Tuesday, 17 July 2018 11:24 pmSo, today's business section of the Daily Mail appears to be echoing the theme Betaville has aired over the last week about a rekindling of China-backed dealmaking for European/British businesses.
Friday, 30 December 2016 10:52 amAs a result, two of Britain's leading newspapers have ended up publishing pieces with somewhat conflicting headlines. The venerable Financial Times has run an article on the front page of its main book with the headline "flurry of big deals fires M&A activity to second highest level since 2007 crisis" while The Times's business section has splashed on "M&A deals fall by half amid global trade fears".
Monday, 18 July 2016 8:33 pmI guess if you believe Masayoshi Son's "unrelated to Brexit" line the recent flurry of dealmaking in the London market since, er, Brexit has just been pent up demand pre Brexit coming to fruition? Remember - there were rumours flying around (and not just on little old Betaville) that a lot of companies were looking at takeover deals of British businesses but were waiting to see what happened post Brexit.
