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When Energizer Holdings Inc. said in July it would pay $1.9 billion for Playtex Products Inc., its CEO Ward Klein warned earnings could take a hit in the first, and possibly second, quarter after the deal's close. Earlier this week the company released results for the quarter ending Dec. 31,... Continue reading
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Dust off those 30-year-old deal documents and review the financing terms, because they may be useful again. Courtney Thompson of Media Services Group reports that in his sector, at least, tight credit conditions are forcing buyers and sellers... Continue reading
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One quarter doesn't determine the success of a deal, but quarterly earnings reports do offer a chance to check up on how various acquisitions have fared since they closed. The headliner for this quarter would have to be last year's pharmacy chain merger of equals between CVS Corp. and Caremark... Continue reading
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Technology tools replacing physical data rooms are being globalized. Information management and professional services firm BMC Group Inc. recently announced its internationalized multilanguage virtual data room, or VDR, capability. Initially, these VDRs will alow clients to configure the rooms with a Japanese-language interface and also, interestingly, using the Cyrillic alphabet,... Continue reading
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Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo! Inc., losing search market share to Google Inc., is at a restructuring crossroads. The company's 2007 fourth-quarter results are tugging the share price down: Net income went from $268.7 million in the fourth quarter 2006 to $205.7 million, about a 23.4% drop. As expected, co-founder and CEO... Continue reading
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Pearson plc is retreating from an eight-year attempt to be the dominant German financial daily to concentrate on what it sees as a more attainable goal -- boosting the FT brand worldwide and improving its digital financial information business.... Continue reading
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For good reason, much of the coverage of the court battle between John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. and Barry Diller of IAC/InteractiveCorp has focused on the outsize personalities involved and the bitterness of the dispute between the two erstwhile allies. But this is also a case of two hyper-clever corporate... Continue reading
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Sprint Nextel Corp. hasn't given up on its WiMax venture. According to the WSJ, Sprint is talking with startup Clearwire about forming a WiMax joint venture that could also involve other players, including Intel Corp. and Google Inc. A month after the CEO-less cellular giant's talks with Clearwire fell... Continue reading
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If there's a "strategic suggestions" box at the headquarters of Motorola Inc., it's filling up fast, but not necessarily with well considered ideas. Continue reading
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After 12 years at Nokia Corp., Mauro Montanaro decided to put his strategic know-how behind mobile content provider Jamba. As CEO, he'll be asked to turn things around for the maker of wireless ring tones and mobile games, which has been squeezed by a very competitive market. Jamba was... Continue reading
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- Pearson strategy: Sell FT in Germany, boost FT worldwide [Posted on January 30, 2008 at 2:29 PM]
- Deconstructing the Diller-Malone donnybrook [Posted on January 30, 2008 at 9:46 AM]
- Sprint, Clearwire resume JV discussions [Posted on January 29, 2008 at 4:56 PM]
- For Motorola, a little more strategic kibbitzing [Posted on January 29, 2008 at 4:50 PM]
- Nokia vet splits for News Corp.'s Jamba JV [Posted on January 29, 2008 at 1:52 PM]
- Structure for BofA's Countrywide deal described [Posted on January 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM]
- Assessing the recent buyout wave [Posted on January 29, 2008 at 11:14 AM]
- Clinique, Allergan partner to sell makeup to Botox users [Posted on January 28, 2008 at 5:01 PM]
- Deloitte gets into fairness game [Posted on January 28, 2008 at 4:42 PM]
- The digital deals that the NYT's critics find wanting [Posted on January 28, 2008 at 4:39 PM]
- IHS focuses on integrating acquisitions [Posted on January 28, 2008 at 2:43 PM]
- What does the trouble at Sears mean for its brands? [Posted on January 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM]
- When the DOJ calls about your competitor's deal ... [Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM]
- Bill Gates' energy JV hires for acquisition push [Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM]
- MySpace and BBC become bedfellows [Posted on January 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM]
- Here's a sensitive post-merger integration project [Posted on January 24, 2008 at 6:07 PM]
- PPR's quest for value from its cosmetics assets [Posted on January 24, 2008 at 1:46 PM]
- Deal puts Ciena between a big customer and the stock market [Posted on January 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM]
- Abbott: No big deals, maybe some opportunistic ones [Posted on January 23, 2008 at 4:12 PM]
- IDT strategy (and deals) not limited to telecom [Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM]
- Tips from Deloitte: Post-merger integration in a recession [Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM]
- Getty Images, lately an acquirer, may be for sale [Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM]
- Exchange deals roll on [Posted on January 18, 2008 at 12:27 PM]
- What's this? Oracle doesn't need M&A bankers? [Posted on January 17, 2008 at 2:03 PM]
- M&A in the world of school-bus service [Posted on January 16, 2008 at 3:25 PM]
- BofA's Lewis on Countrywide due diligence [Posted on January 15, 2008 at 3:09 PM]
- India's Bharti Airtel: Partners wanted [Posted on January 15, 2008 at 11:26 AM]
- Chrysler focuses on alliances, but doesn't rule out combo [Posted on January 15, 2008 at 11:19 AM]
- From Italy, further proof that airline mergers are tough [Posted on January 14, 2008 at 3:56 PM]
- Engineering M&A and communications, too [Posted on January 14, 2008 at 1:35 PM]
- Infosys CEO on his acquisition strategy [Posted on January 14, 2008 at 1:23 PM]
- Cisco's Giancarlo on his move into PE [Posted on January 14, 2008 at 10:59 AM]
- From softwear to software [Posted on January 13, 2008 at 1:36 PM]
- In vino veritas - and a varied career [Posted on January 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM]
- Healthcare M&A: Strategic deals drive robust market [Posted on January 11, 2008 at 2:15 PM]
- Rock-Tenn, Southern: How to buy (and sell) a family-owned firm [Posted on January 11, 2008 at 12:18 PM]
- BofA and Countrywide: Great moments in dealcraft [Posted on January 11, 2008 at 11:46 AM]
- Microsoft M&A man leaves after $1.2B deal [Posted on January 10, 2008 at 5:34 PM]
- Divestitures are paying off for Alcoa [Posted on January 10, 2008 at 10:40 AM]
- Is PE here to stay? Just ask CalPERS [Posted on January 10, 2008 at 10:38 AM]
- Devine guidance for bankrupt Dana [Posted on January 10, 2008 at 10:35 AM]
- The current deal environment [Posted on January 9, 2008 at 3:12 PM]
- ArcelorMittal: Another deal in LatAm [Posted on January 9, 2008 at 2:49 PM]
- VC-backed Attenda hires dealmaker [Posted on January 9, 2008 at 2:40 PM]
- Xerox dealmaker on the company's comeback and current conditions [Posted on January 9, 2008 at 1:21 PM]
- Plenty of perspectives on Microsoft's Fast Search deal [Posted on January 9, 2008 at 11:32 AM]
- MAC clauses in Europe [Posted on January 8, 2008 at 5:45 PM]
- A deal in the mining equipment sector [Posted on January 8, 2008 at 2:56 PM]
- Northrop, Oshkosh Truck and the defense partnering imperative [Posted on January 8, 2008 at 1:48 PM]
- Gates' deal-heavy farewell at CES [Posted on January 7, 2008 at 5:28 PM]
- Nokia Siemens JV in Saudi deal [Posted on January 7, 2008 at 4:54 PM]
- New CFOs crave M&A action [Posted on January 7, 2008 at 4:51 PM]
- Burt's Bees-Clorox: An integration worth watching [Posted on January 7, 2008 at 2:50 PM]
- Bankers: Outlook good for midmarket deals in 2008 [Posted on January 7, 2008 at 12:01 PM]
- Roundup of 2007 new media deals [Posted on January 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM]
- Guess who wants to sell shares in China? [Posted on January 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM]
- SEC needs a new M&A chief [Posted on January 4, 2008 at 12:31 PM]
- Sparks Networks seeks buyer [Posted on January 4, 2008 at 10:46 AM]
- Is DCF analysis killing good deals? [Posted on January 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM]
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