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May 6, 2008
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April closed with deal activity sharply up from March, capped by two mega transactions: Mars Inc.'s $23 billion purchase of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., with Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. holding a minority stake; and Microsoft Corp. increasing its bid for Yahoo Inc. - only to drop the idea altogether last weekend.
April closed with deal activity sharply up from March, capped by two mega transactions: Mars Inc.'s $23 billion purchase of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., with Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. holding a minority stake; and Microsoft Corp. increasing its bid for Yahoo Inc. - only to drop the idea altogether last weekend.
Yahoo's outside counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was involved in a...
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