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BREAKINGVIEWS-Revived dealmakers confront resurgent challenges: podcast

ReutersApr 2, 2026 5:12 AM

By Jonathan Guilford

NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.

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The mega-merger boom persists with Unilever’s $65 bln mayo-to-mustard combo while beauty giant Estée Lauder holds talks with Puig. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists debate whether the good times will keep rolling or if CEOs will get spooked by oil prices and AI.

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FURTHER READING

M&A jamboree swings to syncopated rhythm

Pernod and Jack Daniel’s would be a stiff cocktail

Estée Lauder’s Puig approach fails the smell test

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