Hillshire Brands is reportedly set to acquire Pinnacle Foods for $4.2 billion, but the deal could now be in jeopardy as competing food producer Pilgrim’s Pride is reportedly seeking to acquire Hillshire, only if Hillshire abandons its bid for Pinnacle.
According to reports, Pilgrim’s Pride is willing to pay $6.4 billion …read more
The former head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s antitrust operations in China will reportedly join Chinese firm Fangda Partners in Beijing, reports say.
Michael Han, currently based in Beijing with Freshfields, marks the second partner to leave the firm for Fangda in two years, according to reports. While a date has not …read more
France’s third largest bank Credit Agricole is reportedly fight back against the European Commission for what it considers a bias in the regulator’s investigation of alleged Euribor manipulation.
According to two unnamed sources, Credit Agricole sent a letter to the Commission accusing its Commissioner Joaquin Almunia and the rest of the …read more
Google announced its acquisition of AdMob in November 2009 when the “mobile revolution” had just begun. Since then mobile device use has exploded. One in five people worldwide now own a smartphone, and more people worldwide now own a smartphone than a personal computer. The number of software applications developed …read more