First-Quarter Deals Near $1 Trillion Mark Highest Value Since 2007

NEW YORK (The Deal) -- On the heels of last year's strong M&A market, 2015 is off to a healthy start, driven by deals from strategic players in a wide swath of industries with the highest first-quarter value since 2007. Big-ticket acquisitions fueled deals in the first three months of the year, with 14 announced transactions valued at more than $10 billion. Such deals pushed the total value globally to $902.2 billion in the first quarter, up 23% from the corresponding period last year, accord...