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Show me the money

2007 saw surge of activity

Multi Billion £ Deals show that 2007 was an unusual year2007:Webex - Cisco 1.5bn 03/07Doubleclick - Google 1.5bn 04/07Reuters - Thomson 9bn 05/07Aquantive - Microsoft 3bn 05/07Gemstar (interactive TV) - Macrovision 1.5bn 07/07Navteq - Nokia 4bn 10/7Teleatlas - Tom Tom 2bn 11/07Tradus (QXL) - Naspers 1bn 12/07ChoicePOint (insurance data & analytics) - Reed Elsevier 2bn 2/08Getty Images - Hellman & Friedman 1.2bn 2/08Dow Jones - News Corp 2.8bn 1/072006:no billion pound deals2005:Ask jeeves - IACI 1bn 3/05Skype - eBay 2.2bn 9/05

Market clearly peaked last year

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Pricing started to fall

Sub £100m deals market stable

But market is more complex

Most UK M&A is internal

Consumer giants buy startups

Data Acquisition in 2007

Recent investment trends

What about Europe?

What About Turkey?

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