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Xilinx Stock Primed to Gain from Semiconductor M&A (XLNX)

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler -

Xilinx stock

Snapping up a few shares of Xilinx stock looks like a pretty good idea right now.

That's because Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) has moved to the top of the list of possible acquisition targets in the semiconductor industry.

Acquisitions mean higher stock prices.

And Xilinx stock could do very well considering that the company has something a lot of other chipmakers want.

[CHART] See the Latest M&A Deals from AAPL, AMZN, FB, GOOG, and YHOO

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke -

Tech M&A deals are so commonplace now they often come and go with little fanfare. Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) alone has acquired 44 companies since 2000. Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) has gobbled up more than three times that, with 144 buys in the last 15 years.

These deals are actually changing our lives - perhaps more than we realize. For instance, Google bought mobile software Android in 2005. Now, Android smartphones account for 78.4% of global market share. There are 76 million Android users in the U.S. alone.

Here are five charts that show the recent M&A deals from American tech sweethearts Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Yahoo!, and Google.

In another year or two, chances are some of these buys will have changed the way we live...

M&A Deals Alive and Well – and Dishing Out Huge Profits

By , Contributing Writer, Money Morning -

Deal making is back on Wall Street - in a big way.

Mergers had been nearly non-existent for nearly six years in the wake of the financial crisis as global economic uncertainty, heightened scrutiny of corporate boards, high unemployment and the housing market bust had put a damper on M&A deals.

But 2013 has begun with a flurry of deal making, with $160 billion worth of merger activity thus far, the most at this point in the year since 2005, according to Dealogic.

And the stellar start to the markets this year - the S&P gained 6.6% in January and the Dow is quickly approaching its all-time high - suggests deal making will heat up in the months ahead.

The latest M&A deals come at a time of historically low financing costs, renewed corporate confidence, and companies flush with stockpiles of cash. In this climate, companies are seeking growth through deals and see them as a way to expand while appeasing anxious shareholders.

"The dam is burst. The forces were too powerful to hold back forever," James B. Lee,
vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), told The Wall Street Journal.

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