More than a third of the total was spent in Europe, and KKR started working on a new fund dedicated to the region just a year after closing the last one. The breakneck pace of deals took its toll.... The pandemic served up a brutal cocktail of more deals done over marathon video calls by employees isolated at home.... The priority now for Freise and Caprioli is to offer time to recover and make room for a more thoughtful investing approach. They gave junior staff every Friday off in November a

LONDON:-Global mergers and acquisitions( MA) activity broke records for a second consecutive quarter this year as companies continued to borrow cheaply and spend their cash reserves on transformative deals to reposition themselves for the post-COVID world. Deals worth$ 1.5 trillion were announced in the three months to June 30, more than any second quarter on record and up 13% from the record first quarter of the year despite activity among blank-check firms slowed down, Refinitiv data shows." T

LONDON: Mergers and acquisitions( MAs) in Germany in the first three months of 2022 have dropped 10% from the same period in 2021 in what has been the slowest start to a year since 2016 due to market uncertainty caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Equity capital markets in the eurozone’s biggest economy have been hit harder as market jitters have led to a total dearth of deals with no initial public offerings( IPOs) or convertible offerings recorded so far this year, according to Refinitiv d

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Britain is currently answering detailed questions about domestic legislation in key areas and has so far passed “ with flying colours ”.... She added: “ Some things don't change, perhaps.... A former energy minister, this zeal extends to her personal life-she is currently restoring a 14th century stone Northumbrian house to become carbon neutral.It is an agenda she places at the heart of her frontbench trade job, too....

He was an accomplished amateur boxer who'd rather dance.... I feel very comfortable with my place in history.” Reid, who died Tuesday at 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer, was one of Congress’ most skilled negotiators, thriving on the behind-the-scenes wrangling that frustrated many of his predecessors.... Edward M. Kennedy, who was then dying of brain cancer....

Listen 22 min Share Comment on this story Comment 7783 Add to your saved stories Save OXFORD, Miss.... And Scruggs had identified one of the most skeptical senators, Joe Biden, as a key to winning the vote. Keeping up with politics is easy with The 5-Minute Fix Newsletter, in your inbox weekdays.... “ He didn’t brag about it or talk about it....

He was an accomplished amateur boxer who'd rather dance.... I feel very comfortable with my place in history.” Reid, who died Tuesday at 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer, was one of Congress’ most skilled negotiators, thriving on the behind-the-scenes wrangling that frustrated many of his predecessors.... Edward M. Kennedy, who was then dying of brain cancer....

Dear ST reader, We hope you’ve been keeping well.... And a Happy Chinese New Year to those who celebrate. The scramble to keep up with President Donald Trump’s edicts and ideas continues apace, with his latest plan for the US to take over Gaza and move Palestinians out eliciting uproar from the rest of the world. Closer to home, Singapore has been caught up in Washington’s scrutiny over whether advanced Nvidia chips used for artificial intelligence had found their way to China, bypassing US res

The globetrotting dealmakers starting blank-cheque firms are increasingly telling investors there’s