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M&As – value creation or destruction?

By Malini Hariharan The current slowdown in M&As is perhaps for the best as according to a recent report by Alembic Global Advisors the chemical industry has a track record of value destroying M&A activity. The study, which looked at deals of over $500m since 1990, evaluated M&As on stock performance, return on capital, operating […]

Thrifty times call for new strategies

At an investors conference call yesterday, Indira Nooyi, the chief executive of PepsiCo, said she expects the ‘age of thrift’ in consumer spending to continue into next year. As consumers in the developed world are placing value at the top of their agendas, the company’s efforts in the future will be on developing lower priced […]

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