Follow up: Vodafone pockets $130bn from sale of Verizon Wireless Stake

 Verizon Communications (Market Capitalization as of 27/05/13: $134.5bn) Vodafone (Market Capitalization as of 27/05/13: $169.2bn)   In this follow up on our May 25th article(https://bsic.it/2013/05/25/vodafone-to-do-or-not-to-do-that-is-not-the-only-problem/) we analyze this year’s biggest M&A deal yet, the sale of Vodafone of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless (henceforth VW) to Verizon Communications for Read more…

All time record debt offering for Apple – the first since 1996

Apple, Inc. Market Cap (as of 03/05/13): $418.2 bn Transaction Size: $17.0bn   On the 30th of April Apple Inc.  has set a new corporate record. In fact, after having recently regained its position as the world’s most valuable company and having announced the largest share buyback in history, it sold $17bn of Read more…