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Philip Morris Raises Bid For UK Inhaler Group Vectura
Sunday, August 8, 2021 - 2:41pm | 317Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE: PM) is raising the stakes in the race for Vectura Group PLC (OTC: VEGPF) with a bid valuing the company at more than $1.41 billion, Reuters reports. In May, U.S.-based Carlyle Group Inc (NASDAQ: CG) had...
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Buffett Puts $10B Behind Occidental Petroleum In Bid For Anadarko
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 9:20am | 440Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) confirmed it invested $10 billion in Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) on condition the oil and gas giant completes its proposed acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC). What Happened A jet...
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Potential InterDigital Buyout by Samsung
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 7:48am | 455A potential patent bidding war could be brewing as Samsung Electronics is considering purchasing the patent portfolio of InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC), according to Bloomberg. InterDigital, a Pennsylvania-based company has about 8,800 patents on inventions used in devices ranging from the Apple (...
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M&A Heat Wave
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 12:31am | 494While the world was watching the ping-pong match between Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) on 3par (NYSE: PAR) (HP finally won), many other M&A deals were heating up under the radar. Take the example of Casey's General store (NASDAQ: CASY). Casey, a convenience store operator...