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        <title><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCracken - Former Executive Editor:Global M&A]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Brunswick Group Rainmaker Steve Lipin to Leave Advisory Firm]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:21:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[J&J Said to Make Takeover Approach for Drugmaker Actelion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dinner at Martha’s Vineyard Sparked AT&T’s Time Warner Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gerry Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 05:02:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank Set to Win Back Share From U.S. Banks, Warren Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruth David]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bayer Proposes Improved Monsanto Offer of $129 a Share]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:27:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bayer, Monsanto Said to Move Closer to Deal as Talks Advance]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-23/bayer-monsanto-said-to-move-closer-to-deal-as-talks-progress</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCracken]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Firms Will Target U.S. Megadeals, Goldman’s Lemkau Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Sherman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:46:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pfizer to Terminate $160 Billion Merger With Allergan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCracken]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:24:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pfizer Scrambles to Save Allergan Deal Amid New Tax Rules]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 17:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deal of the Week: Chinese Firms Turn `Homewreckers' in U.S. M&A]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Hammond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 16:21:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deal of the Week: Skadden's Eileen Nugent on Three Decades in M&A]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Sherman]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:38:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[TransCanada Said to Have Held Deal Talks With Columbia Pipeline]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Deveau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2016 20:30:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hasbro, Mattel Said to Have Held Talks About Possible Merger]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Hammond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Yahoo to Reconsider Sale of Web Business Instead of Spinoff]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2016 18:50:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shire Said in Advanced Talks to Acquire Drugmaker Baxalta]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Hammond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2016 02:36:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Syngenta Advances After ChemChina Said to Improve Takeover Offer]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Hammond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2015 08:10:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ChemChina Said to Improve Syngenta Bid in Two-Stage Takeover]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Hammond]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 22:07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shire Holds Talks With Baxalta That May Lead to Takeover]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Baigorri]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:39:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dow Chemical, DuPont Said to Plan Friday Announcement of Merger]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Kaskey]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2015 00:06:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dow Chemical, DuPont Are in Late-Stage Merger Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey McCracken]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 01:50:14 GMT</pubDate>
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