Category: Mergers & Acquisitions
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Welcome To the (Tech) Jungle: Cisco’s Reaching Up to Skype? / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Dian_L_Chu
Merger mania is definitely back in the Tech sector. HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) are still seriously locking horns over 3PAR (as of this writing.) Intel’s (INTC) acquiring Infineon’s wireless business for about $1.4 billion in cash, less than two weeks after saying it would buy McAfee. However, the more intriguing story (or rumor) is when TechCrunch broke the news Sunday night that Cisco (CSCO) has made an offer to acquire Skype before they complete their IPO.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Economic Dark Darkside of the M&A Boom / Economics / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
With its $39 billion hostile bid for Canada's Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT), mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE ADR: BHP) capped an active August in the mergers-and-acquisitions market.
With the moribund growth prospects of the U.S. economy, there would seem to be no great urgency for companies to go on an M&A spree, yet the total value of announced buyout deals for August alone has topped $175 billion.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Why Mergers and Acquisitions Activity Is Heating Up / Stock-Markets / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_and_Markets
Jeff Manera writes: The markets have been taking a beating over the past few weeks. Plunging existing home sales, disappointing jobless claims and weak manufacturing activity numbers are to blame.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Stock Market Investors’ Hopes Riding on Surge in M&A Activity / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Don Miller writes:
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is at its highest level since late 2009, providing a glimmer of hope to investors struggling to decipher stock and bond markets roiled by a weakening U.S. economy.
Global takeovers announced so far this year have totaled $1.29 trillion, up 23% from the same time last year, according to Bloomberg News.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
Mega Private Equity Deal in 2010: Some Fundamentals in Place / Stock-Markets / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Static_Chaos
With Merger and Acquisition really picking up steam in the last month, the question arises whether private equity will be able to complete a major move in the remainder of 2010. This past week Intel acquired software security firm McAfee for $7.7 billion in an all cash deal and the prior week BHP offered $40 Billion to take over Potash Corp. from shareholders.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Microsoft and IBM Potential Takeover Suitors for Hewlett Packard / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Dian_L_Chu
The longer HP languishes at the $41 a share level, the more likely the company will become a takeover target. Well, the fact that HP currently doesn`t have a CEO, and the fact that they are dirt cheap with regards to stock price to book value makes them vulnerable.
After all, when HP is trading at $55 a share, and any takeover requires a hefty premium of at least 20% to actually get a non-hostile bid to be accepted by the board and shareholders, this becomes a huge roadblock to a M&A deal being completed successfully.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Why the Prudential-AIG Deal Contradicts Capitalism / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: To inattentive observers, the recent announcement that the British insurance company Prudential PLC (NYSE ADR: PUK) would pay $35.5 billion for American International Group Inc.'s (NYSE: AIG) Asian insurance operation, AIA, might seem like just another belated expansion of the old British Empire - a strange contrast to the sale of the premier British chocolate company Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBY) to Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) last month.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Pfizer and Dow Chemical Merger Talks and Dividend Cut / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Money_and_Markets
Nilus Mattive writes: I can't believe how quickly things are changing in these markets! One trading day after I sent out my latest issue of Dividend Superstars , two firms that are widely held by investors announced both merger news and dividend policy changes.
I've covered both of these companies in past Money and Markets issues, too. So today I want to do something a little different, and give you my thoughts on this news.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Lloyds TSB Takeover of HBOS for £12 billion, £2.32 per share / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Nadeem_Walayat
In a morning press statement Lloyds TSB confirmed its accepted bid for Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) formerly Britain's biggest mortgage bank for £12 billion ($21 billion) or £2.32 pence per share in a all stock deal, following yesterday morning near collapse in the share price of HBOS which had witnessed a sustained assault by hedge fund speculators over 3 days that had wiped out more than 66% of the banks value from £2.85 last Friday to just 90p Wednesday morning, following on from the weekends Lehman's bankruptcy and AIG nationalisation.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Abbey and Alliance & Leicester Merger Impact on Customers / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: MoneyFacts
Darren Cook, mortgage expert at Moneyfacts.co.uk, comments: “The merger of these two high street names will likely briefly bring increased confidence to the industry. However, it will also bring further reduction in consumer choice, which is already under pressure and has seen significant reductions, particularly in the mortgage market.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, May 30, 2008
What Hewlett-Packard's Acquisition of EDS Means to Accenture / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Hans_Wagner
Investors who wish to beat the market often look for value in picking stocks. Hewlett-Packard's (HP) acquisition of EDS (EDS) presents an opportunity to examine the large IT Services Provides. The move by HP doubles their market share in the global Information Technology Services market. Further, IBM's recent success stems primarily from the growth in its services business. Mark Hurd, HP's CEO, is trying to follow the IBM business model where services are the driver for growth. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, May 05, 2008
Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid- Shares Plunge on US Open / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Martin_Hutchinson
Microsoft Corp. ( MSFT ) last Saturday yanked its $44.6 billion bid for struggling Internet-search pioneer Yahoo! Inc. ( YHOO ) after the two companies were unable to come to terms over the buyout price.
In a statement, the software giant said it failed to win over Yahoo's board of directors - even after boosting its bid by $5 billion. To move forward from here would require a shift into hostile mode, Microsoft said, a time-consuming and uncertainty filled process that would make Yahoo "undesirable as an acquisition candidate."
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Barclays ABN Amro Bid Seeks Cash from China and Singapore State Investors / Companies / Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Phillipa_Green
Barclays revealed earlier today that it was seeking to issue new shares to China and Singapore state investors worth £10 billion in cash, so as to enable Barclays to increase its offer for the dutch bank ABN Amro and thus beating the rival bid lead by RBS Bank.