As earnings season concludes, it's evident that cash continues to pile up on corporate balance sheets. Analysts expect at least some of that stash to be spent on mergers and acquisitions. M&A volume began to pick up in the latter half of 2010, and some $310 billion of deals were announced in January—up 61% from January 2010's total, and the highest level since 2000, according to Thomson Reuters (www.thomsonreuters.com).
Keeping track of the buyers and sellers, the pursuers and pursued, and especially the buzz about would-be pairings—such as Deutsche Börse's (ticker: DB1.Germany) bid for NYSE Euronext (NYX), which may get ...
