Companies have spent a stunning $2 trillion on mergers so far this year

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, On May 24, 2018, Paul La Monica penned an article for CNN Money entitled Companies have spent a stunning $2 trillion on mergers so far this year.  The article notes that in.....»»

NEW YORK (LPC) - A record $1.45 trillion of US syndicated lending to companies for acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, dividends and refinancing in the first half of the year has propelled bank fees from arranging the loans to all-time highs......»»

Special-purpose acquisition companies have raised $94.4 billion this year through IPOs — already more than the record annual total of $83.4 billion last year......»»

Chobani joins the list of food companies, including Bolthouse and Tyson, that are incentivizing factory workers to get vaccinated, including on-site. .....»»

Tech deals and blank-check companies are fueling a surge in mergers and acquisitions.....»»

Uber and Lyft spent record amounts on Washington lobbying in 2020, a year in which the ride-hailing companies had the attention of the U.S. Labor Department......»»

The deals that happen in 2021 will probably be driven by divestment activity and mergers of equals, an oil and gas advisory leader at PwC said......»»

The energy sector is shrinking so dramatically that it's become the second-smallest group in the whole S&P index......»»

The energy sector is shrinking so dramatically that it's become the second-smallest group in the whole S&P index......»»

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The “Cares Act” specifies that any companies that borrow from the U.S. government may not buy back shares of their stock or pay dividends to shareholders for at least one year after the loan is paid back......»»

The steep market drop triggered by the global coronavirus outbreak has led many companies to hit the 'pause' button on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), sabotaging the hopes of corporate advisers who expected a dealmaking bonanza this year......»»

China's software industry consisting of 40,338 companies generated total revenues of CNY6.462 trillion (US$936.46 billion) in January-November 2019, growing 15.5% on year, according to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)......»»

The long-awaited U.S.-China trade deal touted new wins for U.S. companies looking to access China's $40 trillion financial sector, but many of the changes were already in the works with Beijing stepping up the pace of opening up in the past year......»»

The Zombification Of America - Over 40% Of Listed Companies Don't Make Money It's absolutely stunning how the Fed/ECB/BoJ injected upwards of $1.1 trillion into global markets in the last .....»»

The year 2019 brought landmark change across the lines of business and industry. From C-suite shakeups to transformative corporate partnerships, the pace with which companies and their leadership aimed to advance was unwavering — and figures to .....»»

In 2019, global companies spent about $2 trillion, or twice the worth of Apple corporation, on digital transformation including digital tools, Artificial Intelligence (AI) an.....»»

A string of multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical deals announced over the last week call attention to a record-setting year in which drugmakers and biotechs have spent $342 billion snapping up smaller companies to bolster their pipelines......»»

Stress in the $1.1 trillion leveraged loan market this year has pulled down the prices of the debt of weaker companies, but not by enough yet to generate bargains for sector’s largest investors......»»

Reuters Companies within the S&P 500 are expected t.....»»