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Kelloggs has announced its acquisition of Specialty Cereals, a privately owned manufacturer of natural ready-to-eat cereals based in Australia. The amount was undisclosed. For more deal headlines click here

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BTG has agreed to buy Protherics for some £218 million, further consolidating the UK’s biotech sector. The deal will create Britain's largest biotech company, which is expected to enter the FTSE 250.

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Environmental consultant RPS is on the acquisition trail again, having acquired Mountainheath Services (MSL), a European provider of specialist laboratory services for up to £1.9 million.

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The Indian market has been unchanged by the liquidity crisis say 68 per cent of global private equity firms, a recent Deloitte survey has said. It also shows that the private equity market in India has widely withstood the impact of the credit crisis and paints a picture of a buoyant private equity market.

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Finadvance Capital has acquired a 57 per cent stake in French bookstore Decitre. The founding family will retain a 37 per cent stake, with the remaining 6 per cent being held by Espin Participations.

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Baird Capital Partners Europe, the UK mid-market arm of Baird Private Equity, has backed portfolio company Choices Holdings' acquisition of care group Domiciliary Care, based in Glasgow, for undisclosed terms.