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Deal of the Week

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll ... Read more

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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

24mins

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

20mins

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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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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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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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