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...But investors, analysts and even people close to the Murdochs suspect — or perhaps hope — there is more to the transaction than simply “cost synergies” or subscription bundling opportunities....
...That windfall was transferred from both previous stakeholders and the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation....
...By October, JSR’s board had considered and rejected Merck’s proposal, arguing that there was insufficient synergy....
...The campaign means that Vodafone joins healthcare group GlaxoSmithKline, energy company Shell and consumer goods giant Unilever as the latest large UK corporation with a high-profile activist publicly on...
...If done well, collabs offer companies a chain of small, staccato cost synergies and a potentially hefty sales windfall....
...Here’s Jefferies’ Dan Fannon: Acquisition of Putnam Investments - BEN announced the purchase of Putnam Investments from Great-West Lifeco (TSX: GWO), a subsidiary of Power Corporation Canada (TSX: POW),...
...Asda says the deal would add about £195mn of earnings after rent and about £100mn of synergies over the next three years....
...Dis-synergies — notably in international wealth management and commercial banking — outweighed advantages, in our view....
...Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is expected on Thursday to unveil a wide-ranging set of tax rises, including taking corporation tax from 19 per cent to 25 per cent, freezing income tax thresholds and targeting dividend...
...Don Papa is distilled by Philippine drinks group Ginebra San Miguel, majority-owned by the San Miguel Corporation....
...I’m eager to work with people who strive for positive change and to create cross-cultural synergies....
...In most jurisdictions, corporation taxes are not levied on the portion of profits paid as interest to lenders....
...But the synergies seem to end there, as Lex observes....
...So, to us, the synergy was obvious....
...The synergies are more clear this time. Dorsey is poised for a payday worth nearly $1bn from his Twitter shares if the sale goes through at the agreed $54.20 per share price....
...It is suggesting that Saint-Gobain either spin off or list a distribution business, which it deems has few synergies with its core buildings materials units....
...transaction last year. 888 said on Thursday that it believed the deal would create “a global online betting and gaming leader” and would “deliver significant operating efficiencies” including annual pre-tax synergies...
...Gazprom-Media said it was interested in acquiring a stake in VK as it saw natural business synergies....
...The International Finance Corporation, a sister organisation of the World Bank, has said that impact investment assets could eventually reach $26tn....
...AngloGold trades at a 50 per cent discount to industry leaders Newmont Corporation and Barrick Gold....
...Axel Springer will be hoping for synergies and cost savings that will make it worthwhile....
...Lord Foster has conceived some of the world’s most iconic buildings – The Gherkin in London, Berlin’s The Reichstag, Cupertino’s Apple Park and the headquarters of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
...Its shares have rocketed back to $55 on hopes of deal synergies and an online bonanza....
...The US private equity firm is planning to participate in a wave of transactions generated by railway companies, manufacturers and other corporations with substantial but underused property and land assets...
...“This is a huge market with more than 2m sellers, it’s very fragmented and there is a lot of opportunity for synergies.”...
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