Friday, April 29, 2016

Breakingviews: Pharma M&A day

Breakingviews columnists review Abbott Labs' seemingly value-destructive $25 bln deal to buy St. Jude Medical and AbbVie's blowout price for a Silicon Valley cancer drug developer.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Breakingviews: Apple bruises

The tech giant suffered a rare drop in revenue and an unprecedented fall in iPhone sales. Rob Cyran and Reynolds Holding discuss how Apple Pay and other services could turn things around.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Breakingviews: Merger advice M&A

Perella Weinberg and Tudor Pickering Holt could be joining forces. Breakingviews editors discuss the logic of these boutique dealmakers dealing with each other.

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Breakingviews: Tribune's new barracks

Antony Currie and Jennifer Saba explain why shareholders of the company that publishes the L.A. Times and Chicago's lead newspaper should accept Gannett's $815 mln offer.

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Breakingviews: Obama in London

Breakingviews editors wonder if the U.S. president's support for Britain staying in the EU will change minds, when gut feelings similar to those driving Donald Trump's fans are at work.

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Friday, April 22, 2016

Breakingviews: Trolling Verizon

Jen Saba and Richard Beales look at Verizon's earnings and T-Mobile US's cheeky assertion that its larger rival is having "a midlife crisis" with its recent millennial-oriented acquisitions

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Breakingviews: Google vs. EU

European trustbusters' allegation that Google abused its market dominance in smartphones is a losing battle for both sides, but one worth fighting. Rob Cyran and Jeffrey Goldfarb explain.

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