Acquisition

Note:We generally publish this feature every Sunday, but we were undergoing some maintenance and hence it has been published today. Here is the snapshot of all the Funding, Mergers & acquisition deals for the week starting 8th…

2010 has had its own share of disasters. Despite the fact that we have advanced so much in preventing and predicting disasters, it is something we haven’t been able to stop happening. From political to technical to even natural disasters,…

INOX is planning to expand its multiplex base by buying out Debt ridden Fame India. Fame India is currently having a debt of 80 crores with market capitalization of 134 crores. The company has been currently valued at 101 crores much…

These two acquisitions were the cynosure of all eyes in the past years. Is the world looking at these big-ticket acquisitions with the same respect? I doubt it. Corus to me is the first thing that went wrong for Tata group. It paid a…

To the Board of Directors Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Dear Board Members, It is with deep regret, at tremendous burden that I am carrying on my conscience, that I would like to bring the following facts to your notice: The Balance…

Indian Aviation industry is seeing a lot of turbulence since last year. The airline industry has already seen $2bn losses. Crude at $140/barrel did not help their cause. Rising crude prices and falling domestic demand has been the two…

The parent company of ContentSutra, ContentNext Media, has been acquired by Guardian Media Group for $30 million plus. It was founded by Publisher and Editor Rafat Ali in 2002. ContentNext media has paidcontent.org, MocoNews, , PaidContent…

Indian outbound deals, which were valued at US$ 0.7 billion in 2000-01, increased to US$ 4.3 billion in 2005, and further crossed US$ 15 billion-mark in 2006. In fact, 2006 will be remembered in India's corporate history as a year when…

Not only that, Indian corporations currently loaded with excess cash are on acquisitions spree. I have earlier written about how hot the scenario was last year, but 2007 seems to have already reached that mark in less than 6 months. ICICI…

Update: One of the commentators pointed out that this is not one of the notes by Lakhmi Mittal. Infact it is quite old note circulated widely via email to people. I have posted this on my blog based on an email...