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Tag: Acquisition

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Why Food and Beverage Giants Are Splitting Apart

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For decades, the food and beverage business was driven by a simple credo: “bigger is better.” Consolidation promised purchasing power, shelf dominance, and global reach. The late 2010s and early 2020s brought a flurry of high-profile tie-up...

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Blocked U.S. Steel-Nippon Acquisition Roils Dealmakers, Baffles Analysts

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President Biden’s decision in early January to block Japan-based Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel sparked a slew of unusual twists and turns more akin to a Hollywood political thriller than a typical corporate deal. Accusations of c...

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Private Eyes: Boards Evaluating Flood of Take-Private Offers

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Nearly six months into 2022, an auto company executive’s drama-filled bid to buy a social media platform stands out as the story of the year in the dealmaking world. But Elon Musk’s potential acquisition of Twitter has been part of a run of...

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M&A Lawsuit Holds Answer to Billion-Dollar MAE Question

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The pandemic has given rise to any number of troubling questions: How did it start? Are we “reopening” too soon? Will there be a Major League Baseball season? One such question, with billions of dollars on the line, is this: what happens to...

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