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| May.3 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft walks away from Yahoo| Microsoft has dropped its 3-month-old bid to buy internet firm because the two sides cannot agree on an acceptable sale price | | |
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| Mar.26 |
 England |
Tata buys Jaguar in $2.3bn deal  Ford has sold its luxury UK-based brands Jaguar and Land Rover to India's biggest vehicle maker Tata
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| Mar.16 |
 New York |
JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns| JPMorgan Chase has said it is to buy Wall Street's 5th-largest investment bank for $2 a share | |
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| Feb.1 |
Microsoft |
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo| Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price | | |
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| Jan.2 |
 Hong Kong |
 Singapore Airline bid hits trouble The bid to buy a 24% stake in China Eastern Airlines for US$923.8 million appeared in trouble after a major shareholder criticized the deal
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| Jul.31 |
New York |
Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle| Media tycoon has won his battle to take over the American media giant, publisher of the Wall Street Journal | |
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| Jul.22 |
 China |
 China could buy stake in Barclays Barclays is close to raising around £10bn from the Chinese and Singaporean governments to help finance its takeover of ABN
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| Jul.20 |
New York |
DJ director quits to protest sale A director on the board of Dow Jones & Co has resigned because he could not support its endorsement of a $5 billion takeover
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| Jul.17 |
New York |
Dow Jones CEO 'agrees' to deal Richard Zannino tentatively agreed to a $5 billion takeover bid by News Corp., though the company's controlling family remains divided on the...
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| Jul.12 |
 Australia |
Rio Tinto launches $38B bid for Alcan Rio Tinto has agreed to buy Canadian aluminum company, in a move that creates the world's biggest aluminum company
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Live Earth concerts kick off
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| Jul.3 |
 Southern California |
Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn U.S. private equity group is buying the global hotels chain for $26bn in an all-cash deal, paying $47.50 for each Hilton Hotels Corporation share
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| Feb.11 |
United Kingdom |
Vodafone buys Indian mobile firm Vodafone has bought a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar for $11.1bn. Essar has 16% share of India's mobile phone market
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| Jan.30 |
United Kingdom |
Indian firm wins race for Corus Tata Steel has won the battle to take over the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker after valuing Corus at £5.75bn ($11.3bn)
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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn | Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently. YouTube, launched in February 2005, h... | |
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| Mar.5 |
USA |
AT&T to buy BellSouth for $67 billion AT&T Inc. to expand its reach into the southeastern states and acquire the rest of Cingular Wireless
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| Jan.24 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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| Dec.11 |
Southern California |
Paramount buys rival Dreamworks Viacom, which owns Paramount, has agreed to pay $1.6bn for one of its best-known rival studios
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| Mar.6 |
 London |
 D Boerse withdraws from takeover German stock exchange operator is withdrawing from a £1.3bn takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange
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| Jan.27 |
New York |
P&G close to $54B Gillette deal
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| Dec.15 |
USA |
Sprint to Buy Nextel in $36 Billion Deal US mobile groups have agreed to merge in a deal that will create the nation's 3rd largest mobile phone operator
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| Dec.13 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
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| Sep.13 |
Southern California |
MGM studios to be bought by Sony
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| Feb.16 |
Southern California |
Defiant Disney says 'no' to bid
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| Feb.12 |
USA |
Comcast bids for Disney
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| Nov.28 |
Russia |
Yukos and Sibneft suspend merger
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Voters rejects euro currency
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| Sep.3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM
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| Jan.11 |
USA |
AOL Acquires Time Warner
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| Jan.10 |
USA |
American Airlines buys TWA AMR Corp. agrees to purchase Trans World Airlines Inc. for about $500 million cash. TWA filed for bankruptcy
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| Dec.14 |
Washington |
AOL, Time Warner merger approved Companies agree to safeguard competition in high-speed Internet access
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Denmark rejects euro
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| Jan.24 |
USA |
AOL planned to purchase Time Warner America Online plan is the biggest merger ever was greeted as a historic day for corporate America
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