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The M&A waiting game

Jun. 08, 2015 3:42 AM ETComcast Corporation (CMCSA) StockCMCSA, AMAT, SYY, TOELF, CHTR, TOELYBy: Yoel Minkoff, SA News Editor3 Comments
  • While mergers and acquisitions have accelerated sharply since the financial crisis, the government's pace for reviewing proposed deals is slowing.
  • In such deal reviews concluded this year, more than 10 months elapsed, on average, between the transaction's announcement and a yes-or-no decision by the FTC or Justice Department. That's an increase from an average of seven months in recent years.
  • Notables: Comcast's (NASDAQ:CMCSA) bid for Time Warner (TWC) was pending for 14 months before it was dropped in April. Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) walked away from its deal to acquire Tokyo Electron (OTCPK:TOELY) 19 months after it was announced, while the FTC spent more than a year examining Sysco's (NYSE:SYY) planned acquisition of U.S. Foods before bringing a lawsuit against it in February.

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