This is the second of the two posts detailing the Arcelor Mittal deal. The first post gave the background of the deal and the process in which the offer was communicated. This post details the happenings after the offer was made. continue

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In this and the next post, I would try to give an account as to how the “impossible” Arcelor-Mittal merger became possible.

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Ratan Tata has been a great leader for the Tata Group. The group has grown a lot during his term and he must be commended for all his efforts. I myself have great respect for him as a business leader in India. Tata as a brand is respected world over and even in India it means responsibility to the core. However in the past week the interview he gave regarding his acquisitions and in this article we will try to discuss it. continue

When a giant like Oracle takes over another giant like Sun Microsystems, it gets everyone on the street talking. Most of the people were quite surprised when out of all the companies Oracle decided to take over Sun. People expected IBM, Cisco or HP to be in the race to acquire Sun and when Oracle came out as the acquirer it was a a kind of shocker. Reading an article in the Economist about the strategy behind the deal, I decided to re-collect the major points behind the acquisition. continue