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Mergers & Acquisitions - February, 2015
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- Banco Popular Snaps Up Doral In FDIC Failed-Bank Deal
- Public Cos. Fill Week's IPO Void With Follow-On Offerings
- Skadden Blasts 'Vexatious' Radnor Founder's Fraud Claims
- Vivendi Inks Deal To Sell Numericable-SFR Stake For $4.4B
- Dole Expert Must Have 'Body And Brain,' Del. Chancery Says
- February M&A Confirms Big Pharma Deals Still In Vogue
- Pulling Up Stakes: Dickstein, Bryan Cave, Seyfarth Shaw
- Deals Rumor Mill: Samsom, NY Daily News, Banco BPI
- SEC Settles With Japanese Banker In $2B Olympus Scandal
- Altice Offers Concessions For $8.3B Portuguese Assets Deal
- Valero Drops Texas, La. Terminals Down To MLP For $671M
- Thai Union Eyes $400M Offering To Fund Bumble Bee Buy
- Deal-Hungry T-Mobile Chief Says Dish Union 'Makes Sense'
- Taxation With Representation: Sullivan, Latham, Cravath
- Nikon Latest Japan Biz To Go Abroad With $400M Optos Buy
- Mondelez Unloads Ajinomoto Coffee Biz In $226M Deal
- 2 Delaware Cases May Slow Appraisal Arbitrage Momentum
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- Sullivan Guides NorthStar's Plan To Spin Off European Biz
- FTC's Wright Calls For Vote On New FTC Act Section 5 Rules
- Deals Rumor Mill: Enel, Atkins, Terra Firma
- Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Atty To Securities Group
- TPG Bites Off $146M Stake In Indian Hospital Operator
- Neal Gerber, Wachtell Guide JV For $1.6B Mall Portfolio
- Catamaran Inks $405M Deal To Boost Workers' Comp Biz
- FTC Sees Privacy As Growing Issue In Merger Reviews
- Wachtell Ducks Icahn's Malpractice Claim Over Deal Fees
- Ex-Logica Manager Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
- Mizuho Inks $3B Deal For RBS' North American Loans
- Activist Investors Seeking REIT Spinoffs After IRS Change
- Sullivan, Latham Steer Cyberonics-Sorin Med Tech Merger
- Spanish Utility Iberdrola Digs Into US With $3B UIL Deal
- Chico's To Shutter 120 Stores After PE Buyout Talks Stall
- Barnes & Noble Finally Set To Spin Off Education Unit
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Berger Singerman's Siddiqui
- RadioShack OK'd For March Auction Led By Standard General
- 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit IDT Suit Over $42.5M Winstar Deal
- Acquisition-Hungry Zayo Plans $500M Follow-On Offering
- Objector Says LBO Antitrust Attys Want To Relitigate Fee Fight
- Deals Rumor Mill: Pharmacyclics, Sycamore, HP
- Hospital Mergers Cut Competition, Efficiency, FTC Panel Says
- Cleary Gottlieb Leads Actavis In Another Historic Financing
- Dentons Grabs Ex-Locke Lord REIT Group In Dallas
- Express Scripts Avoids Class Cert. In Misclassification Suit
- HanesBrands Drops $200M To Pick Up Knights Apparel
- Forum Selection Pays Off For Big-Ticket Deal Makers: Report
- Texas Legal Market Stays Hot Despite Plunging Oil Prices
- Activist Reignites Calls For Shakeup At Electra PE
- Hudson's Bay Forms Real Estate JVs In Deals Totaling $3.4B
- Maersk To Sell $5.5B Danske Bank Stake Amid Slimdown Effort
- Rio Tinto CEO Muzzles Blockbuster Glencore Merger Chatter
- Behavioral Health And Other Rumblings From JPMorgan 2015
- RadioShack Provides New Data Point In Credit Bid Debate
- Ireland Says $1.5B Offer For Aer Lingus Not Sweet Enough
- Goodyear FCPA Fine Spotlights Dangers In Overseas M&A
- Deals Rumor Mill: CSC, Lotte Group, Boston Scientific
- Investors' Attys OK Staggered Payout In LBO Antitrust Suit
- Outbound Japan M&A Fires Up Amid Weak Yen, Slow Growth
- UK-Based Blank Check Co. Atlantic Alliance Eyes $75M US IPO
- Ex-Brokers Seek IBM Trading Suit Toss After Newman Ruling
- Revel Casino Hotel Scooped Up Once Again — At A Discount
- Activist Hedge Funds Swell Sixfold To $120B In Past Decade
- Comcast Ups Stock Buyback To $10B As TWC Merger Looms
- Anadarko, MLPs Grab Stake In Enterprise Texas Pipeline
- First Solar, SunPower Plot Joint Yieldco
- Finmeccanica To Net Up To $2B In Sale Of Rail Biz To Hitachi
- How Activists Use Lack Of Information To Achieve Results
- Dole Owner Defends $1.6B Take-Private Deal
- Del. Supreme Court Nom Comes From Line Of Eminent Attys
- Revel Sale's Failure Halts Wells Fargo Deal, Power Plant Says
- Standard General Rejects RadioShack Bid Critics
- British American Tobacco Eyes $3.5B Buyout Of Brazil Unit
- Tex-Mex Chain's Owner Can't Revive Failed-Merger Claims
- Metal Producers Globe, FerroAtlantica Ink $3B Merger
- Deals Rumor Mill: 21st Century Fox, Arle, PTC Therapeutics
- Valeant's Return To Deal-Making Pays Off For This Firm
- FTC Approves Novartis' $16B GSK Oncology Buy With Fixes
- Comcast, Al Sharpton, Others Hit With $20B Race Bias Suit
- EC To Probe Cargill's $440M Buy Of ADM Chocolate Biz
- High Court Won't Take $9B Verizon-Idearc Spinoff Dispute
- Ocwen Sheds $9.8B Loan Servicing Rights To Nationstar
- BMS To Pay Up To $1.25B For Cancer Drugmaker Flexus
- Polypore Inks 2-Part Sale Worth $3.2B To Asahi Kasei, 3M
- EU Launches Investigation Of GE's $17B Alstom Acquisition
- Japan's Sosei Keeps Pharma Deals Churning With $400M Buy
- Aircraft Co. TransDigm To Buy Telair Unit For $725M From AAR
- Lavazza Unloads Another $620M In Keurig Shares In Buyback
- Allergan Fuels Tension Over Schedule 13D Disclosure
- Valeant Acquires Fellow Pharma Co. Salix In $14.5B Deal
- EFH Creditors Seek To Sue Citi, BNY Over $25B In LBO Debt
- Customers May Prove Key In FTC's Sysco-US Foods Challenge
- Aussies Greenlight $23B GSK-Novartis Deal With Divestments
- Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Sika AG, Berkshire Hathaway
- CBS Urges DC Circ. To Yank FCC's Merger Review Disclosure
- RadioShack Gets Nod To Auction 1,100 Store Leases
- Colo. Justices Back Notice Limit In Claims-Made Policies
- Dendreon Gets OK For Sweetened $495M Sale To Valeant
- Taxation With Representation: Thompson Hine, Latham, Skadden
- Telecom Italia To Invest $16B In Italy & Brazil By 2017
- PE-Backed Arc Logistics, GE Put Up $216M For Crude Assets
- Man Group Drives Diversification With NewSmith Buy
- BGC Finally Wins GFI Support For $778M Takeover
- In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
- EU Delays Antitrust Ruling On ZF's $13.5B Auto Supplier Buy
- FTC Gives $2.5B Zillow-Trulia Merger A Pass
- McCormick To Fork Over $97M For Italian Spice Co.
- 6 Lessons From 9th Circ. St. Luke's Decision
- Ex-Shaw Exec, Brother-In-Law Charged With Insider Trading
- Revel Free To Court Buyers After Judge Nixes Ch. 11 Sale
- Francisco Partners Plugs Over $100M Into Biz Software Co.
- Deals Rumor Mill: Pinterest, ProSieben, SDI Media
- FTC Pushes 9th Circ. To Lift Stay On St. Luke's Divestiture
- BGC Says It Is Nearing Accord For $778M GFI Tender Offer
- FERC's New Merger Review Proposal And Its Impact
- FTC Lodges Challenge To $3.5B Sysco, US Foods Tie-Up
- PE Experts Predict Smaller Deals Among EU Firms In 2015
- Actavis To Offer $8.4B In Shares To Fund Allergan Takeover
- Ball Corp. Set To Pay $8.4B For British Rival Rexam
- Germany's Mahle To Pay $727M For Delphi Thermal Biz
- RadioShack's Unsecured Creditors Blast Standard General Bid
- Natixis To Buy Stake In France's DNCA For $625M
- 1MDB To Sell Off Assets In Bid To Reduce $11.6B Debt
- O'Melveny Antitrust Team Tapped By Sysco Amid Merger
- Deals Rumor Mill: Snapchat, GE, Rodan & Fields
- TPG Reaps Huge Gains With Indonesian Bank Stake Sale
- Phillips 66 MLP Eyes $396M Offering To Fund Pipeline Buys
- Real Estate Rumor Mill: Anbang, Carrefour, Kushner
- Altice Puts Up $4B For Vivendi's Numericable-SFR Stake
- PE-Backed Advantage Rent A Car Acquires E-Z Rent-A-Car
- Japan Post To Pay $5.1B For Australia's Toll Holdings
- Not Too Big To Grow: Another Arrow In Banks' M&A Quiver
- Boston Sci Pays J&J $600M To Settle Guidant Merger Suit
- Revel Pushes To Scrap $95M Sale Deal And Find Third Suitor
- Sidley Adds 3 Cadwalader Energy, M&A Partners
- Restructuring ING Sells $1.4B Of Insurance Co. Shares
- Deals Rumor Mill: Japan Post Holdings, Lotte Group, Fosun
- Ferrero Says It's Not Up For Sale After Patriarch's Death
- Acquisition-Minded XPO Logistics Sells $400M In Senior Notes
- Amcor Plans $500M Buyback Amid M&A Lineup, Strong Profit
- Deutsche Wohnen Plots $1B Buyout Of Austrian Rival
- ISS, Glass Lewis Back Petroceltic In Fight With Activist
- Insurance Stays On M&A Radar Amid Flurry Of Major Deals
- CaixaBank Aims For Up To $1.24B Takeover Of Portugal's BPI
- Auto Supplier Lear Lifts Buyback To $1B As Activist Circles
- Anbang Inks Another $1B Deal, This Time For Korean Insurer
- UK Gambling Co. Ends Talks For $1B Takeover By William Hill
- Real Estate Rumor Mill: Parnas, Starwood, Blackstone
- Activist Seeks CEO Ouster, Board Shakeup At Tempur Sealy
- PE Firm Actis Forms $1.9B African Renewables JV
- Canada's Fairfax Pays £1.2B For Lloyd's Of London Insurer Brit
- Japanese Freight Co. Inks $1.2B Deal To Stoke Growth Abroad
- Germany's New Merger Guidelines May Not Be Very Practical
- Expedia-Orbitz Deal Likely To Survive Antitrust Review
- Chancery Won't Allow Early Appeal In $1.6B Dole Deal Case
- Despite St. Luke's, The Efficiencies Defense Is Not Dead
- EU Watchdog Probes $7.6B Siemens-Dresser-Rand Deal
- Deals Rumor Mill: Freescale, POSCO, ProSiebenSat.1
- HP Was Right To Keep Autonomy Probe To Itself, Judge Told
- Anixter Nabs $380M In Sale Of Fastener Unit To AIP
- Tech Co. Axcelis Reshuffles Board As Proxy Fight Looms
- Expedia Reveals Breakup Fee Tied To $1.6B Orbitz Pickup
- Fee-Shifting Foe Urges Del. Lawmakers To Pass Amendment
- Ardian Locks In Deal For French Insurance Brokerage Firm
- Pulling Up Stakes: Vedder Price, McDonald Hopkins
- Taxation With Representation: Latham, Wachtell, Cleary
- Blank Check Co. FinTech's $100M IPO Set For Next Week
- Raffeisen Grabs La Roche In Latest Swiss Banking Tie-Up
- Shareholder Suit Targets Exelis, Harris Over $4.75B Deal
- Deal-Happy Actavis Unloads Pharma R&D Unit To TPG
- UK Court Grounds Ryanair Appeal Of Aer Lingus Stake Row
- Del. Justices Uphold Appraisal In $512M 'American Idol' Deal
- Chancery Won't Shift $25M Rural/Metro Fee Award Onto RBC
- Sidley Nabs DOJ's Antitrust Assistant Chief In SF
- Oil Slowdown Won't Stop Enviro Fights Over Eagle Ford
- Deals Rumor Mill: Valeant, Centrica, Sumitomo Mitsui
- 1st Weeks Of The Year Provide A Taste Of Proxy Season
- PE Firms Expect Few High-Quality Deals In 2015, Survey Says
- Brazil Seeks Restrictions On Novartis-GSK Deal
- Vista Inks Add-On Deal For Language Generation Tech Co.
- Fosun's Gaillon Seals Long-Fought Deal For Club Med
- GE Moves To Allow Large Shareholders To Nominate Directors
- SEC Accuses CEO, Ex-Skadden Atty Of Hiding Insider Sales
- Vornado Takes Bigger Bite Of $480M NYC Crowne Plaza
- BT Launches $1.5B Share Sale To Back Blockbuster EE Buy
- Why An Underfunded Spinoff Is A Bad Idea
- Expedia Inks $1.6B Orbitz Buy As Travel Sites Consolidate
- MD Sass CEO Must Face Claims Over Eastman's Sterling Buy
- Del. Justices Weigh Row Over $512M 'American Idol' Deal
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- CVR Reveals SEC Probe As Wachtell Malpractice Battle Rages
- Eagle Ford Attys Gear Up For Gush Of Lease Disputes
- Winstead Adds Jackson Walker Corporate Pro As Shareholder
- Deals Rumor Mill: Siemens, Sycamore Partners, Veolia
- Allergan Shareholder Withdraws Suit Over Spurned Valeant Bid
- EBay Plans $5B PayPal Dowry As Part Of Spinoff
- Exelon, Pepco Merger Approved By NJ Utilities Regulator
- Electra To Trim Annual Fee After Foiling Activist Campaign
- Fried Frank Reps CVC Capital In Wireless Logic Deal
- Crumbs' Bankruptcy Buyer Puts End To Brand Licensing Row
- FTC OKs Merck Plan To Shed Heartworm Plant To Merial
- Activist Peltz Urges DuPont Investors To Back Board Picks
- Wentworth-Peachtree Deal Created Monopoly, $15M Suit Says
- Revel Judge Won't Extend Deadline To Close $95M Sale
- Sidley Nabs M&A Veteran From Cooley For Silicon Valley Team
- UK's Proposed 'Google Tax' In A Nutshell
- Glencore To Spin Off $367M Stake In Platinum Producer
- Data Center Cos. Strike $2B Merger With Cloud-Tech Focus
- Rite Aid Offers $2B For Pharmacy Benefit Manager
- GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
- News Corp. Seeks To Crush Investors' Poison Pill Suit
- Dendreon Takes $400M Valeant Bid, Nixes Ch. 11 Auction
- M&A Group Of The Year: Willkie Farr
- St. Luke's Shows ACA No Panacea For Health Care Mergers
- 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
- Sinking Oil Prices Drive Fresh Legal Work In Eagle Ford
- Vector Capital To Buy Saba Software In Take-Private Deal
- Deals Rumor Mill: Telecity, Bain Capital, William Hill
- 33 M&A Attys Earn Top Marks From GCs
- PE Firm Francisco Partners Nets $2.9B For Tech Buys
- GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
- Davis Polk Guides Sunac In $584M Kaisa Buy, Debt Fix
- Specialty Physician Practice Acquisition Trends In 2014
- Revel Casino's $95M Sale Falling Apart
- HSBC-Backed Hang Seng To Sell $2B Stake In Chinese Bank
- Kirkland Nabs Linklaters PE, Real Estate M&A Pro In London
- Zimmer Pitches Asset Sales Amid EU's Probe Of Biomet Buy
- Blackstone-Backed Specialty Material Maker Lines Up IPO
- Starwood To Spin Off Timeshare Business Into New Co.
- Harman Investors Urge DC Circ. To Revive Class Action
- Yelp Pays $134M For Online Food-Ordering Service
- Permira Grabs $1.6B In Latest Hugo Boss Stake Sale
- Del. Confirms Robust D&O Protection Despite Co. Demise
- Canon Lobs $2.8B Bid At Video Surveillance Specialist Axis
- 9th Circ. Backs FTC Hospital Merger Challenge
- China's Dalian Wanda Inks $1.2B Deal To Expand Sports Biz
- Skadden Hit With Bid For Fraud Sanctions By Radnor Founder
- Deal Bringing Morgans Debt-Swap Suit Near To End Gets Nod
- $95.4M Revel Sale Likely Doomed Amid Deadline Impasse
- Enbridge Subsidiary Drops $160M On Eaglebine Assets
- Nautic Partners Takes Back Solvent Co. IPS
- Deals Rumor Mill: Lanxess, IHH Healthcare, Tesco
- Duke To Invest Up To $225M Into REC Solar Projects
- Accenture Boosts Gov't Contracts Biz With Agilex Buy
- Fed, OCC To Review CIT Group's $3.4B OneWest Bank Buy
- M&A Group Of The Year: Weil Gotshal
- Regency Faces Another Suit Over $11.2B Sale To ETP
- NGL Energy Inks $280M Deal For Natural Gas Facility Owner
- C&J Cuts Nabors Buyout By $250M Amid Oil Price Woes
- Junior Debt Market Shows Signs Of Weakness In Bigger Deals
- 4 Key Drivers Behind The Tech M&A Surge
- Silver Miner Tahoe Puts Down $1B For Gold Mine Co. In Peru
- Alibaba To Take $590M Stake In Smartphone Maker Meizu
- Manitowoc Tweaks Governance Provisions In Truce With Icahn
- 3 Key Considerations For PE Co-Investment Transactions
- M&A Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
- $95M Revel Sale Uncertain After 3rd Circ.'s Partial Stay
- DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Watchdog Must Be Trial-Ready
- Australian Watchdog OKs JBS's $1.25B Primo Acquisition
- Ex-Cable Co. CEO Takes $14M Tax Fight To High Court
- Deals Rumor Mill: Quinpario, Exponent PE, Fairfax Media
- Autonomy Ex-CFO Says HP Execs Lied About Fraud
- IAC Urges Dismissal Of Ex-MySpace Owner's Collusion Suit
- Charterhouse Exits Deb Group In Sale To SC Johnson
- Pulling Up Stakes: Watson Farley, Latham, Baker & McKenzie
- DuPont Rejects Activist Trian's Board Picks
- 2nd Circ. Says $7M For Duane Reade Investigation Too Much
- SEC Gives Nod To Linn Energy's $4.3B Berry Petroleum Deal
- Riverbed Tech Shareholders Sue Over 'Self-Serving' $3.6B Sale
- The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
- Taxation With Representation: Covington, Wilson Sonsini
- Credit Agricole, Ardian Team To Buy Italian Airport Stake
- €496M Deal Boosts Rocket Internet's Food Delivery Biz
- Harris To Pay $4.75B For Fellow Defense Contractor Exelis
- Canada High Court Breathes New Life Into M&A Efficiencies
- FTC Urged To Take Closer Look At Big Data Mergers
- Life Sciences Public Offering Fervor Strengthens In 2015
- M&A Group Of The Year: Skadden
- Insight Ventures Drops $273M On Struggling Tech Co.
- Bankrupt Dendreon Taps Valeant As $400M Stalking Horse
- Deals Rumor Mill: Groupon, Twitter, CBS
- Skadden Guides Frontier To $10.5B Verizon Wireline Buy
- LSE Puts Russell On Selling Block Months After $2.7B Buy
- AstraZeneca Forks Over $600M For Actavis Respiratory Drugs
- Non-Standard Finance Plans $153M London IPO
- Revel Wins Reprieve From Threatened Power Cutoff
- Hanson Building Withdraws IPO After $1.4B Lone Star Deal
- Retail, Consumer M&A Deals Hit 5-Year $100B-Plus High
- Beware Blurry Edges Of HSR's Investment-Only Exemption
- BT Firms Up $19B EE Deal To Dominate British Telecom Space
- Can Maker Rexam Valued At $6.5B In Rival's Buyout Pursuit
- Pfizer Inks $17B Deal For Biosimilars Giant Hospira
- Under Armour Shells Out $475M For MyFitnessPal App
- Don't Miss It: Hot Deals & Firms We're Following This Week
- Sullivan & Cromwell Reps Ares In Deal For American Tire Stake
- Despite Staples Snub, Activist Has Flex In $6.3B Merger
- Deals Rumor Mill: BT PLC, Total SA, Cinven
- Acadia Healthcare Plans $300M Offering To Fund CRC Deal
- Dollar Tree Says Family Dollar Buy May Cost It More Stores
- Zoetis Hands Ackman 2 Board Seats To Head Off Proxy Fight
- M&A Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
- CD&R Reaps £384M By Shedding Stake In UK Retailer B&M
- Family Offices Resemble Early PE In Direct Investing Shift
- Westfield Rakes In $925M For Stake In 3 US Malls
- Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
- Staples Scoops Up Office Depot For $6.3B In Cash, Stock
- Nevada AG Ends Suit Over $9.2B Albertsons, Safeway Merger
- Regency Hit With Class Action Over $11.2B Sale To ETP
- FTC May Eye Corporate Sales In A Staples-Office Depot Deal
- Gore Can't End $65M Escrow Fight With Al Jazeera
- Walgreens Boots, CA Technologies Shake Up Legal Teams
- M&A Group Of The Year: Latham & Watkins
- Macy's Scoops Up Bluemercury In $210M Deal
- Wachtell Steers Smucker In $5.8B Pet Food Co. Buy
- Ex-Santander Aide Indicted In NY For Insider Trading
- Middle-Market Dealmakers Expect Strong Year For PE
- Spain Ups Aena IPO Range To Reflect Up To $10B Value
- Deals Rumor Mill: RadioShack, AT&T, Staples
- EnLink Midstream To Pay $600M For Coronado Midstream
- Staples Merger Chatter Reaffirms Starboard's Top-Dog Status
- Canadian Solar Pays $265M For Sharp Solar Energy Unit
- Cravath Guides Mylan's $800M Female Health Care Assets Buy
- Wendy's To Revamp Biz By Selling Hundreds Of Restaurants
- Mall Owners Ink $6B Merger To Spawn New Aussie REIT
- 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
- Arcapita Doubles Its Money In $1B-Plus Pods Exit
- Revlon's Shareholder Protections May Be Purely Cosmetic
- Davis Polk Steers SS&C's $2.7B Buy Of Advent Software
- Towergate Creditors To Take Over In $1.5B Restructuring Pact
- Consumer, Antitrust Agencies See Slight Boosts In 2016 Plan
- Chancery Dings Appraisals, But Deal Makers Still Vulnerable
- Deals Rumor Mill: Verizon, Clear Channel, RadioShack
- Milbank Opens Its 5th Asia Office In Seoul
- Shareholder Activism Reached New Heights In 2014
- Paul Weiss Snags Kirkland Private Equity Rainmaker
- Hitachi Sued Over Adviser Fee For $1.3B Foundry Co. Buy
- Egypt's Global Telecom Locks Up $2.6B Djezzy Sale
- M&A Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
- $195M Attys' Fees OK'd In LBO Collusion Settlement
- Sysco To Sell 11 Centers To Seal $3.5B US Foods Buy
- Kirkland Reps Wyndham In $57M Dolce Hotels Buy
- Recent Decisions Tighten Standards For Merger Litigation
- Holcim, Lafarge Unload $7.4B In Assets To CRH
- Intel Acquires PE-Backed German Gateway Co. Lantiq
- Ireland's Icon Puts Up $120M For PE-Backed MediMedia
- Netflix Plots $1B Notes Offering To Support Deals
- GFI Again Urges Investors To Ignore $778M Hostile Bid
- Oceaneering Pays $230M For Offshore Services Rival