United States
Finance
While conditions in the US are becoming increasingly fertile for M&A activity, at the same time we are also seeing a major upswing in share buybacks. The recent spike in share...
2010-03-10Finance
Reports have emerged that The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) is in talks to buy the North American operations of its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), with the tabled bid said...
2010-03-03Finance
The pledge by the newly-founded 'Invest In America Alliance', a grouping of 24 US-based venture capital firms, to invest US$3.5bn in US-based start-ups over the next two years will...
2010-03-01Finance
Oil services giant Schlumberger is in advanced talks to acquire another of the industry's major players Smith International, the Wall Street Journal reported on February 19. If the...
2010-02-22Finance
A slump in electricity demand - especially among industrial customers - during the economic downturn, has forced utilities to slash costs and cull projects. This has served to leave...
2010-02-17Finance
Real estate may have been the stalwart of the string of IPOs seen in the US so far in 2010, with US$586mn worth of deals, but sentiment appears to be turning against the sector. We...
2010-02-17Finance
The attraction of the green energy start-up is rising with investors at present, so much so that we are seeing traditional tech industry firms shift their focus towards the sector....
2010-02-15Finance
Technology security companies stand poised to become an M&A hot spot in 2010. Profiting from renewed fears over tech-based security after search engine giant Google 's high-profile...
2010-02-10
