Coverage: The day the deals are pulled
Many of the business headlines today were about abandoned deals. First Rupert Murdoch’s Fox withdrew its bid for Time Warner. Then the news broke that Sprint was backing away from T-Mobile. Since I love reading reporters covering their own company, here is the piece from Wall Street Journal reporters Martin Peers and Keach Hagey writing […]
Bloomberg seeks M&A reporter in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News seeks an experienced reporter to cover mergers and acquisitions out of Hong Kong. The individual will join a strong team that is focused on breaking the biggest M&A deals in a competitive, high-profile beat. Stories will range from private-equity buyouts to corporate mergers and emerging trends in M&A. Knowledge of financial markets is […]
Coverage: Tobacco firms plan to merge
In a complicated deal, Reynolds American will buy Lorillard. It’s hard to believe that a merger would be good, but with stagnant growth, tobacco powerhouses have to find some way to try to grow. The New York Times story by Michael J. de la Merced and Chad Bray outlined how the transaction would work: Reynolds […]
