Tata Steel's mega takeover of European steel major Corus for $12.2 billion. The biggest ever for an Indian company. This is the first big thing which marked the arrival of India Inc on the global stage. The next big thing everyone is talking about is Tata Nano.
Vodafone's purchase of 52% stake in Hutch Essar for about $10 billion. Essar group still holds 32% in the Joint venture.
Hindalco of Aditya Birla group's acquisition of Novellis for $6 billion.
Ranbaxy's sale to Japan's Daiichi for $4.5 billion. Sing brothers sold the company to Daiichi and since then there is no real good news coming out of Ranbaxy.
ONGC acquisition of Russia based Imperial Energy for $2.8 billion. This marked the turn around of India's hunt for natural reserves to compete with China.
NTT DoCoMo-Tata Tele services deal for $2.7 billion. The second biggest telecom deal after the Vodafone. Reliance MTN deal if went through would have been a good addition to the list.
HDFC Bank acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab for $2.4 billion.
Tata Motors acquisition of luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover for $2.3 billion. This could probably the most ambitious deal after the Ranbaxy one. It certainly landed Tata Motors into lot of trouble.
Wind Energy premier Suzlon Energy's acquistion of RePower for $1.7 billion.
Reliance Industries taking over Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) for 8500 crores or $1.6 billion.
there are three major reasons of Mergers and acquisitions
Synergy
2+2=5, total value of firms after M&A is greater than their simple arithmaticl sum
Strategic fit
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Banks
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United Western Bank
IDBI Bank
6-Sep
Lord Krishna Bank
Centurion Bank
6-Aug
Ganesh Bank of Kurundwad
The Federal Bank
6-Jan
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"What were the Major mergers and acquisitions over the last five years in all sector of business?list them."
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