Swiss cement firm in buying spree
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The world's second-biggest cement firm, Holcim, snaps up a UK producer and bids for two Indian cement makers.
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Global mineral conglomerate rides the tide of higher worldwide commodity demand.
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HypoVereinsbank, Germany's second biggest bank, said it had agreed to buy a portfolio of loans to mid-size corporate customers from ING BHF-Bank, the German arm of Dutch financial services group ING.
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An investment firm is buying Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMooâs International in a bid to overtake Cold Stone Creamery, according to people involved with the deal.
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US buyout specialist Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is buying Masonite International (MHM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (MHM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a Canadian-based maker of building products, in an all-cash deal worth C$3.1
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Mexico&#39;s Cemex, the world&#39;s third-largest cement maker, is to buy RMC Group for around 2.3 billion pounds in cash. RMC RMC.
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Dutch steelmaker LNM Group says it&#39;s buying US-based International Steel Group to create one of the largest steel companies in the world.
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Holcim, the world's number two cement maker has made a friendly, 1.8 billion-pound takeover bid for British counterpart Aggregate Industries, the firms said.
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Swisscom AG  will repurchase a 25 percent stake in Swisscom Mobile from Britain's Vodafone Group Plc for 4.25 billion Swiss francs ($3.5 billion) in a long-awaited deal to fortify its home market position.
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Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland s second-biggest bank, plans to expand its commodities business and will seek ventures and acquisitions, as energy prices surge and other banks compete in the growing markets in ...
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A Dutch steelmaker led by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is buying U.S.-based International Steel Group Inc. for about $4.5 billion in cash and stock in a deal that would make it one of the largest steel companies in the world.
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Mexican cement giant Cemex SA is buying British-based RMC Group PLC, the world&#39;s biggest supplier of ready mixed concrete, in a deal worth some 2.3 billion pounds (US$4.
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Macerich Co. MAC.N on Thursday said  it would buy Wilmorite Properties Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings  L.P. for $1.45 billion in a deal that expands its portfolio of  shopping malls.
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THE creation of the worldâs biggest building materials company is on course after Britainâs RMC group agreed to be bought by Mexican rival Cemex, currently the third-biggest cement maker worldwide, for Â£2.
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Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom said it was in talks with Austrian state holding company OeIAG and Telekom Austria about buying the Austrian operator.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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The Mexican cement maker looks to be an attractively priced opportunity, despite housing market concerns.