Big Deals That Went Bust

Comcast's $45 billion deal for Time Warner Cable is a high-profile example of a failed merger, but it doesn't crack the list of the 10 largest.

Here is Dealogic's list of the 10 largest failed deals globally, with the price, would-be acquirer, target, and year things fell apart.

1. $144.97 billion: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto Plc, 2008

2. $117.35 billion: Pfizer Inc., AstraZenca Plc, 2014

3. $97.92 billion: MCI WorldCom, Sprint Corp., 2000

4. $90.96 billion: Barclays Plc, ABN Amro Holding NV, 2007

5. $82.34 billion: Deutsche Telekom AG, Telecom Italia SpA, 1999

6. $79.6 billion: Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., Time Warner Inc., 2014

7. $71.41 billion: American Home Products Corp., Warner-Lambert Co., 2000

8. $58 billion: Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton (Western Australian iron ore assets), 2010

9. $56.25 billion: BellSouth Corp., Sprint Corp., 1999

10. $54.7 billion: Comcast Corp., Walt Disney Co., 2004

SOURCE: Associated Press

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