M&A in the US of A
Is corporate America due a cut-price mergers and acquisitions spree? US companies, squeezed out of the bidding during the private equity boom, headed into this downturn more profitable and with more cash than in previous slumps
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Cancelled M&As close to eclipsing takeovers
Rate of deals collapsing has increased since September. Announced M&A activity is down 27%in the year to date compared with 2007, and the quarterly rate of withdrawn deals has hit a two-year high
InBev ruling sparks fears for M&A in China
Fears over Chinese antitrust laws
Takeover shows corporate wheels are still turning
Business is still active in the UK’s north-west
Days numbered for ‘takeovers by stealth’
Secret stakebuilding could soon be outlawed
Wave of mergers set to break in Brazil
Smaller banks will need to reinvent themselves
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