Is 2017 the year big energy deals come back? What about monster food mergers? Bloomberg Gadfly columnist Brooke Sutherland gave us five M&A deal predictions for 2016 back in December 2015. Now she returns to give us "Brooke's Five Bold Predictions" (trademark!) for 2017. She joins host Alex Sherman to explain why she was right -- and wrong -- in 2016, and explains what's behind her guesses for the coming year.

<p>Is 2017 the year big energy deals come back? What about monster food mergers? Bloomberg Gadfly columnist Brooke Sutherland gave us five M&amp;A deal predictions for 2016 back in December 2015. Now she returns to give us "Brooke's Five Bold Predictions" (trademark!) for 2017. She joins host Alex Sherman to explain why she was right -- and wrong -- in 2016, and explains what's behind her guesses for the coming year.</p>

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll talk to reporters who broke Bloomberg's major scoops and interview investors, executives, lawyers and bankers for an inside peek into what's going on inside corporate boardrooms and what it's like working with the world's largest companies and richest people.

Bloomberg M&A reporter Alex Sherman examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street.

Deal of the Week

58: 2nd Annual Brooke Sutherland M&A Predictions Extravaganza

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