August 2019
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 4:50 pm
It's turning out to be one of the busiest Augusts in M&A land for quite some time.
US-listed tobacco giants Philip Morris International and Altria have just announced they are in talks about a $210 billion merger of the cigarette makers.
Over in the UK there have been multi-billion pound bids for Peppa Pig creator Entertainment One and pub company Greene King during what is typically considered the quietest months of the year for takeover transactions...