CNBC April 4, 2018
Silvia Amaro

  • In the first three months of 2018, there were 3,774 deals globally, totaling $890.7 billion.
  • So far this year, there have been $393.9 billion invested in U.S. companies.
  • Domestic activity was also particularly strong in China.
A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity across the world has hit a seventeen-year-record high in the first quarter of 2018, according to a report by research firm Mergermarket.

In the first three months of 2018, there were 3,774 deals globally, totaling $890.7 billion, it said Wednesday. This was the strongest start to the year since 2001, when Mergermarket began recording...

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