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2015 has been a record year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A). CNBC looks back at the 10 biggest deals of the year and who advised on them.
BEIJING-Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Jack Ma downplayed a metric often used by his company and its rivals to measure the e-commerce giant's growth rate, as it faces a U.S. investigation into the practice.
Cloud-computing company Salesforce announced a $2.8bn acquisition of Demandware, sending shares in the latter surging and signalling that the mergers and acquisitions market is looking healthy. Shares in Demandware, a company whose software is used
Berkshire confirmed it would buy aerospace components giant Precision Castparts for $235 a share in cash, valuing the company at $37.2 billion, when including the Portland, Oregon based company's near $5 billion in debt.
Like most people who buy recreational vehicles, Warren Buffett made his decision quickly. He heard about Forest River in the summer of 2005 and bought the company just seven days later. Today, the purchase seems particularly sage.
Today we're excited to announce the latest step in our global cloud infrastructure as Microsoft and Facebook announce plans to build "MAREA" - a new, state-of-the art subsea cable across the Atlantic. The new MAREA cable will help meet the growing customer demand for high speed, reliable connections for cloud and online services for Microsoft, Facebook and their customers.
DOW JONES, A NEWS CORP COMPANY News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Deal marks end of era for Martin Franklin, who used Jarden to acquire dozens of consumer brands Jarden Corp.
(Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Salesforce.com says it plans to acquire e-commerce platform maker Demandware in a $2.8 billion deal. That's one of the largest acquisitions for the cloud-computing software firm to date. In addition to giving it a presence in the fast-growing e-commerce market, the buy bolsters Salesforce's efforts to build out its Customer Success Platform.
"They know the interconnections of the business world," said Brian Blau, an analyst at Gartner, a technology research firm. "That could really benefit Microsoft from a sales standpoint." Microsoft has bought its way into new businesses before, though most of its largest deals have not turned out well.