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Rhiannon McKinnon: Keys to making M&A deals work
OPINION: Technology, healthcare, energy deals are prominent - but how many will work?

Opinion: Time to tighten NZ competition law amid Foodstuffs merger debate
Economist's century-old theory criticised in debate over supermarket consolidation.

$150m+ investment: Where are eight new Foodstuffs North Island replacement supermarkets going?
Economic downturn didn't dent our food market: biggest owner expanding, replacing stores.

$2.2 billion Wētā Digital deal described as terrible for Unity
The collapse of a $2.2b deal for VFX software leaves Wellywood more powerful than ever.

Bermuda-based firm bids for second bite of NZ life insurance pie
Will the Reserve Bank and ComCom approve the sale of Asteron Life?

Jarden Brief: Microsoft wins, averting regulator attempts to shut down $110 billion takeover
Microsoft's peace offering no game as huge deal was on edge.

Declining Yellow changes hands, again
Phone directory business, worth billions two decades ago, has again been sold.

UBS in talks to acquire Credit Suisse to stem crisis
Financial Times: Swiss authorities press for merger to stem crisis in banking sector.

'They will be hard work': Deal making expected to be tougher in 2023
Experts predict it will be harder and take longer to get deals over the line.

A sensible M&A slowdown
The New Zealand mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bull market is starting to slow down.

Thousands of jobs on the line as Disney merges with Fox
Some estimates have put potential job losses at 4,000.

Overseas investors still hungry for NZ companies
Merger and acquisition activity will continue this year but not without its challenges.

Merger and acquisitions in NZ at six-year high
Merger and acquisition activity had its best first half of the year in 6 years.

What you need to know: AT&T blocked from mega-deal
AT&T has vowed to fight US government to save its US$85 billion bid to buy Time Warner.

Kiwi health tech company sold offshore
New Zealand health tech success story HealthLink has been bought by the Clanwilliam Group.

Paratrooper CEO aiming high
Grant Straker's journey to the business world has been anything but conventional.

Sky, Vodafone push on with merger appeal
Sky TV and Vodafone will push on with an appeal against the Commerce Commission.

Sky and Vodafone appeal merger block
Sky TV and Vodafone are appealing the Commerce Commission's decision to decline the merger

Sellers' market predicted for business owners
Business owners looking to cash up could be in luck this year but don't expect to see a return to the "irrational exuberance" experienced before the global financial crisis.

Hosking: ComCom off pace with media
COMMENT: Much of what is happening to media is coming from outside this country and is beyond our control.

Sky CEO plans to stay in role
Sky TV boss John Fellet says the failure of his company's plan to merge with Vodafone does not impact on his future.