Populism is on the rise across the world as President Donald Trump works to enact America-first policies, the British craft a formal exit strategy from the European Union, and two non-establishment party presidential candidates go head to head in France. But that isn't scaring corporate dealmakers in the U.S. who say more M&A opportunities are on the horizon and global politics isn't impacting their strategies.
With the U.S. seeing the second highest first-quarter deal activity in a decade (up 22% to $366 billion from last year), nearly 80% of U.S. executives say they plan to actively pursue mergers and acquisitions over the next year. That's well above the long-term average of 47%, according to new data from EY's bi-annual Global Capital Confidence Barometer, which surveys 2,300 corporate executives.
Source: Fox News
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:21AM (2 children)
You do realize that many readers here are not Americans, right?
I was referring to myself and my country, not "our" site SoylentNews, or its readers.
(Score: 2) by its_gonna_be_yuge! on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:34AM (1 child)
"I was referring to myself and my country, not "our" site SoylentNews, or its readers."
Your post assumes the audience is American, and that you Americans can get the better of Canadians and Mexicans. That's what you said.
I really find Americans who belittle the rest of us a PITA, but whatever.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:42AM
Most of the community is American. That's not me shitting on other nationalities, just traffic statistics. Strangely though, a larger percentage of the staff are from/living elsewhere than in the community as a whole.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.