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Mergers and acquisitions are becoming ever more popular, with activity up 24% in the first two months of this year — after already growing 23% in 2010. Here’s how your portfolio can benefit from this trend.

Continue reading Inside Wall Street: Putting Mergers and Acquisitions to Work for You

Inside Wall Street: Putting Mergers and Acquisitions to Work for You originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 19 Mar 2011 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Investing, Goldman Sachs , Google , Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Apple, Stock Picks, Cisco Systems, Chevron, Market News, Investment

The longtime coffee rivals may be discussing a merger that could provide the smaller player with a boost in the single-cup market. And Peet’s, which has longstanding deals with grocery chains, could steer Starbucks towards a smoother grocery distribution strategy.

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Is Starbucks Brewing Up a Merger With Peet’s Coffee? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:00:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Kraft Foods, Starbucks

Nothing like a big media deal to spark commentary from the media. And indeed, there’s been no shortage of reaction — from praise to pillory — to AOL’s decision to purchase upstart news site The Huffington Post for $315 million, mostly in cash.

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AOL Buys Huffington Post: What the Media Is Saying About the Big Media Deal originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:10:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Media, AOL

Citigroup has foreclosed on U.K.-based record label EMI Group, taking it back from private-equity firm Terra Firma, which bought EMI from Citigroup for a whopping $4.7 billion in 2007.

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Citigroup Takes Back Record Company EMI from Terra Firma originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:30:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Citigroup, Retail

The European Commission on Wednesday approved Intel’s $7.68 billion acquisition of security-software company McAfee. Regulators had been concerned that the deal would exclude competing software from working with Intel processors, but Intel agreed to maintain interoperability.

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European Commission Approves Intel Acquisition of McAfee originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:30:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Intel, McAfee