Shire seeks AbbVie bid of close to 53 pounds per share: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shire Plc is seeking a higher takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker AbbVie Inc that would value the company at about 31 billion pounds ($53 billion), according...
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Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor support for large acquisitions and a desire to trump rivals in consolidating markets have led chief executives to strike big transactions so far in 2014,...
Exclusive: Sprint closer to $40 billion-plus T-Mobile deal financing – sources
By Soyoung Kim, Sophie Sassard and Michelle Sierra NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Sprint Corp has lined up eight banks to finance its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile US Inc, edging closer...
Ad deal collapse busts ‘merger of equals’ myth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mergers of equals were largely dead long before ad giant Omnicom Group Inc struck its ill-fated $35 billion deal with rival Publicis Groupe SA. That didn't...
AT&T makes bet on video with $48.5 billion DirecTV bid
(Reuters) - AT&T; Inc plans to pay $48.5 billion to buy DirecTV, in the latest sign that the wireless industry and the U.S. television market are set to converge as...
AT&T nears DirecTV purchase in new jolt to TV landscape
By Soyoung Kim and Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T; is close to announcing that it will buy the No. 1 U.S. satellite TV operator DirecTV, according to...
Exclusive: ARC Healthcare near $3.7 billion deal for Griffin-American Healthcare
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc is in exclusive talks to buy Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc, a deal that could value the healthcare real-estate investment...
Battle for control destroyed $35-billion Omnicom-Publicis merger
LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - The $35-billion merger of U.S.-based Omnicom and France's Publicis collapsed on Friday after a battle for control destroyed plans to create the world's largest advertising agency....
DirecTV working with advisers to weigh AT&T deal: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DirecTV is working with advisers including Goldman Sachs Group to evaluate a possible combination with AT&T; Inc , following a recent takeover approach from the mobile...
DirecTV working with advisers to weigh AT&T deal: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DirecTV is working with advisers including Goldman Sachs Group to evaluate a possible combination with AT&T; Inc , following a recent takeover approach from the mobile...