Bloomberg reports that last year's
total global deal value of $ 2.3 trillion was 44 percent below the $ 4 trillion in deals announced in 2007 before the economic downturn hit.
Figures from Mergermarket put Skadden at the top of the table by
total global deal value for Q1 - Q3, with Davis Polk leading the European and UK rankings after a subdued third quarter which saw global, European and UK deal volumes fall to four - year lows.
Not exact matches
Overall,
deal activity was down —
global financings dropped six percent to 1,886
total in the last quarter.
Global ECM
deal volume
totaled $ 196.2 billion in the first quarter of this year, down 11 % from $ 220.4 billion in the first quarter of last year, according to Dealogic.
It wasn't a
total retreat for
global players, though, as Canadian Natural Resources issued Shell almost 98 million shares, or 9 % of the company, as part of its
deal.
Total green bond
deal volume in the
global markets for 2015 hit a new record of $ 39.5 billion by November, issued in 161
deals.
Then the US and Japan pledged a
total of $ 4.5 billion to an international fund to help poorer countries
deal with
global warming.
Forests and other land vegetation currently remove up to 30 percent of human carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, but thanks to this latest study, experts now know that we have tropical forests to thank for a great
deal of this work - absorbing a whopping 1.4 billion metric tons of CO2 out of a
total total global absorption of 2.5 billion metric tons.
As day one of World Travel Market gets underway new figures have unveiled Dubai - based Arabian Travel Market generated over $ 2 billion worth of business
deals at annual 2014 May event;
total World Travel Market Portfolio contributes $ 6.5 billion of additional revenue to the
global travel industry.
It said the
deal will give it a
total of 500 luxury and upscale locations worldwide, making it «one of the key
global players in this segment.»
As world leaders and their top advisers convened in Manhattan for Tuesday's United Nations summit on
global warming, there were hints of accord on a few issues that could form the basis for a climate
deal in December in Copenhagen — something less that a full - blown treaty but sufficient to avoid
total breakdown of an international effort.
48 Growing Energy & Environmental Concerns 58 % of Americans rank «
dealing with the nation's energy problem» as a top priority in 2006, up from 40 % in 2003 87 % of Americans cite home heating and energy prices as a «very big» or «big» problem for the nation's economy 88 % of US adults respond that «energy efficient» was very important in their electronics, appliance, lighting and heating / cooling equipment purchases Gallup polls: Americans» concerns about environmental issues have increased more than 10 percentage points between 2004 and 2006 The LOHAS Consumer Report: 91 % of people are in
total agreement with the statement «I care about protecting the environment» ABC News / Washington Post Poll: 79 % of Americans think
global warming poses a serious threat to future generations Source: AP Source: NASA
Global Witness also revealed an oil
deal involving Gertler's Nessergy company which ultimately saw Congo lose out on $ 150 million: the combined
total of potential revenue losses comes to $ 1.5 billion.
We are witnessing a
total failure of
global leadership to
deal with changes we caused that are spiraling out of control.»
Figures from Mergermarket show Cravath topped the
global and European
deal value tables for Q1, after advising on 22
global deals worth a
total of $ 163.1 bn (# 130.7 bn) and six European
deals worth $ 130.1 bn (# 104.3 bn).
Global deal volume by
total value increased by 1.8 %, whereas
deal count decreased by 13.7 %.
Now, rival media behemoth WPP has announced a «
global strategic partnership» of its own with Twitter, which may not come as a
total surprise given WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell said he wouldn't rule out a similar
deal with the microblogging site.
Change in score on 12 primary measures: Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS 2)
total of 3 clusters and severity, Impact of Events Scale (IES)(self rated), Beck Depression Inventory (self rated),
Global Improvement scale (self and assessor rated), main problem (self and assessor rated),
total of 4 goals to
deal with the problem (self and assessor rated), and Work and Social Adjustment scale (self and assessor rated).