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M&A perspectives for Poland: A look back at 2011 and a 2012 forecast
Contrary to other European markets, the Polish M&A market experienced one of its most active years. More...
Security industry outlook
A confluence of factors will drive merger and acquisition and capital formation transaction activity in the security industry in coming years. More...
Japanese government to support cross-border M&A
Government increases US dollar credit line to Japan Bank for International Cooperation More...
Reasons to remain optimistic about the industrial technology segment despite economic uncertainty
The US economy continues to send conflicting signals and recent market volatility will certainly impact the psyche of investors globally More...
Crumbling cookies and panda farms
Recently, the online marketing and advertising industry has seen some changes that alter the way the industry has worked significantly More...
Trying to estimate the near term future for the U.S. Life Science sector – Reading the tea leaves
In the Life Science arena cash is king regardless of the quality of the technology - if the company doesn’t More...
Consumption sophistication: Smart Buyers and New Consumer Trends
2009 and 2010 saw Spain suffer one of the largest consumption downturns in its history. More...
Japan Outbound M&A increased 103% after the East Japan Earthquake
Following the East Japan Earthquake on March 11 and the shutdown of the Fukushima nuclear reactors, electric power conservation is a high priority in Tokyo and most of East Japan. More...
Media & Entertainment Industry in India
Overcoming the gloom that had set in during the economic slowdown of 2008-09, the Indian Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry bounced back in 2010 More...
SA Insight: Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Over the last ten years, TMT has become increasingly inter-connected and sector developments inextricably linked More...
Polish TMT deal has wide implications for market
The cash and share deal between Cyfrowy Polsat S.A. and Telewizja Polsat S.A. has wide implications for the Polish TMT sector. More...
End of the dream for the Spanish film industry?
The Spanish film industry has been living the last twenty years in a parallel reality More...
The telecommunications “convergence” redux – from Gilder to Comcast
The telecommunications landscape is in the midst of massive change, driven by bandwidth-hungry applications and converged technology More...
Changing of the Guard: Microsoft and Intel to Google and Apple
This year, Apple surpassed Microsoft to become the largest technology company in the US. More...
TMT is now poised for a strong come back
The financial crisis that hit the market towards the end of 2008 had a huge impact on the TMT market More...
Is there a silver lining in “Cloud Computing” for Japan’s IT Sector?
In a new world of connected devices and “software as a service”, “cloud computing” has become a key concept for Japanese technology companies More...
Expect aggressive M&A activity in the Russian Teleco market from the state owned operators
The Russian telecommunications market has for the last 10 years been dominated by local oligarchs More...
Product of US multi-merger to look towards UK for next deal?
Will there be an ‘aftershock’ on the UK healthcare IT market after Allscripts-Misys's acquisition of Eclipsys Corporation More...
Outlook for the TMT sector
2009 was a very difficult year for IT related companies. More...