2018
has been a great year thus far for M&A. The number of deals is down, but
the deal sizes are increasing. Record-breaking deals are being proposed and
executed both in the United States and globally. Just in the last week, Sprint
and T-Mobile announced a $26 billion merger, and Marathon Petroleum announced a
$36 billion acquisition. Other potential deals include Walmart and J Sainsbury,
Walmart (or Amazon) and Flipkart, and Bayer and Monsanto. To provide a better
idea, as of mid-last week, there have been 11,828 deals valued at $1.71
trillion globally. Deals are valued to be 63% larger on average than last year.
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