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CFW View: Our muted optimism for Bechtel to improve its performance over 2011 has proven well placed following the release of impressive results for the year. Whilst revenues have returned... 2012-04-12

Fast food giant Burger King has gone full circle. Just eighteen months after going private in a secondary buyout by little-known PE fund backed by Brazilian investors, 3G Capital... 2012-04-12

In the global IPO arena, biggest is not always best. Indeed, here is an important lesson for all firms looking to go public: the smaller the percentage of the company sold in a first... 2012-04-11

CFW View: Investor reaction to Amgen's latest acquisition, of KAI Pharmaceutical, is difficult to gauge due to macroeconomic factors over shadowing the share price contraction on the... 2012-04-11

CFW View: Pharmaceutical and healthcare companies will increasingly engage in de-diversification. The primary motive is to capitalise on the current investor affectation for having... 2012-03-30

BP is the latest oil company to tie up acreage in the sought after Utica shale formation. The lease acquisition will help boost the company's onshore portfolio and give it access to... 2012-03-30

Mobile commerce technology provider Monitise has agreed to acquire rival Clairmail as part of a plan to expand its presence in the global mobile banking and mobile payments markets... 2012-03-28

The market for asset-backed securities (ABS) has made something of a renaissance in the US of late. According to data provider Dealogic, y-t-d 2012 US ABS value has reached US$37.2bn,... 2012-03-27

Broadband pipeline operators Zayo Group and AboveNet have agreed a US$2.2bn deal that will see long-haul fibre specialist AboveNet become part of Zayo. The combination would bulk... 2012-03-20