Takeaways - The record level of M&A in 2021 was widely dispersed across industries and was driven by the strategic needs of companies to add technology and adapt to the.
Takeaways - Although deal flow continues to be strong, stricter antitrust and national security reviews may pose obstacles for some mergers. Financial sponsors remain.
second-place romney. after all that, here s where the candidates stand. cnn estimates romney now has 404 delegates of the 1,144 a nominee needs. santorum 16 a delegates, gingrich 106, ron paul still hasn t won a single primary or caucus, has. if not must wins, all three are seen as can-wins. between them, well, they re campaigning today in all three states. president obama is on his way to charlotte, north carolina, where he will accept the democratic nomination six months from now, he s going there to talk manufacturing at the daimler truck plant. daimler trucks hired 1,000 people last year, some of whom had been laid off in the recession. the president speaks at the noon hour eastern time. if he makes news, you ll hear it first right here on cnn. super tuesday was anything bus eight-term dennis could you niche lost his primary battle against the bandy 15-term congresswoman. they were forced to compete in the same district. kaptor is the longest-serves woman in the hou
jobs and encourage production. so we re focused on american oil production. we are doing all that we can in a safe, responsible way, to make sure that american oil production and gas production is high. but here s the thing. the amount of oil that we drill at home doesn t set the price of gas on its own. and the reason is is because oil is bought and sold on the world energy market. and just like last year, the biggest thing that s causing the price of oil to rise right now is instability in the middle east. this time, it s iran. but a lot of folks are nervous about what might happen there. and so they re anticipating there might be a big disruption in terms of flow. and when uncertainty increases, speculation on wall street can drive up prices even more. those are the short-term factors at work here.
gas by itself. the oil market is global. oil is bought and sold until a world market. just like last year, the single biggest thing that s causes the price of oil to spike right now is instability in the middle east. this time aroundran when uncertainty increases, speculative trading on wall street increases. that drives prices up even more. those are the biggest short term factors at work here. over the long term, the biggest reason prices will probably keep going up is in places like china. the number of cars more than tripled in the last five years in china. nearly ten million cars were