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M&A

All the latest news on deals and dealmaking from around the world

From COMPANIES 11:52am

Tinkler offloads Whitehaven Coal stake

Billionaire sells holding to US hedge fund and creditors

From COMPANIES 2:17am

Dish decides against raising Sprint offer

Door open for SoftBank to proceed with $21.6bn move

Elan Corp branded paperwork From COMPANIES Jun 18, 2013

Royalty Pharma abandons bid for Elan

Private equity group interested in drugs maker’s formal sale

From COMPANIES Jun 18, 2013

Mengniu Dairy seeks HK$12.6bn Yashili deal

Milk powder producer aims to shake off contamination scandal

From COMPANIES Jun 18, 2013

Liberty Global enters race for KDG

Malone’s group tables offer that would trump Vodafone’s bid

Li Ka-shing ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Jun 17, 2013

Li Ka-shing seals €950m Dutch waste deal

Move highlights appeal of income-generating assets

Traders work at the InterContinentalExchange Inc (ICE) booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Dec. 20 2012 ©Bloomberg From MARKETS Jun 17, 2013

EU set to clear ICE’s $10bn NYSE takeover

Green light to create one of world’s largest derivatives exchanges

From COMPANIES Jun 17, 2013

Talk of AT&T bid lifts Telefónica shares

Group denies reports Madrid has knocked back takeover approach

From LEX Jun 17, 2013

AT&T/Telefónica: a challenging deal

Telefónica says it has received no approach from US peer

From COMPANIES Jun 16, 2013

Cinven pays €1.5bn for ceramics maker Ceramtec

Rockwood sells unit to private equity group

From COMPANIES Jun 13, 2013

Water companies’ M&A pipeline blocked

Failed bid for Severn Trent reignites debate over profits

From COMPANIES Jun 12, 2013

Vodafone in Kabel Deutschland talks

UK mobile group approaches Germany’s largest cable operator

From COMPANIES Jun 13, 2013

India’s Apollo in $2.5bn deal for Cooper Tire

Biggest Indian acquisition of a US company to date

From COMPANIES Jun 13, 2013

Safeway accepts $5.7bn offer for Canada stores

US grocer says unsolicited offer was too good to refuse

From COMPANIES Jun 12, 2013

Vodafone haunted by ghosts of deals past

History of hefty writedowns haunts mobile phone group

From COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

SoftBank raises offer for Sprint to $21.6bn

Sprint’s board gives unanimous backing to revised deal

From COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

Britvic cools on £1.4bn drinks merger

Competition Commission backs AG Barr deal

From COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

Keller pays up to £202m to grow in Canada

Ground engineering group raises almost £60m through share placing

From COMPANIES Jun 11, 2013

LongRiver drops bid for Severn Trent

Move follows rejection of third offer by water company’s board

From COMPANIES Jun 10, 2013

Vue has eyes for cinema rival Odeon

Vue wants to buy Odeons in UK areas where it lacks a presence