Chip M&A Outlook Alive Amid Rising Rates, Says S&P

By | December 30, 2015

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Cash-rich tech companies like Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel and Microsoft will still have dry powder for takeovers; but those with speculative-grade credit ratings will be hard-pressed to make deals as interest rates rise, hiking borrowing costs for debt-funded deals, says Standard & Poor’s in a report. “We forecast lower leverage for U.S. speculative-grade tech companies because we anticipate that M&A and shareholder returns will be less attractive Scalper1 News

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