M&A Critique

Zee has been third time lucky with radio. It failed in its first two attempts to get into the FM radio business in India.

Firms operating at the world's leading shipbreaking yard in Gujarat's Alang had a horrid time after State Bank of Saurashtra (SBS) was merged with the State Bank of India in 2007.

Deutsche Bank AG is heading for its best annual performance in South Africa after winning a key role on the biggest beer acquisition in history.

GMR Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, the holding company of Hyderabad-based infrastructure conglomerate GMR Group,is in talks to raise around Rs300 crore in structured debt to refinance some existing debt, two people aware of the development said.

Consumer electrical and electronics player V-Guard has assigned an agency to identify and evaluate potential companies for acquisition, as part of expanding its network and kitchen appliances business, which the company has entered last year.

Bill Gates, co-founder of American technology giant Microsoft is keen to partner with the Indian government for technology-driven social projects such as e-health, e-agriculture, and e-payment.

The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) is looking to divest around a 25% stake through the offer for sale (OFS) route in its planned initial public offering (IPO), three people aware of the development said.

Chinese buyers keen to continue rapid dealmaking under a Donald Trump presidency are being given one piece of advice: Wait and see.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday eased the rules for various stressed asset resolution schemes and expanded the scope of a loan recast plan previously limited to the infrastructure sector.

Private equity (PE) firm Kedaara Capital Advisors Ltd, co-founded by PE veteran Manish Kejriwal, is gearing up to float its second fund to raise around $600-650 million, two people familiar with the matter said.