Brazil’s slumping economy and plunging currency have clean-energy companies seeking to sell wind farms to boost liquidity. “There are many wind assets on sale as we experience a moment where energy companies are...
Panasonic to Speed Up Pace of Acquisitions to Meet Sales Target
Panasonic Corp. plans to accelerate the pace of acquisitions to meet its target of generating 10 trillion yen ($87 billion) of annual revenue by fiscal 2018. Purchases will be balanced with divestitures as the company...
Fishmeal Shortages Spark M&A Rush as Cargill Targets Aquaculture
A fifth year of fishmeal shortages is leading to a rush of mergers and acquisitions as companies including Cargill Inc. seek to meet demand for seafood that’s growing faster than for beef, poultry or pork. Cargill...
The Bloomberg Advantage: Porzio, McCracken on M&A
The Bloomberg Advantage with Carol Massar and Cory Johnson. GUESTS: Matt Porzio Vice President Intralinks Inc Jeff McCracken Bloomberg News Discussing mergers and acquisitions activity. Running time 14:30 Download: The...
Is Market Volatility Impacting M&A, IPOs?
See the complete video at Barclays Investment Banking Vice Chairman Barbara Byrne discusses mergers and acquisition activity and IPOs. Bloomberg Businessweek’s Sheelah Kolhatkar also reports on “Bloomberg...
Gilead Needs to Go Shopping
Incoming Gilead CEO John Milligan has an M&A shopping list in his head, he said on the biotech’s earnings call on Tuesday. Investors would love to see that list turn into something a little more tangible...
South African Probe of Optimum Deal Part of Normal M&A Procedure
An investigation by South Africa’s Competition Commission into the acquisition of Optimum Coal Holdings Pty Ltd. is part of normal procedure concerning mergers and acquisitions, the market regulator said. The...
ChemChina’s Ren Chases DNA Change With $43 Billion Syngenta Bid
The blue locomotive rolled out of Zhengzhou, pulling boxcars stacked with more than 10,000 Chinese-made tires. They were heading across two continents to Germany as part of a “new silk road†initiative to boost...
What Will Affect M&A in 2016?
Check the video at Ernst & Young Transaction Advisor Services’ Rich Jeanneret discuses his outlook for mergers and acquisitions in 2016. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets.”
Barry Diller: We Want to Go As Fast As We Can
Expedia Chairman and Senior Executive Barry Diller discusses mergers and acquisitions. He speaks on “Bloomberg ‹GO›.” Click here to see the video –
VMware Forecasts Darken Bright Spot in Dell’s Deal to Buy EMC
The shine is coming off VMware Inc., the crown jewel in the sale of parent company EMC Corp. to Dell Inc. VMware shares fell as much as 13 percent after the biggest maker of virtualization software forecast profit and...
Smith & Nephew Tops European M&A Targets for Second Year in Row
Smith & Nephew Plc, the British maker of replacement knee joints and medical devices, is the top European acquisition target for the second year in a row in a Bloomberg survey of traders and analysts...
