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...Its software deals include the $18.9bn acquisition of CA Technologies and $10.7bn buyout of Symantec’s enterprise security business....
...Packard Enterprise’s $14bn bid for Juniper Networks, announced last week....
...“They are getting ready to do some significant M&A,” said Daniel Ives at Wedbush Securities....
...Apart from a small number of big-ticket deals, tech M&A slumped in volume and value in the past 12 months, in part because of antitrust scrutiny from regulators on top of market volatility and high interest...
...I’m not sure of the market relevance of either point, but there you go. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...A relative minnow, it has an enterprise value of just $25bn....
...On Thursday, a blockbuster M&A deal was added to the mix, with Silicon Valley mainstay Cisco Systems acquiring cyber security software company Splunk for $28bn in cash....
...Amid New Orleans festivities, rainmakers wonder if the party is over for Delaware Delaware, Inc. may be the enterprise now under the most intense activist threat....
...“I’m sick and tired of hearing that argument when we know that the right thing to do for our country is to tackle this problem.”...
...“Platforms are dealing directly with enterprise clients,” he adds. “SMEs can work directly with Google and Meta.”...
...Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Apple hold dominant positions in increasingly mature industries (digital ads, enterprise software and smartphones)....
...The Gordon Gekko Company Ranch Award 2023 Winner: W.M. “Rusty” Rush, Rush Company Despite the eye-popping inclusion of allowances for a car, an aircraft, a cell phone and a ranch, W.M....
...Colgate to toothpaste in Zambia: none of the companies involved created the original product, but they did so much to introduce it to a wider audience that their brands became synonymous with the whole enterprise...
...Here’s what he said when asked about Dojo, Tesla’s plan to make its own AI chip, which Jonas says might be worth $500bn to the company’s enterprise value even though it’s never been mentioned in an SEC filing...
...A shrinking domestic market is forcing Japan Inc to look for growth overseas. Ultra-low interest rates back home have further whetted the appetite for deals....
...Ithaca trades just at 1.6 times enterprise value/forward ebitda. The UK’s previous adherence to green energy policies has taken a heavy toll on UK-focused oil and gas companies....
...But Greenhill’s desultory conclusion demonstrates the shortcomings of a publicly traded model for an enterprise ultimately driven by a handful of superstars....
...While Priti Patel’s party leadership hopes suffered, Boris Johnson was able to escape much of the damage over small boats....
...Headcount has dipped and M&A is a rarity. The days of high spending on speculative business ideas are over....
...Nimesh Shah, chief executive of accountancy firm Blick Rothenberg, says individuals can defer capital gains through investing in a tax-efficient Enterprise Investment Scheme fund....
...Trillium’s last foray into M&A was in 2011 when it made a non-binding proposal to the board of Steam Global Services, a call centre operator....
...Trade development executive at Enterprise Ireland in Canada Why did you choose Trinity?...
...Pfizer has agreed to acquire oncology-focused biotech Seagen for a total enterprise value of $43bn as the US pharmaceutical company refills its drugs pipeline amid a sharp fall in sales of its Covid-19 products...
...“I’m just astounded,” he said of the five companies in which he now owns an identical 7.4 per cent stake. “They’re all different, and they’re all the same at the same time.”...
...“Prometheus takeout [is] likely a positive for Merck and broader Pharma sector, as M&A activity has begun to thaw,” he said....
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