Monday, April 21, 2008

Market data: Tech deals strong; PE buys financials

April 18 - Corporate Dealmaker Blog (The Deal) - A trawl through Capital IQ's 56-page "Monthly Market Observations" report for April puts numbers to some M&A trends we knew about and hints at a few others.

We're working here with numbers that compare the 12 months ending March 31, 2007, to the 12 months ending March 31, 2008. Overall deal volume doesn't change that much because of the starting points; it actually goes up in deals with European targets, despite the market's dramatic slowdown in the first quarter of this year. Still, when you start to look at different sectors, things get interesting. Read More.

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