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.
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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 sm…
SprintNextel and T-Mobile USA are reportedly discussing another tie-up, as both companies seek to stop the flow of customers defecting to larger cell-phone service providers. In the past, the carriers have mulled a merger but h…
French drug company Sanofi-Aventis (SNY) has finally made a deal to buy biotech company Genzyme (GENZ) for $20.1 billion, about $74 a share. Genzyme shareholders will get a contingent value right that represents potential future payments if Lemtrada, t…
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 millio…