KQED Nightly Business Report July 30, 2013
Big dollars pouring in to big deals today with three multibillion dollar mergers, two of the Worlds Largest advertising agencies agreed to merge. France will create a new ad biamus. And the scale and power to better compete for digital ad space. Also today, a big deal in the Luxury Retail space. Canadas Largest Department store chain, which already owns lord taylor is paying about two and a half billion dollars in cash for saks 5th avenue. The company will have 320 stores in some of the biggest cities in north america. A mega pharmaceutical merger, perago is paying for alon corp. , opening the...