M&A Analysis

Once again we can see that consolidation in the banking sector is not restricted to developed Europe but is also taking place in the US.

With share prices of many energy and power companies having been hit by economic concerns there are bargains to be found. As such, a recent flurry of dealmaking activity served to make... 2011-10-25

New US refiner Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is looking to make immediate downstream acquisitions, according to CEO Gary Heminger.

State-run China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNC) has swept up Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada, announcing on July 20 2011 that it would acquire the company for US$2.1bn.

High-profile computing technology vendors Intel and Dell have made strategic acquisitions that deepen their exposure to the fast-growing data centre services market, itself part of... 2011-07-21

US online TV and movie service provider Hulu is reported to have received an unsolicited takeover offer, prompting the company's board to consider its options. Such options include... 2011-06-22

Against the backdrop of amplified merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the US utilities sector, a US$26bn merger between Duke Energy and Progress Energy, creating the largest... 2011-01-12

In the same week that US wine giant Constellation Brands was reported to be mulling the sale of its Australian and UK wine business, US drinks firm Brown-Forman has confirmed that it... 2010-12-31

No-one appears to have a bad word to say about Canadian lender Toronto Dominion 's US$6.3bn acquisition of Chrysler Financial , what used to be the in-house auto loans provider of... 2010-12-24

Canada's Bank of Montreal (BMO) has made its biggest ever acquisition, paying US$4.1bn in stock for troubled US lender Marshall & Ilsley (M&I), in a deal that could herald... 2010-12-20