Steve Monnington of Mayfield Merger Strategies reports the most recent transactions and analyses the M&A news. Since my last column, as well as several deals announced, there have been two important pieces of news which could impact big ticket M&A. Ascential gave a trading update along with the results of their strategic review. Now that their events business, primarily Cannes Lions and Money 2020 are back to a full schedule, the strategic plan is to s...