Pfizer-Allergan $700 billion acquisition beats Emc-Dell $66 billion to no 2 spot

EMIRATES, DELTA AND  UNITED  are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates  continues to lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and most importantly football teams from PSG to Real Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the Emirates logo.

the biggest deals across Industry

1. The biggest deal  last year was the  Pfizer-Allergan acquisition of $600 billion which was one of the biggest across healthcare in recent times
   
2. The Technology industry's biggest deal of Dell-Emc was number 2  with  $66 billion.
   
3. Across real estate vertical the acquisition of  Deutsche Wohnen  by  Vonovia  was just $10billion
   
4. Oil and Gas saw the deal in which the BG group was acquired by Royal Dutch Shell for $69.8 billion

employee turnover vs salary comparison by industry verticals

Turnover rates vs median experience vs salary comparison chart

Amazon and Google   provide the highest salaries across technology industry, however Google's average pay of over $107,000 as compared to Amazon's $93,000 ( This  salary is for candidates  with just one year experience at the individual companies) Amazon pays about $14,000 lower salary than Google. The median age for such salary packages  was just 29 at Google and 32 for amazon

Across  Insurance sector for mutual funds, mass mutual life insurance pays $80,000 (median pay)  compared to American Family Life Assurance whose median pay was $38,000 . They are for  employees  who have been with them for just under a year, whereas the median age for such remuneration was  38.

The chart shows the Salary comparison for some other industries  and companies like  Berkshire Hathaway, New York Life, Scandisk, Devon Energy, Family dollar store and others based on similar median age of the person and the average length of stay in the organisation

obamacare at crossroads as insurance co-ops set to be abandoned

AMOUNT OF LOAN PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET UP THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CO OPS

A new breed of health insurers created under the Obama Affordable Care Act — was intended to create non-profit insurers is  on its last legs now ,with several of the ventures forced to close down around the  country. President Obama's much vaunted Obamacare — is on shaky financial ground in many of the 23 states where the plans began.

The nonprofit health plans were envisioned as a consumer-friendly counterweight to for-profit insurers, a way to provide more competition, greater consumer choice and better coverage in markets typically dominated by big commercial carriers. The government allocated billions of dollars in loans for them, Insurance co ops under health law received $1.17billion  in federal loans , which the government said its  working on recouping the funds