Deals
Liberty’s Malone Starts Pursuit of Vodafone ‘Big Banana’ Prize
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John Malone’s comparison of potential merger partner Vodafone Group Plc to “a big banana in the jar” is one of the more arresting images used in the world of high-stakes deal-making.
The question posed by the billionaire chairman of Liberty Global Plc during an interview on Tuesday is: “How do you get your hand out of the jar with the banana?”