This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
Corporate dealmaking is staging an epic comeback this year.
This week alone, Capital One agreed to acquire Discover for $35 billion, Truist Financial announced a $15.5 billion sale of its insurance arm, and Walmart shook hands to buy TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion.
The trio of transactions, worth a combined $53 billion, have lifted the value of deals announced worldwide this year to $425 billion — a 55% increase from the same period in 2023, Bloomberg estimates.
That’s a stark contrast from the past two years. Global deal values tumbled from more than $5 trillion in 2021 to less than $3 trillion in
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