Who wants to be a millionaire?
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The unpopularity of the stocks of traditional companies is encouraging institutional investors into the private equity market. One of Europe's biggest deals in 1999 was the 1.3 billion pounds sterling public-to-private of United Biscuits.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 2000
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Disney upstaged by Euro-disney
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European firms are focusing on domestic and cross-European acquisitions because of the opportunities presented by deregulation and the single currency. There were 435 European acquisitions of US firms in 1997, with a total value of $47,032 million. Morgan Stanley advised on 8 bids with a total value of 8.065 million pounds sterling in 1997. The largest single transaction of a US firm by a European company in 1997 was 32% share in Rhone-Poulenc Rorer by French Rhone-Poulenc, worth $4,489 million.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1998
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The year of living dangerously
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Takeovers in the UK financial sector have been very active in 1998, with the largest public takeover, worth 6.615 million pounds sterling, involving Commercial Union (UK) which acquired General Accident. The most successful bank in relation to business activity in the field of acquisitions and mergers, during 1998, was Morgan Stanley Dean Witter which worked on 11 transactions valued at a total of 19.2 billion pounds sterling. Although the largest number of transactions, at 28, were carried out by Schroders, with a value of 18.3 billion pounds sterling.
Publication Name: Acquisitions Monthly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0952-3618
Year: 1999
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