M&A

Indian Companies See Growth Opportunities In Latin America

Latin America gets almost zero coverage in the Indian media, who is affliced with extreme ‘SouthAsianitis’ in their news coverage. Many Indian executives have never seen a visual of the region.  The occasional coverage is the annual carnaval in Rio, the World Cup every 4 years featuring plenty of LatAm teams, and the anti-yankee rants [...]


India’s Ybrant Digital acquires Argentine

 Business Standard
Ybrant Digital, a Hyderabad-based provider of digital marketing solutions, has acquired dream ad, an Argentine advertising network company, in all all-cash deal for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition, its fifth so far, will give Ybrant access to the Latin American region by adding four more countries – Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Mexico – [...]


Top Indian IT companies to tide over slump

The Economic Times
At a time when customers in the US and Europe are tightening their ITbudgets, leading Indian tech firms are betting on their huge pile of cash to steer through the global economic crisis and also to explore M&A opportunities in a world reeling under severe liquidity crunch.
Each of the top six Indian software [...]


TCS to acquire Citigroup Global Services for $505 mn

livemint.com
IT major Tata Consultancy Services today said it will buy Citigroup Inc’s India-based outsourcing arm for an all cash deal of around $505 million.
TCS has signed an agreement with Citigroup Inc to acquire all of Citi’s interest in Citigroup Global Services Ltd, the company said in a release.Citigroup Global Services Limited (CGSL) is the India-based [...]


Why India Offers ‘An Extraordinary Opportunity for Spanish Investors’

Some good insights that can be used by LatAm investors and biz executives as well. Knowledge@Wharton
In an
interview with Universia-Knowledge@Wharton, Jyoti Gupta, professor of
finance at the ESCP-EAP business school in Europe and former dean of
the Asian Institute of Technology, analyzes India’s business ties with Spain and Latin America, focusing on the legislative efforts India has made [...]


Lupin buys Hormosan Pharma to enter German market

Yahoo! India News
Pharma major Lupin Limited has acquired Germany-based medicine marketing company Hormosan Pharma (Hormosan), to cater to the German market that is veering towards low-cost, insurance payout-controlled medicine. Hormosan specialises in the supply of medicines for nerve-related illnesses (CNS) and reported sales of Rs 45 crore for the year ended December 2007.
It develops, licences [...]


ITC to pump in Rs 8,000 crore for business growth

The Financial Express
Chairman YC Deveshwar said ITC would be looking for growth in every business that it is in, including some new ones.
Meanwhile, the company reported an 18% growth in net turnover to Rs 3,900 crore for the quarter to June 30, 2008, with the main driver being the non-cigarettes business as the company continued [...]


India’s JK Tyre buys Mexico’s Tornel for 2.7 billion rupees

Forbes.com
India-based JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. said it has bought Mexican tyre company Tornel and its units for 2.7 billion rupees — JK’s first international acquisition.