New York Times (February 14)
2013/ 02/ 15 by jd in Global News
“The mega-merger is back.” Big deals were out for five years. “Wall Street deal makers and chief executives, brought low by the global financial crisis, lacked the confidence to strike the audacious multibillion-dollar acquisitions that had defined previous market booms.” In 2013, the cycle changed with the announced takeover of Heinz and the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. “Merger activity has suddenly roared back to life.”
Tags: American Airlines, Heinz, M&A, Market cycle, US Airways, Wall Street