20 December 2006

Mergers and Acquisition Boom

According to a report in today's Daily Telegraph, 2006 M&A activity will exceed the levels reaches in the 1999/2000 dotcom boom. The total value of takeovers has reached $3,611bn (£1,836bn).

The largest UK transaction was the takeover of British Airports Authority (BAA) by Ferrovial of Spain worth $30.2 billion. The largest global deal was valued at $89 billion. This was the takeover of Bellsouth by AT&T.

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