The M&A tipsters in the British national business press are out in force this week.
Yesterday, it was Bloomberg talking up the prospect of dealmaking, citing the likes of BT Group as a potential takeover target. Below is the link:..
One of America's largest private equity houses is rumoured to be interested in buying DXC Technology, the US-listed IT services group.
Last week, Bloomberg reported that DXC had been approached by at least one private equity firm.
People following the situation had heard talk KKR & Co is one of the buy-out houses that is looking at DXC.
However, it's not clear whether DXC is open to a deal with a private equity house...
Adobe Inc has confirmed it is buying design application Figma for $20 billion, proving once again there is a strong appetite for dealmaking, especially in the US technology market.
Now earlier little old Betaville reported that it was Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal that were claiming the "scoop"...
Mark, "the Kleinmanator", Kleinman of Sky News had a line last night on Schneider Electric's attempt to buy out the remainder of FTSE 100-listed Aveva that it doesn't own...
Amazon could be about to carry out its third major takeover deal of the summer.
Well, that's according to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, who both revealed last night that Amazon is in the running to buy Signify Health, the US-lited healthcare technology platform...
The US deal announcements are now arriving thick and fast.
Aside from the takeovers mentioned in this morning's note, Pfizer has announced it is buying Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4 billion (confirming the Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal scoops from last week). Below is the link to the deal report from the WSJ:..
Arch rivals at Bloomberg have just broken a decent story about Eutelsat Communications holding merger talks with OneWeb this afternoon.
According to Bloomie, British satellite firm OneWeb is nearing a deal to combine with France’s Eutelsat Communications in a transaction that would create a pan-European operator that could better compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink project...
BNP Paribas has "expressed an interest" in buying ABN Amro, the Dutch lender.
Well, that's according to arch rivals at Bloomberg. Below is a link to their scoop, which has sent ABN Amro's shares climbing over 17pc during intra-day trading. Below is the link:..
Stock markets are plunging and debt is becoming more expensive but that isn't stopping the buy-out giants from having a go.
Indeed, the latest large buy-out attempt by US private equity house involves Bain Capital, which was founded by former Republican US presidential candidate Mitt Romney...
A big deal story broke yesterday evening in the US - Broadcom, the US-listed chipmaker, is said to be in talks to buy VMWare, a cloud computing company.
Well, that's according to reports at Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, which seem to suggest talks about a cash and stock deal are "advanced".
Below are the links to their pieces:..