TV3, CRH, Elán, Aer Lingus: Ireland's mergers and acquisitions market has seen several big deals this year already. Arthur Beesley is joined by The Irish Times' Mark Paul and Simon Howley of Goodbody Corporate Finance to look at the deals that have gone through and what they tell us about underlying economic conditions. They also discuss the funding available for these deals and whether we've returned to the days of "debt-fuelled feeding frenzies". In part two Clifford Coonan is on the line from Beijing to explain why China's stock market has fallen by 30% in the last month and how some of China's many lay investors have lost it all in the carnage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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