Tara Lachapelle
Marijuana could be Big Tobacco’s next pot of gold
Wine, chocolate -- pot.
If the estimated $45 billion or so of yearly demand for recreational marijuana is in the right ballpark, then more Americans...
The world’s biggest inversion is boring investors
For all the fuss over tax inversions and the Obama administration’s efforts to prevent them, shares of companies that were able to plow their...
Omnicare at almost $10B still worth it for CVS
NEW YORK - For Omnicare Inc.’s potential suitors, even a $9.8 billion price tag could more than pay for itself.
The supplier of drugs and...
Textron could be next target for activist investors
NEW YORK -- Activist hedge-fund managers in search of their next prey may look to Textron Inc.
The $7.9 billion maker of Cessna planes and...
BJ’s Wholesale set to gain 20% with $3.1 billion bid
NEW YORK - BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. may be poised to extract $750 million for shareholders at the expense of its private equity bidders.
Almost...
Blackboard seen losing 50% gain with private equity: real M&A
NEW YORK - Blackboard Inc. shareholders may lose out on a 50 percent gain as private equity buyers circle the maker of online educational...
CVS $25 billion benefit looms with Caremark breakup: real M&A
WOONSOCKET - CVS Caremark Corp., created in a takeover four years ago that has left investors with underperforming stock, could be worth $25 billion...
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