5 M&A Deals Bigger than $40B for Monsanto

Shares of Monsanto MON are up 13 percent Thursday after Bloomberg reported Bayer is considering a $40 billion acquisition for the company. $40 billion is a lot; here are 5 target companies which are even larger.

• $82.73B Time Warner Cable Inc TWC by Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR
• $61.59B E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co DD by Dow Chemical Co DOW
• $51.29B EMC Corporation EMC by Dell Inc.
• $48.95B Williams Companies Inc WMB by Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE
• $40.44B Syngenta AG (ADR) SYT by China National Chemical Corp

Note that Du Pont and Synga, two of the five biggest outstanding deals, have businesses similar to that of Monsanto.