- M&A Activity Down in Q1 Due to Uncertainty. “M&A is like a barometer of business confidence, and people are feeling uncertain and the changes are very hard for boardrooms to work out,” Lucinda Guthrie, head of data provider Mergermarket, told Yahoo Finance last week. “A number of processes have been pulled or paused” through April ahead of planned public announcements, Guthrie added.” Yahoo Finance reports.
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The markets rose yesterday but futures point down early today. Hertz dropped 13% yesterday as