TFI International Agrees to Acquire Daseke

TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced it has agreed to acquire Daseke, Inc. (“Daseke”, NASDAQ: DSKE), one of the leading flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics companies in North America, for $8.30 in cash per common share.  Read Announcement

Pfizer Completes Acquisition of Seagen

In the combination of 2 companies in the Global 5000, Pfizer Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Seagen Inc. Pfizer completed its acquisition of all outstanding common stock of Seagen for $229 in cash per share, for a total enterprise value of approximately $43 billion. Additional News BASIC MATERIALSSolvay Marks New Era After Syensqo […]

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines to Combine

Alaska Air Group, Inc., and Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Alaska Airlines will acquire Hawaiian Airlines.  Additional News BASIC MATERIALSKemira to Divest Its Oil-and-Gas Business to Sterling Specialty ChemicalsLyondellBasell Announces Sale of Ethylene Oxide & Derivatives Business and Production Facility to INEOS BUSINESS SERVICESR1 RCM to […]

Jacobs spin-off & merger

Jacobs to Spin-off and Merge its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence Government Services Businesses with Amentum

Broadcom Acquisition of VMware

Broadcom Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of VMware, Inc. VMware’s common stock will now cease to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The Profile of The Global 5000 Companies

With our latest update, here’s a snapshot of how the Global 5000 companies shake out by industry and country. First is the database sliced by revenue for Global 5000 companies – total revenue by country. Shown here are the top 12 countries and dollar value in billions. You can see that the ranking of countries […]

Global 5000 Database Update – Q3, 2023

Updates for Q3, 2023 (ending September 2023) are complete, posted and available for client delivery. During the quarter, over 1500 records were updated, and all 5,000 company records have been updated within the past 12 months. During Q3, 30 companies were added (or returned to the list) and another 30 were removed as they were […]

Global 5000 Database Update – Q2, 2023

Updates for Q2, 2023 are complete, posted and available for client delivery. During the quarter, over 1700 records were updated, and all 5,000 company records have been updated within the past 12 months. During Q2, 50 companies were added (or returned to the list) and another 50 were removed as they were acquired or reported […]

Global 5000 Database Update – May 2023

Continuing our regular updating of the Global 5000 database, we have completed updating over 520 records for the month of May. During the month, we also welcomed 10 new companies to the Global 5000 replacing some who were acquired (or their revenue fell back too far to make it into the 5000. That brings the […]

A Look @ Business Services Industry

We capture a number of diverse segments under the Business Services industry grouping including: law firms, outplacement, accountants, engineering services, consultants, etc.   Here are the top 10 (largest revenue) in that industry:   Alphabet (Google) Meta Platofrms Xiamen Xiangyu Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Accenture Plc PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst & Young KPMG TD Synnex Corporation Randstad Holding