October M&A Swoon Isn’t Spooky After Best Year Since ’07
Friday, October 31st, 2014
October was a slow month for mergers and acquisitions, but it’s too soon to assume this means 2014’s takeover boom is over.
Globally, companies struck about $232 billion of takeovers this month through yesterday -- the lowest amount since March and below the average of about $300 billion in each of the prior six months.
