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M&A

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

From COMPANIES 1:51am

Vertu Motors unveils acquisition

Car dealership group buys Land Rover outlets for £31m

The DBS Group Holdings Ltd. logo is displayed atop the company's DBS Asia Hub building in Singapore ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

Indonesia approves DBS-Bank Danamon deal

Central bank gives nod to purchase of 40% stake

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

China’s Cathay makes fresh Discovery bid

Private equity group abandoned offer for African miner in February

From COMPANIES May 21, 2013

Blackstone leads buyout bid for Chinese group

Shares in US-listed Pactera jump 31% on $664m move

From COMPANIES May 20, 2013

Actavis to buy Warner Chilcott for $5bn

All-stock deal could end series of merger talks

From COMPANIES May 20, 2013

Elan steps up fight against Royalty bid

Irish group announces fresh debt and acquisition plans

The splash page for Yahoo and Tumbler on an iPhone ©AFP From COMPANIES May 20, 2013

Yahoo buys start-up Tumblr for $1.1bn

Purchase is first big bet by chief to boost growth

Carl Icahn and Michael Dell ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES May 19, 2013

Low rates fail to spur M&A boom

Companies look to yield markets to refinance and pay dividends

From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Elan rejects Royal Pharma’s $5.7bn bid

Irish pharma group rejects PE firm’s offer

From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Invensys to spend £600m on acquisitions

Sale of rail unit allows engineer to return £625m to shareholders

From COMPANIES May 16, 2013

Qatar buys into Milan property project

Gulf state diversifying away from hydrocarbons

From COMPANIES May 15, 2013

Severn Trent rejects offer from consortium

FTSE 100 water provider says proposal undervalues company

From COMPANIES May 14, 2013

Betfair’s chief put an end to CVC talks

Corcoran disagreed with vision given

From COMPANIES May 15, 2013

JC Flowers buys UK debt collector Cabot

Deal worth £800m is ex-Goldman banker’s largest UK investment

From COMPANIES May 13, 2013

Danone buys US baby food maker

Happy Family has a 4 per cent share of the country’s market

From COMPANIES May 12, 2013

Qatar eyes stake in luxury hotel group

Gulf state seeks to diversify its economy away from hydrocarbons

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

Actavis in talks to buy Warner Chilcott

Talks with Dublin-based group still at an early stage

From COMPANIES May 10, 2013

True Religion agrees to $835m buyout offer

Upmarket denim brand to be acquired by TowerBrook

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Legacy.com buys London start-up

Online group targets European market

From COMPANIES May 9, 2013

Rival telecoms moguls woo Sprint investors

Heads of Dish and SoftBank plead their case