2010's M&A Scorecard: Telecom, Energy & Pharma Rule

Year 2010 pretty much matched up with 2007 in terms of M&A deal activity, but it still was a long list of hits and misses. After two misses in earlier year  to gain a big bang entry into Africa, Bharti did strike a multi-billion dollar transaction in the continent, but Fortis almost saw the bone (read: Parkway) snatched away from its mouth dealing a temporary setback to its ambition of becoming the biggest Asian healthcare group at one shot. Reliance also almost struck the biggest deal ever by an Indian firm even as its plans to buy out LyondellBassell fell through. Here goes the bygone year