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The hammer blow that COVID-19 has dealt to global M&A activity is no secret, with deal-making all but grinding to a halt during the spring of 2020. However, while some aspects of society and the economy have been put on pause by the pandemic, others have seen their stock increase. According to a recent report by ICON Corporate Finance, the tech sector in particular has seen a substantial interest in deal-making. ICON identified fintech, cloud technology, healthtech, AI, enterprise software, ma...
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Private Company Price Index (PCPI)
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Will 2007 be another record year?
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Over the past six months stories about retailers and businesses "going into liquidation," "calling i...