While so-called megamergers, combinations of companies with more than $1 billion in revenues, often claim headlines and generate the bulk of dollar volume, mergers of smaller firms account for a high proportion of the number of actual deals. ❋ Unknown (2006)
"megamergers" took place among banks and insurance and securities companies that resulted today†™ s mega-investment houses. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Insurance and Real Estate donations) over the previous decade, and once the Act passed, an influx of "megamergers" took place among banks and insurance and securities companies, as if they had been eagerly awaiting the passage of Gramm's Act. [...] ❋ Unknown (2008)
The same can be said for moguls who love megamergers, including ones that blend news and entertainment with distribution, such as TV networks and cable systems. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The gigantic companies created by those megamergers passed over many relatively large oil fields in favor of huge discoveries to replace their reserves. ❋ AlaskaDispatch.com (2011)
Mr. Mulva, 65 years old, is the last of a generation of chief executives who presided over the megamergers that joined Exxon and Mobil, Chevron and Texaco, and BP and Amoco. ❋ Daniel Gilbert (2011)
"If these deals do happen, it does put Nasdaq a little bit back on the defensive when you think of how to compete with these growing megamergers," said Michael Pagano , professor of finance at Villanova School of Business in Pennsylvania. ❋ Donna Kardos Yesalavich (2011)
"There's going to be the megamergers, which will pull levels of concentration much higher," says Michael Locker , the president of consulting firm Locker Associates Inc. Also, he says, companies will bet more heavily on smaller, riskier "frontier assets" in developing countries such as Zambia, Mozambique and Mongolia. ❋ John W. Miller (2012)
As fears of a global financial and economic meltdown recedes, megamergers among top 10 players—possibly even a renewed effort by BHP to acquire Rio Tinto—are more likely, industry bankers and analysts say. ❋ John W. Miller (2012)
Asian life insurers have been a major focus of global dealmaking, ranging from megamergers to massive initial public offerings, all banking on exposure to a still-fledgling market that has a high savings rate, a growing population and booming economies. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Shunning megamergers, Witty has shifted resources toward emerging markets that are eager to get access to Western drugs, and to stable markets like vaccines and consumer products. ❋ Robert Langreth (2010)
Earlier this year, a string of megamergers in the drug industry led to talk about other potential tie-ups, including a possible coupling of GlaxoSmithKline and Allergan. ❋ Unknown (2009)
While Mr. Viehbacher said he wouldn't "take any strategic option off the table," he made it clear he views megamergers with skepticism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
On that uncertainty, coupled with the integration risks and the fact that such megamergers often fail to solve longer-term growth problems, Merck shares fell 7.6% Monday. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Pfizer's $68 billion Wyeth purchase is partly an effort to fix what two previous megamergers didn't. ❋ Ron Winslow (2009)
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward dismisses the notion of further oil megamergers. ❋ Unknown (2009)
