M&A and Corporate Activity for August 2011
Like we published in previous months, there are a number of corporate activities including M&A, IPO filings, private equity financing, and spin-offs. Focusing on the largest firms – The Global 5000 – there are generally more of these than in smaller companies. These activities and changes become important for Database Marketers as they have to […]
Just like M&A – some companies are splitting into two
Tracking the ebb and flow of corporate activity among The Global 5000, we find not only mergers and activities (see our recent post on July M&A companies) but also companies who have announced they are splitting into 2 or more entities. Keeping track of these is important for B2B sales and marketing teams. Starting with […]
M&A and Corporate Activity for July 2011
In any given week or month, there are a number of corporate activities including M&A, IPO filings, private equity financing, and spin-offs. Focusing on the largest firms – The Global 5000 – there are generally more of these than in smaller companies. These activities and changes become important for Database Marketers as they have to […]
Global 5000 Companies Making Big Changes
In March, we completed updates on 728 companies among the Global 5000. Most of these were updates to new revenue posted as part of their financial postings. Additionally, there was a lot of activity on the M&A and spin-off front. The list below are all those that were included as part of that action. For […]
China Acquisition in Aerospace
One of the industry news items today was the announcement that China’s AVIC (Aviation Industry of China) is in talks to buy a small US airplane market. This is interesting on many levels and truly shows how the world is changing — lest anyone thought we are really not that global. AVIC is state owned […]
Updating Global 5000 Companies in February 2011
A combination of companies filing revenue for the year end 2010 and a wave of mergers & acquisition activity has made this period a very busy time. We update records in the database at least once a year when the new revenue is posted or when a merger/acquisition is completed. It is an on-going process. […]
Global 5000 Companies Update — M&A activity changes the picture
One of the things we do with The Global 5000 companies database, is to keep track of the acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, acquisitions and bankruptcies of the companies. As we have seen, the past couple of years saw a fair number of Chapter 11 reporting. We are now in a period of IPO filings and a […]
2 Japanese Steel firms Merging
This week, two more Global 5000 companies announced they were merging … Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries. Just watching The Global 5000 companies on a regular basis we see mergers and combinations on a regular basis. This one feels different. It is not often we see large, Japanese companies (outside the financial sector) merge. […]
A Merger of Utilities
This past week we noted the announcement of a merger/acquisition involving Nicor (#1536 on the Global 5000) and AGL Resources (#1839). These are not that common in that many utility companies are either state / government owned or quasi-government. We have 120 Utility companies in the Global 5000 representing approximately $1.4 trillion in revenue. The […]
Airlines Flying Again
During this recession, the airlines have been hit as hard as any industry … and all who have done any travel during these years have felt it as well with reduced services. After a year of back and forth jumping thru the regulatory hurdles, British Airways and Iberia announced their shareholders have approved their merger. […]