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Home Depot bets on big construction projects with new acquisition

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 28, 2024
The home improvement company is buying SRS Distribution, a roofing, landscaping and pool construction supplier, for $18 billion.
Spending on home renovations spiked in 2021 and 2022. "Now what we're going through is a correction and a stabilizing," says Carlos Martín at Harvard University.
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The name of the game in West Texas oil and gas these days: consolidation

by Andy Uhler
Dec 22, 2020
The Diamondback-QEP deal demonstrates the urge to merge while energy prices are weak.
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Apple's acquisition of Intel's smartphone modem business is all about control

by Jack Stewart
Jul 26, 2019
The iPhone manufacturer is buying the ability to make its own modem chips.
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Here’s why this conglomerate snapped up Pret A Manger

by Aaron Schrank
May 30, 2018
Maybe you’ve never heard of the international food conglomerate JAB. But you probably consume some of its products, like Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread and Peet’s Coffee. JAB is a Luxembourg-based holding company run by a secretive German billionaire family. And it’s making quite an impression on the food and beverage business lately. Back in […]
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Amazon puts a Ring on it

by Reema Khrais
Feb 28, 2018
Amazon’s purchase of Ring, a maker of video doorbells, could help it solve its problems with package theft by making it easier for packages to be delivered inside people’s homes. But Ring’s greater value may come in the extra juice it gives Amazon in the battle to dominate the connected home. Click the audio player […]
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Disney announces deal with Fox

by Erika Beras
Dec 14, 2017
A look at the ways Disney will now have an advantage in the streaming landscape.
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Verizon to purchase Yahoo for $4.8 billion

by Lewis Wallace
Jul 25, 2016
The phone company is vying for Yahoo users in an effort to ramp up digital ad revenue.
Verizon is snagging Yahoo's core business for nearly $5 billion.
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SoftBank to buy ARM for $32 billion

by Lewis Wallace
Jul 18, 2016
The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has been looking for a splashy acquisition.
An ARM processor in a Hewlett-Packard printer.
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The all-important exit strategy, explained

by Paddy Hirsch
May 19, 2015
Smart investors don't put their money into a venture without an exit strategy.
An exit off the Westbound 1-80.
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How a poison pill works

by Paddy Hirsch
Mar 23, 2015
Want to deter a company from buying you out? Use a poison pill!
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