Deal activity rose in the 1st quarter
U.S. mergers and acquisitions and equity-capital raising upticked in the first quarter from the same period of 2014. There were 2,593 purchases or sales of companies, continuing a brisk trend since first-quarter 2010. And a post-recession record 269 companies raised $71.5 million in equity capital through IPOs and follow-on public sales of stock.
April 24, 2015 at 10:21PM