Tech mergers worldwide  are closing in on another record year as the total value of announced tech and telecom deals (excluding debt) increased 4.9% to $611.89 billion in 2006, according to Dealogic, reports WSJ. Interestingly, AT&T has been at the top of the Tech M&A deals over the last three years.

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Posted to Deals/M&A| December 28, 2006 8:31 AM | Permalink

Mergers and acquisitions worldwide have jumped 30% in 2006 to hit a all time record $3.7 trillion this year so far, surpassing the 2000 high of $3.4 trillion, according to data released by Thomson Financial today. 

Global M&A 2006 by the Numbers: 

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Posted to Deals/M&A| December 21, 2006 8:02 AM | Permalink

Private equity firms accounted for 22% of total global M&A volume in the first nine months of the year, hitting a new record of $570.1 billion in deals.

Continue reading... "Global M&A Deals Hit All-Time High of $3.46B; U.S. Slides to No.2" »

Posted to Deals/M&A| November 20, 2006 10:37 PM | Permalink

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Posted to Deals/M&A| June 14, 2006 1:24 PM | Permalink

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced a US$250 million investment in infrastructure and healthcare projects in India and said that GE intends to dramatically expand its industrial and financial presence in the country. GE India is targeting $8 billion in revenues and $8 billion in assets in India by 2010. GE India had revenues of about $1.1 billion in 2005.

GE is expecting 60 percent of its revenue to come from outside the United States within a decade, particularly from China and India. GE expected sales in China to double to $10 billion by 2010.

Continue reading... "GE in India, for India: US$8 Billion in Revenues and US$8 Billion in Assets in India by 2010" »

Posted to Deals/M&A| May 30, 2006 12:08 PM | Permalink