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Tf1 + M6 = another French champion?

Someone didn’t seem to get the memo from Macron that French culture and particularly, ‘French exceptionalism’ is no longer de rigeuer and once again corporate France has retreated back to a defensive consolidation along nationalism lines. So much for a sense of European identity. On the positive side, consolidating two commercial TV operators in the […]

UBM/Informa merger revisited – surprised?

Having fallen out over the plum jobs back in 2008, UBM and Informa are back canoodling, with this mornings announcement of what is in effect Informa’s share and cash offer for UBM. In the intervening years, UBM has chased an earnings accretive, but growth dilutive acquisition strategy in US events while Informa has spun out […]

IHS Markit should be the first to agree that rubbish (‘adjusted’ data) in will lead to rubbish (valuation) out

Give the market a number and it’ll quickly throw back a result. No one should doubt investors’ ability to do basic maths. Give it the wrong number however, and the result will more than likely also be wrong. The old adage of “rubbish in, rubbish out” remains as valid now as ever, which is why […]

First cracks appear as Shell shareholders start to oppose BG merger

Finally, it seems we are seeing some push-back from some Shell shareholders against the impending BG merger which is being voted on by Shell shareholders at the end of this month (27 January). Standard Life has been grumbling for a while, but now finally has gone public. The only question is whether it has all […]

Chemical bonding as Dow and Du Pont (reportedly) hold merger talks

Du Pont and Dow Chemical reported to be in merger talks? When we flagged Du Pont’s new, but supposedly ‘temporary’ CEO, Edward Breen as a man to watch (6 Oct post “du Pont – So bad its now good!), given his record at TYCO, we had not expected him to have such a rapid impact […]

Canadian Pacific merger offer to Norfolk Southern

A year ago last month, Norfolk Southern’s (NSC) CEO, Wick Moorman was facing a proposed merger of one of its principal rivals, CSX, with Canadian Pacific (CP). At that stage, Mr Moorman was quoted as saying that a large railroad merger would be “highly problematic” and would face “far too many regulatory hurdles”. Â While conceding […]

Krafting an exit after struggling to restore growth

After a less than sparkling recovery in Q4 FY14 organic revenue growth to under +3.5% YoY, the Kraft management seems to have thrown in the towel to the current financial masters at Heinz (Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital) and agreed to its ‘merger’ offer. While conceding most of the plum jobs in the new combine […]

Publicis Omnicom Groupe – financials less exciting than the impending management soap opera

Oh la la, Omnicom is to be bracketed by Publicis to become part of the greater “Publicis Omnicom Groupe” with deal to be signed in Paris rather than New York or a neutral country. Does this mean a corporate coup for the French or will the emergence of a balanced board and possible removal of […]

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