| 25 largest deals - Year to date |
| Target Name |
Acquiror Name |
Deal Date |
$ Value of Deal (mil) |
Full Report |
| Yahoo! Inc (YHOO) |
Microsoft Corp (MSFT) |
02-01-2008 |
43,711.60 |
 |
| Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC) |
Shareholders (NULL) |
04-30-2008 |
28,829.70 |
 |
| William Wrigley Jr Co (WWY) |
Mars Inc (NULL) |
04-28-2008 |
22,361.20 |
 |
| British American Tobacco PLC (NULL) |
Shareholders (NULL) |
08-08-2008 |
19,826.70 |
 |
| St George Bank Ltd (NULL) |
Westpac Banking Corp (NULL) |
05-12-2008 |
17,933.00 |
 |
| Rohm & Haas Co (ROH) |
Dow Chemical Co (DOW) |
07-10-2008 |
15,513.10 |
 |
| Inmobiliaria Colonial SA (NULL) |
Investment Corp of Dubai{ICD} (NULL) |
01-31-2008 |
15,213.20 |
 |
| Rio Tinto PLC (NULL) |
Shining Prospect Pte Ltd (NULL) |
02-01-2008 |
14,284.20 |
 |
| Origin Energy Ltd (NULL) |
BG Group PLC (NULL) |
04-30-2008 |
13,013.00 |
 |
| Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) |
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ) |
05-12-2008 |
12,565.00 |
 |
| Fording Canadian Coal Trust (NULL) |
Teck Cominco Ltd (NULL) |
07-29-2008 |
10,893.30 |
 |
| Alcon Inc (ACL) |
Novartis AG (NULL) |
04-07-2008 |
10,547.50 |
 |
| Bovespa Holding SA (NULL) |
Bolsa Brasileira de Mercadorias{BM&F} (NULL) |
02-20-2008 |
10,309.10 |
 |
| MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (NULL) |
Vladimir Potanin (NULL) |
08-05-2008 |
9,653.80 |
 |
| Union Fenosa SA (NULL) |
Gas Natural SDG SA (NULL) |
07-30-2008 |
9,212.20 |
 |
| Alpha Natural Resources Inc (ANR) |
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF) |
07-16-2008 |
9,089.20 |
 |
| Continental AG (NULL) |
Schaeffler KG (NULL) |
07-12-2008 |
8,941.30 |
 |
| Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc (BRL) |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TEVA) |
07-17-2008 |
8,810.20 |
 |
| Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc (MLNM) |
Mahogany Acquisition Corp (NULL) |
04-10-2008 |
8,734.10 |
 |
| China Netcom Group Corp (Hong Kong)Ltd (CN) |
China Unicom Ltd (CHU) |
05-25-2008 |
7,785.00 |
 |
| Republic Services Inc (RSG) |
Waste Management Inc (WMI) |
07-14-2008 |
7,015.80 |
 |
| Citigroup Inc (C) |
Government of Singapore Investment Corp Pte Ltd{GIC} (NULL) |
01-15-2008 |
6,880.00 |
 |
| Applied Biosystems Group (ABI) |
Invitrogen Corp (IVGN) |
06-12-2008 |
6,683.50 |
 |
| Safeco Corp (SAF) |
Liberty Mutual Group Inc (NULL) |
04-23-2008 |
6,143.80 |
 |
| Allied Waste Industries Inc (AW) |
Republic Services Inc (RSG) |
06-13-2008 |
6,114.00 |
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