October 2006

Posted on October 26, 2006 at 5:30 PM
Filed under: CD Community

Corporate development teams are helping companies adapt and succeed in a world that's being transformed by technology, globalization and the rise of the deal economy. But hey, you knew that. The question is how? Well, some of the answers were available today at The Corporate Dealmaker Forum at the...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 24, 2006 at 10:06 AM
Filed under: Movers & Shakers

THQ Inc. promoted Timothy Campbell to vice president of business development. Campbell will continue to build publishing relationships with independent development teams and expand THQ's worldwide internal studio system. Campbell joined Los Angeles-based THQ, a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, in 2004 as director of business...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 18, 2006 at 2:05 PM
Filed under: Joint Ventures and Alliances

Reuters PLC announced today that it sold its half of the Factiva joint venture to its partner, Dow Jones, for $160 million. That's a nice outcome for Reuters on the seven-year-old JV, especially considering that the assets it contributed to the news-archive business weren't appreciating much on their own. Meanwhile,...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 18, 2006 at 10:52 AM
Filed under: Integration

Deal-makers, executives, and objective market data agree that many deals fail to deliver expected synergies or value. Reasons vary widely. Sometimes companies enter a deal with unrealistic expectations. Other times complexity runs amok, and management of the deal-making process spirals beyond effective control. Success of defensively or competitively motivated...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 17, 2006 at 1:15 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions

Wal-Mart is expanding its footprint in China, despite recent stumbles in Japan, Germany and South Korea. As reported in The Deal, the discount retailer is set to buy Trust-Mart, a Taiwanese-owned operator of hypermarkets, for $1 billion. If all goes as planned, Wal-Mart will add 31 stores to the...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 16, 2006 at 1:35 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property

From leading chefs in the hottest restaurants to apple pie-baking grandmas, cooks have always had a thing about protecting their prized recipes. Now, some of the world's top chefs are adding a new ingredient to their protection recipe: patents. As Food & Wine contributing editor Pete Wells explains in...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 15, 2006 at 8:20 PM
Filed under: 2006 | Acquisitions | Cover Story | Deal International | Sept.-Oct. 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: acquirer , AmEx , Bank of Cummunications , banks , BofA , CBRC , China , Citigroup , deals , Edgar , Goldman Sachs , HSBC , Merrill , strategic stakes , UBS , Wong , WTO

The world's financial giants have bought multiple minority stakes, aiming to partner in the historic opening of the Chinese financial sector. What will it take to make these deals really work?  Continue reading

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Posted on October 15, 2006 at 8:10 PM
Filed under: 2006 | Deal International | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Q&A | Sept.-Oct. 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , Allen Kohan , BASF , China , Engelhard , integration , IP , joint venture , JV , M&A , Nanjing Catalyst , negotiations , Shanxi

Allen Kohan talks about doing the deals that got middle-sized Engelhard going in the Middle Kingdom.  Continue reading

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Posted on October 15, 2006 at 8:02 PM
Filed under: 2006 | Outsourcing | Sept.-Oct. 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: accounting , analysis , BPO , Conway , E.I. DuPont , F&A , FAO , Farkas , finance , Holliday , HR , HRO , IT , M&A , outsourcing , TPI , Trinity Industries

More and more companies are seeking strategic benefits - rather than just cost savings - when they outsource business processes.  Continue reading

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Posted on October 15, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Filed under: 2006 | Corporate Tool | Sept.-Oct. 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , bankers , coroprate tool , corporate development , deals , divestitures , i-bankers , Josh King , M&A , scale

For the typical corporate development type, investment bankers can be a blessing, albeit a mixed one. Often witty, always smart, they can be great fun to be around. They love to entertain, and even their most common failings (pomposity and name-dropping) can be sources of amusement. And they always...  Continue reading

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