Greg Roumeliotis
Stories by Greg Roumeliotis
Qualcomm nears $37b deal to buy NXP Semiconductors
Qualcomm had sat out the transformative consolidation sweeping the industry, which has seen mega-deals such as Avago buying Broadcom for $37 billion l
AT&T close to sealing deal to buy Time Warner for $85b
AT&T Inc has reached an agreement in principle to buy Time Warner Inc for about $85 billion, sources said on Friday, paving the way for what would be
Global M&A drops in third quarter as companies fear overpaying
The value of announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A) worldwide fell 27 percent year-on-year to $753 billion in the third quarter of 2016, as apprehen
Bayer to take over global seed market leader Monsanto in blockbuster $66b deal
Bayer intends to finance the transaction with a combination of debt and equity. The equity component of approximately $19 billion is expected to be ra
US watchdog clears ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta, stock leaps
With a growing number of Chinese companies looking to acquire U.S. peers, CFIUS has emerged as a significant risk for such deals, particularly those w
Pfizer nears deal to acquire Medivation for close to $14b
Pfizer has agreed to pay a little more than $80 per share for Medivation, a substantial premium to the $52.50 offer that France's Sanofi SA made in A
Advent leads race to buy US pharma research firm inVentiv for close to $4b
Advent has so far prevailed over rival buyout firm CVC Capital Partners in bidding for inVentiv, and is in the process of finalizing terms with its ow
Bayer sweetens $64b offer for hesitant Monsanto
Bayer announced details of a sweetened $64 billion bid for Monsanto as it tries to put the U.S. seed company under pressure to engage further
French dairy giant Danone nears deal to buy WhiteWave Foods for about $10b
The deal would boost Danone's pursuit of affluent consumers by adding WhiteWave's popular healthy food offerings such as Silk almond milk and Earthbou
