemicals…
8 years ago
US regulators approve Disney-Fox mega-deal, with conditions
by John Biers © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - US antitrust regulators on Wednesday conditionally approved Walt Disney's…
8 years ago
Judge clears AT&T merger with Time Warner in huge antitrust case
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States - A US judge Tuesday approved the $85 billion merger of wireless…
8 years ago
Alibaba acquisition values meal-deliverer Ele.me at $9.5 bn
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday it was acquiring full ownership of leading food-delivery firm Ele.me in…
8 years ago
Broadcom lowers offer for Qualcomm as takeover saga continues
WASHINTON, United States (AFP) -- Singapore-based Broadcom said Wednesday it was cutting its offer price for mobile chip maker Qualcomm…
8 years ago
Qualcomm mulls ‘next steps’ in Broadcom takeover bid
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Qualcomm said Wednesday its board would "promptly" consider a hostile $121 billion takeover bid by Singapore-based…
8 years ago
Germany’s BASF agrees oil merger with Russian tycoon’s firm
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- German chemicals giant BASF has agreed to merge its Wintershall oil and gas unit with the…
9 years ago
Brewer SABMiller accepts AB InBev final offer: company
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Brewer SABMiller's board on Friday accepted a final takeover offer from rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, the company said…
10 years ago
Alstom denies takeover bid from General Electric
French train maker Alstom has denied it has received an official offer for its shares from US engineering group General…
12 years ago
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