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Tigress Financial Partners CIO: 'A Yahoo-Twitter Combination Does Not Make Sense'
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 6:05pm | 243Read More...Speaking to Benzinga, Tigress Financial Partners Chief Investment Officer Ivan Feinseth said that a combination of Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) does not make sense. “I don’t know if Yahoo bought them that they would be getting a whole lot to what they don...
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Intralinks' Deal Flow Predictor: Positive M&A Momentum Will Continue
Monday, October 20, 2014 - 3:06pm | 635Read More...“We are consistently reading the headlines of significant sized deals getting done and the mid-market is humming as well.” So came word from Matt Porzio, vice president of M&A strategy and product marketing at Intralinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) who spoke with Benzinga. Q1 2015...
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IntraLinks Holdings Inc DealNexus Mobile M&A App Expanded To Feature Full Access
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 11:02am | 645Read More...Global SaaS provider, IntraLinks Holdings Inc (NYSE: IL) announced Monday that it has expanded its Intralinks DealNexus mobile app to provide full access to and interaction with a global community of approximately 10,000 dealmakers. iPad Version Added In addition to the new iPhone app,...
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What You Need to Know About The Burger King/Tim Hortons Deal
Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 10:09am | 547Read More...Fast food giant Burger King (NYSE: BKW) is going shopping north of the border, buying Tim Hortons (NYSE: THI), Canada's most popular coffee and doughnut chain. If the merger closes it will Tim Hortons' second combination with an American fast food icon; it was at one time owned by Wendy...
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Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator Predicts Significant Increase In 2014 M&A Volume
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 1:39pm | 614Read More...When it comes to finance, investing and M&A, everybody wants a crystal ball. SaaS provider Intralinks (NYSE: IL) thinks it has one. Statistically Significant It’s called the Intralinks Deal Flow Indicator (DFI). Analysis & Inference Inc., an independent...
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Exclusive: Bio-Techne Executive On M&A Possiblities
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 10:59am | 498Read More...Bio-Techne (NASDAQ: TECH) announced the $60 million acquisition of Novus Biologicals earlier this month and the $300 million acquisition of ProteinSimple in June. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Director of Business Development Frank Mortari discussed M&A activity in the...
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The Fed Fuels Record M&A
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 9:36am | 527Read More...The Federal Reserve's cheap money may have driven away big money and long-term investors from traditional money markets, as the chart below suggests. But it has been fueling M&A. Corporations are sprinting to buy up whatever they can ahead of the Fed's expected 2015 increase in...
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Warren Buffett: America's Best Days Lie Ahead
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 12:07pm | 665Read More...Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) founder Warren Buffett’s annual letter to stockholders is considered one-part corporate guidance and one-part “investor’s almanac” by many on Wall Street – not just Berkshire shareholders. According to The Wall Street Journal, Buffett’s habit of including a...
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AT&T to Acquire Leap and Considering a Play in Europe (LEAP, T)
Monday, July 15, 2013 - 12:34pm | 656Read More...AT&T (NYSE: T) announced Friday it will pay about $1.2 billion in a deal to acquire Leap Wireless International (NASDAQ: LEAP), according to USA Today. The acquisition, which will give AT&T all of Leap’s assets, including stock, wireless properties, stores and nearly five million...
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Blackstone Ups the Ante in Retail with $473MM Acquisition
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 1:00am | 329Read More...In its second large move in the Retail Commercial Real Estate market, Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase $473MM in shopping centers in Atlanta, Tampa, and Orlando from Equity One Inc (NYSE: EQY) . This move marks the continued focus for Blackstone into the Retail market after their...
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Should Yahoo Sell Itself?
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 1:47am | 593Read More...Yahoo's board finally had enough with Carol Bartz, and moved to fire her on Tuesday after market closed. Investors, who had had enough with Ms. Bartz as well, gladly bid Yahoo's stock up 6% on the news. The market had high hopes with Ms. Bartz when she joined Yahoo! two years ago, but ultimately...
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Merger Arbitrage Mondays – August 29, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 4:35am | 4690Read More...There was no activity on the merger arbitrage front last week as no new deals were announced. Five pending deals closed. You can find all the active deals listed below in our Merger Arbitrage Tool that automatically updates itself during market hours. Deal Statistics: Total Number of Deals...
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Express Scripts to Buy Medco for Staggering $29.1 Billion
Thursday, July 21, 2011 - 6:32am | 255Read More...Pharmacy benefit management company Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) has agreed to buy competitor Medco Health Solutions (NYSE: MHS) for $29.1 billion, making it one of the largest M&A deals of the year. Under the agreement, Medco stockholders will receive $71.36 per share, or more than a 20%...
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Could Microsoft Buy BlackBerry-Maker Research in Motion?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 6:54am | 386Read More...Shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) have been slammed this year, with the stock now trading off February highs of $69 to below $26. The BlackBerry-maker's market capitalization now stands at $13.5 billion. The precipitous slide has been largely attributed to lackluster earnings and a...
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PNC Financial to Acquire U.S. Retail Operations of Royal Bank of Canada for $3.4 Billion: Sources
Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 7:22pm | 257Read More...PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) will acquire the U.S. retail operations of Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) for $3.45 billion in cash and stock, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters Sunday. PNC provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to more than...
