| 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 |
 |
| William Wrigley Jr Co (WWY) |
Mars Inc (NULL) |
04-28-2008 |
22,361.20 |
 |
| St George Bank Ltd (NULL) |
Westpac Banking Corp (NULL) |
05-12-2008 |
17,933.00 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
| Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) |
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ) |
05-12-2008 |
12,565.00 |
 |
| Alcon Inc (ACL) |
Novartis AG (NULL) |
04-07-2008 |
10,547.50 |
 |
| Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo {Bovespa} (NULL) |
Bolsa Brasileira de Mercadorias{BM&F} (NULL) |
02-20-2008 |
10,309.10 |
 |
| Citigroup Inc (C) |
Government of Singapore Investment Corp Pte Ltd{GIC} (NULL) |
01-15-2008 |
6,880.00 |
 |
| Safeco Corp (SAF) |
Liberty Mutual Group Inc (NULL) |
04-23-2008 |
6,143.80 |
 |
| Weyerhaeuser Co-Containerboard Packaging & Recycling Business (NULL) |
International Paper Co (IP) |
03-17-2008 |
6,000.00 |
 |
| MMX Mineracao e Metalicos SA- Certain Assets (NULL) |
Anglo American PLC (NULL) |
01-17-2008 |
5,500.00 |
 |
| DRS Technologies Inc (DRS) |
Finmeccanica SpA (NULL) |
05-08-2008 |
5,074.50 |
 |
| Scania AB (NULL) |
Volkswagen AG (NULL) |
03-03-2008 |
4,377.50 |
 |
| House of Prince A/S (NULL) |
British American Tobacco PLC (NULL) |
02-28-2008 |
4,145.00 |
 |
| Countrywide Financial Corp (CFC) |
Bank of America Corp (BAC) |
01-10-2008 |
4,143.90 |
 |
| IPSCO Inc-North American Tubular Operations (NULL) |
Evraz Group SA (NULL) |
03-14-2008 |
4,025.00 |
 |
| IPSCO Inc-Canadian Tubular Operations (NULL) |
Evraz Group SA (NULL) |
03-14-2008 |
4,025.00 |
 |
| Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA{OTE SA} (OTE) |
Deutsche Telekom AG (NULL) |
03-17-2008 |
4,009.40 |
 |
| Bumi Resources Tbk PT (NULL) |
Bakrie & Brothers Tbk PT (NULL) |
01-18-2008 |
3,910.40 |
 |
| ChoicePoint Inc (CPS) |
Reed Elsevier Group PLC (NULL) |
02-21-2008 |
3,790.30 |
 |
| Target Corp-Credit Card Receivables Business (NULL) |
JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM) |
05-05-2008 |
3,557.30 |
 |
| Abraaj Capital Ltd-Fertilizer Production Operations (NULL) |
Orascom Construction Industries SAE (NULL) |
02-21-2008 |
3,386.60 |
 |
| Fortis Investments (NULL) |
Ping An Insurance(Group)Co of China Ltd (NULL) |
03-13-2008 |
3,358.90 |
 |
| Clearwire Corp (CLWR) |
Investor Group (NULL) |
05-07-2008 |
3,200.00 |
 |