Where are the deals?

Sophomore who finished recruiting at a top EB, just looking at deals, and i haven't seen much (outside of WBD, which spilled over from last year), in 2026. anything else is swallowed up by gs/jpm/ms. where is all the promised m&a activity?

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shut up intern

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Every deal is not in the wsj

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Are they on bloomberg terminal?

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