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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