Ranked #1
21: End of the Road for Bill Ackman and Canadian Pacific
21: End of the Road for Bill Ackman and Canadian Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railway's chief said this week ``the deck was stacked against'' his pursuit of Norfolk Southern. Should... Read more
12 Apr 2016
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24mins
Ranked #2
26: Why Warren Buffett's Bet on Yahoo Deal Probably Makes Sense
26: Why Warren Buffett's Bet on Yahoo Deal Probably Makes Sense
Warren Buffett's decision to back a bid for Yahoo might seem to violate some of the billionaire investor's cardinal rule... Read more
17 May 2016
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22mins
Ranked #3
Get Rich or Dry Trying?
Get Rich or Dry Trying?
Ed Hammond and New York bureau chief Jason Kelly are joined by private equity reporter Melissa Mittelman to discuss the ... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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25mins
Ranked #4
51: Forget The Election, M&A is Rigged, NYU Professor Says
51: Forget The Election, M&A is Rigged, NYU Professor Says
M&A is a rigged game and the losers are shareholders of companies that do the acquiring, according to Aswath Damodar... Read more
8 Nov 2016
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21mins
Ranked #5
37: Is Uber Failing with Its $35 Billion Didi Merger?
37: Is Uber Failing with Its $35 Billion Didi Merger?
After losing $2 billion in China, Uber threw in the towel this week, agreeing to merge with rival Didi Chuxing. Uber Chi... Read more
2 Aug 2016
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17mins
Ranked #6
32: Why Pharmaceutical Companies Face an Existential M&A Crisis
32: Why Pharmaceutical Companies Face an Existential M&A Crisis
Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim agreed to a $25 billion dollar trade of big business units this week, the conclusion of ... Read more
29 Jun 2016
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17mins
Ranked #7
39: Formula One Sale Begets Questions About Sport's Future
39: Formula One Sale Begets Questions About Sport's Future
This much is for sure: If CVC Capital Partners decides to sell its 35 percent stake in Formula One, it's going to make b... Read more
16 Aug 2016
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20mins
Ranked #8
What Buying Power Says About M&A
What Buying Power Says About M&A
Longtime Silicon Valley lawyer Rick Climan and his team have worked on some of tech's biggest-ever deals, including Face... Read more
2 Aug 2017
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26mins
Ranked #9
48: Snapchat's Lessons from Twitter and Facebook
48: Snapchat's Lessons from Twitter and Facebook
Snapchat (OK, Snap Inc.) has hired banks to run its initial public offering. Morgan Stanley is running the show, a retur... Read more
18 Oct 2016
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20mins
Ranked #10
41: Hershey Still Standing as Mondelez Deal Melts Away
41: Hershey Still Standing as Mondelez Deal Melts Away
Hershey's has once again managed to fend off the takeover efforts of a rival. On Monday, Mondelez, the snack company, sa... Read more
30 Aug 2016
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13mins
Ranked #11
35: Will SoftBank's ARM Deal Derail Sprint's T-Mobile Plan?
35: Will SoftBank's ARM Deal Derail Sprint's T-Mobile Plan?
SoftBank is turning its attention -- and $32 billion -- to the Internet of Things with its deal for ARM Holdings. The mo... Read more
19 Jul 2016
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18mins
Ranked #12
Sprint and T-Mobile May Finally Do It
Sprint and T-Mobile May Finally Do It
T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. could be just weeks from finally announcing a merger. It would be the largest deal of ... Read more
27 Sep 2017
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31mins
Ranked #13
The 2018 Predictions Episode
The 2018 Predictions Episode
We're about to be singing Auld Lang Syne to 2017. To welcome in the new year, deals reporter Alex Barinka is joined by d... Read more
20 Dec 2017
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19mins
Ranked #14
Is Uber a Steal or a Mess?
Is Uber a Steal or a Mess?
Uber’s a steal. Uber’s in turmoil. SoftBank wants to buy a huge stake in Uber. Benchmark, Uber's largest shareholder, wa... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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25mins
Ranked #15
49: How We Broke AT&T's Discussions to Buy Time Warner
49: How We Broke AT&T's Discussions to Buy Time Warner
M&A reporter Ed Hammond and Executive Editor Jeff McCracken join host Alex Sherman for a behind-the-scenes look at h... Read more
25 Oct 2016
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23mins
Ranked #16
28: Big Money Utility Deals May Lead 2016 M&A
28: Big Money Utility Deals May Lead 2016 M&A
While they aren't household names, but utility deals are likely to drive 2016 M&A, reporter Matt Monks tells Deal of... Read more
31 May 2016
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17mins
Ranked #17
47: Qualcomm Hunts Car Computer Chips in Biggest 2016 Tech Deal
47: Qualcomm Hunts Car Computer Chips in Biggest 2016 Tech Deal
Qualcomm is making progress on acquiring NXP -- a deal that could be worth about $47 billion including debt. That would ... Read more
11 Oct 2016
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20mins
Ranked #18
33: Hershey Considers More Than Money as Mondelez Makes Offer
33: Hershey Considers More Than Money as Mondelez Makes Offer
A company whose name sounds like a disease, according to investor Nelson Peltz, is trying to buy Hershey. Mondelez offer... Read more
5 Jul 2016
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17mins
Ranked #19
Aerospace Acquisitors
Aerospace Acquisitors
Ed Hammond talks to Bloomberg Gadfly's Brooke Sutherland and Gillian Tan about United Technologies' $30 billion takeover... Read more
6 Sep 2017
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16mins
Ranked #20
45: CBOE's $3 Billion Bats Purchase Is Actually a Tech Deal
45: CBOE's $3 Billion Bats Purchase Is Actually a Tech Deal
CBOE's $3.2 billion acquisition of Bats Global Markets may sound like a wonky financial transaction. That isn't really t... Read more
27 Sep 2016
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16mins