M&a deals

Changan Automobile (000625.SZ), a Chinese partner of Ford Motor (F.N), raised 3.5 billion yuan ($530 million) in a share offering after cutting the size of the deal by about 12 percent, the Chinese auto maker said on Friday.

Indian budget carrier IndiGo is considering all options including an initial public offering to finance a $15.6 billion plane order with Airbus, but has made no decision yet, the firm's president said on Wednesday.

Aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, announced that the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India's economy carrier Indigo for 180 eco-efficient Airbus A320 aircraft.

Adult magazine publisher Playboy Enterprises Inc. is about to go private as founder Hugh Hefner has received the nod from the board to buy the company.

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to purchase chip maker Atheros Communications for $45 per share, or a total of about $3.2-billion.

Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity has surpassed $2.2 trillion for the first year since 2007 and it could be still busier in the coming year, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smart phone, agreed to buy Swedish software developer The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a company that specializes in making software that lets smart phone users personalize their device the way they like.

Del Monte Foods, one of the country's largest producers, distributors and marketers of branded food and pet products for the U.S. retail market, has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $5.3 billion, including debt.

India's Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire 70 percent interest in South Korea's Ssangyong Motor Company Limited (SYMC) for $463.6 million, in an attempt to gain momentum in global markets.