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  <title><![CDATA[Zephyr Week in Review 30th April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The largest M&amp;A deal of the week was Capital One&rsquo;s acquisition of HSBC&rsquo;s US credit card and retail services for USD 31,300 million. Chesapeake Energy&rsquo;s largest shareholder urged the company to consider a sale that could be worth USD 11,521 million based on its current market capitalisation, making it the week&rsquo;s biggest rumour. Other targets included Colorado-based oil and gas company Cordillera Energy, Italian telecommunications group Telco and footwear retailer Collective Brands.
Read all the week's M&amp;A news in our Week in Review]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:57:57 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Zephyr-Week-in-Review-30th-April-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iberia, April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The volume and value of deals targeting companies based in Spain and Portugal slid in April to 79 and EUR 4,025 million, respectively. This represents a month-on-month decline of 26 per cent in value, while the number of deals halved from 157 to 79. The percentage drop is almost identical to the year-ago period, when value stood at EUR 5,692 million and volume was also 157.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Iberia,-April-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[North America, April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Deal activity involving companies based in North America fell again this month, after rallying in March. Data for April showed that USD 53,357 million of transactions took place in the region, 42 per cent lower than the USD 91,871 million last month.&nbsp;]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/North-America,-April-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Western Europe, April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The volume and value of deals targeting Western European businesses in April 2012 was down on the previous two months. Transaction value fell 8 per cent from EUR 47,718 million in March to EUR 43,954 million, and was 30 per cent down on February&rsquo;s figure of EUR 62,705 million, which marked the year&rsquo;s high so far.&nbsp;]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:06:39 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Western-European-deal-activity-disappointingly-dow</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Middle East, April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The encouraging signs shown in Middle Eastern M&amp;A activity in the first quarter of the year have not been sustained, as figures for April show a marked decline on the previous month.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Middle-East,-April-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Zephyr Week in Review 16th April 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Argentinean government has expropriated a 51 per cent stake, worth USD 10,500 million, in YPF from Repsol, in the week&rsquo;s biggest announced deal. Telstra is preparing to sell its fixed line assets to the Australian government in a deal valued at USD 11,444 million in the highest-value rumour of the week. Other targets included UK-based electricity producer International Power and German luxury carmaker Daimler.
Read all the week's&nbsp;M&amp;A news in our Week in Review]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:38:45 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Zephyr-Week-in-Review-16th-April-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Private Equity, March 2012 ]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The value of private equity investment globally fell this month, having shot up in February. Dealmaking activity in March stood at USD 19,783 million, a dip of 14 per cent from last month&rsquo;s USD 22,937 million, which had been the highest since July 2011. This month&rsquo;s figure was also substantially less than the USD 29,005 million recorded in the year-ago period.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Private-Equity,-March-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cleantech, March 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Private equity, venture capital and development capital dealmaking in the cleantech sector fell for the third month in a row, continuing the downward trend since December&rsquo;s high-point of USD 2,696.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:16:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Cleantech,-March-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nordic Region, Q1 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[M&amp;A activity in the Nordic region fell 35 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 compared with Q4 2011, with value slipping from EUR 14,871 million to EUR 9,602 million. Volume also fell 28 per cent, making the figures the lowest recorded since Q3 2010.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Nordic-Region,-Q1-2012</link>
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  <title><![CDATA[Iberia, March 2012]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Deals targeting companies based in Spain and Portugal were worth an aggregate EUR 5,368 million in March, which was down slightly on the EUR 5,889 million figure for the preceding month, but half the EUR 10,687 million recorded in the year-ago period.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:23:17 GMT</pubDate>
  <link>http://www.mandaportal.com/Content/MA-Reports/Report-Holder/Iberia,-March-2012</link>
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