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It's easy to see why Fortune Brands would reach for a drink, what with sales in its largest division, home and hardware, getting hammered by the trouble in the U.S. housing market. The more so when the drink in question is top-selling Absolut Vodka, the big prize in the auction... Continue reading
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CapRock Communications Corp., a provider of global satellite communication solutions, made Keith Johnson vice president of corporate development. Previously interim managing director of the firm's Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, Johnson will now be responsible for overseeing CapRock's global expansion into new markets, new verticals and related acquisitions. Johnson... Continue reading
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When the Chicago Mercantile Exchange bought the Chicago Board of Trade for $11.5 billion in 2007, the exchange's managing director of corporate development Kendal Vroman was instrumental in integrating the former crosstown rivals. Now, as the merged CME Group announces a flurry of transactions... Continue reading
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The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn sits down with Ken Klee, editor of Corporate Dealmaker, at The Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium to discuss how the turmoil in the financial markets is affecting deals within the healthcare market. In this clip, Klee talks about the narrowing of the IPO window around biotechs, M&A... Continue reading
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Murphy's law has been enveloping VaxGen Inc. Its latest negative came Friday, after the cash-strapped biopharmaceutical company had to terminate a deal, reporting strong shareholder opposition to a proposed merger with privately held... Continue reading
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China will reportedly launch its first homegrown jumbo passenger jet manufacturer, which, at least according to official state media, could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing Co. The joint venture -- whose largest shareholders will be the Shanghai government and the state-owned China Aviation Industry Corp.'s I & II -- is... Continue reading
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American Express Co. put up $1.1 billion in cash to buy General Electric Co.'s Corporate Payment Services, the firm's commercial credit card and corporate purchasing unit. The Deal reports the purchase is in line with AmEx's attempts to focus on its traditional card business, including the card payment operations. GE... Continue reading
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In our recent online focus on emerging markets (also the cover subject in our latest magazine) we excerpted an interesting book, "Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India -- the World's Fastest Growing Market." Now here's more from the author, William Nobrega, president and founder of the Conrad Group, a... Continue reading
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After a rocky road, Ford Motor Co. is selling Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors Ltd. for $2.3 billion. Ford acquired Jaguar for $ 2.5 billion in 1989 and bought Land Rover from BMW AG in 2000 for $2.75 billion. Both brands were supposed to be a... Continue reading
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A segment that aired on NPR's "Morning Edition" Friday should interest anyone who has had to wrestle with the problem of protecting intellectual property developed in the course of a strategic initiative. Turns out the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bombs used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945, wasn't... Continue reading
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- China to build passenger jets, with assistance from Airbus, Boeing [Posted on March 31, 2008 at 12:59 PM]
- GE Money strategy points to developing markets [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 2:34 PM]
- Emerging markets: A global economic forecast [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 2:29 PM]
- Lookback: When Ford first acquired Jaguar, Land Rover [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 12:42 PM]
- Patenting the atomic bomb [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 12:32 PM]
- Take-Two plays hard to get, EA dealmaker reacts [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 9:51 AM]
- Pharma CFOs should be more strategic, survey says [Posted on March 28, 2008 at 9:01 AM]
- Coke JV to give Europeans a jolt [Posted on March 27, 2008 at 4:01 PM]
- Potential CEOs for Motorola's handset spinoff [Posted on March 27, 2008 at 3:39 PM]
- How will Tata Motors integrate Jaguar, Land Rover? [Posted on March 27, 2008 at 3:10 PM]
- Brand consultant on pitfalls in Motorola's spinoff plan [Posted on March 27, 2008 at 1:57 PM]
- Integrating executive comp after a deal [Posted on March 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM]
- Facebook grabs another Google exec for biz dev job [Posted on March 26, 2008 at 3:18 PM]
- Untangling Motorola's parts [Posted on March 26, 2008 at 1:18 PM]
- Caterpillar spends $500M to control Japan JV [Posted on March 26, 2008 at 12:13 PM]
- Motorola to split by 2009 [Posted on March 26, 2008 at 9:07 AM]
- Deloitte's Carney on economic uncertainty and your next big deal [Posted on March 26, 2008 at 8:53 AM]
- Electronic Arts CFO Warren Jenson to leave [Posted on March 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM]
- Tata Motors may finally win Jaguar and Land Rover [Posted on March 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM]
- China strategies: Learning from Shanghai Hooters [Posted on March 25, 2008 at 12:03 PM]
- Beyond the BRICs [Posted on March 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM]
- Latest Corporate Dealmaker explores emerging markets [Posted on March 24, 2008 at 4:24 PM]
- How EMC judges tech compatibility in acquisitions [Posted on March 24, 2008 at 11:34 AM]
- Healthcare symposium insights: Dance of the pharma-biotech dealmakers [Posted on March 20, 2008 at 3:23 PM]
- Business as usual in Russia [Posted on March 20, 2008 at 1:44 PM]
- Two kinds of integration at Omnicare [Posted on March 20, 2008 at 10:58 AM]
- Is the credit crunch turning acquirers into joint venturers? [Posted on March 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM]
- J.P. Morgan's Dimon speaks [Posted on March 19, 2008 at 12:52 PM]
- Financial crisis and the real economy [Posted on March 19, 2008 at 11:56 AM]
- New strategy, new corp dev team at Walgreen [Posted on March 19, 2008 at 10:58 AM]
- Another deal, a new geography for NYSE Euronext [Posted on March 18, 2008 at 12:53 PM]
- H&R Block retreats to its core [Posted on March 18, 2008 at 11:51 AM]
- Communicating the deal [Posted on March 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM]
- Warner Music's "Visionary" dealmaker [Posted on March 17, 2008 at 1:11 PM]
- Hot topics at Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium [Posted on March 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM]
- Deloitte Webcast: CFO perspective on deals [Posted on March 14, 2008 at 9:52 AM]
- Target gets serious about selling receivables [Posted on March 13, 2008 at 3:04 PM]
- AOL's $850M Bebo buy and its active deal team [Posted on March 13, 2008 at 1:42 PM]
- Healthcare Symposium 2008: Corporate Dealmaker panelists [Posted on March 13, 2008 at 9:46 AM]
- Emerging markets watch: Resource roundup for India, China [Posted on March 13, 2008 at 7:38 AM]
- Where the deals are [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:35 PM]
- Hard-won wisdom [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:27 PM]
- Bewkes weighs AOL combo and Time Warner Cable spinoff [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM]
- Assisted entry [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:23 PM]
- News Corp. subsidiary going to Bollywood? [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:20 PM]
- Will deals finally digitize healthcare? [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:18 PM]
- Preparing for a divestiture [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 2:10 PM]
- Integrating executive comp [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM]
- Creativity Qwest [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:47 PM]
- In the lead: Pfizer and Sun World [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:38 PM]
- Keeping pirates at bay [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM]
- Pushback remedy [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 1:09 PM]
- The big swap [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 10:31 AM]
- What is it about outside counsel? [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 9:43 AM]
- Unilever's unique model [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 8:21 AM]
- Letter from the editor [Posted on March 12, 2008 at 8:09 AM]
- Elsevier adds Windhover to health info biz [Posted on March 11, 2008 at 4:20 PM]
- New York Times CEO says unlikely to sell Globe or Sox [Posted on March 11, 2008 at 4:14 PM]
- Hulu JV to launch, but will it take off? [Posted on March 11, 2008 at 12:50 PM]
- Incitec taps into China and India with explosive buy [Posted on March 11, 2008 at 11:01 AM]
- Corporate Strategy: Orolia's timely acquisitions [Posted on March 11, 2008 at 8:25 AM]
- Healthcare Symposium 2008: BGL M&A report sets stage [Posted on March 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM]
- Best Practices: The art of divesting [Posted on March 10, 2008 at 1:15 PM]
- Hostess Twinkies/Wonder Bread may be on sale [Posted on March 10, 2008 at 12:50 PM]
- Emerging Markets Watch: Brazil's deal landscape from retail to banking [Posted on March 7, 2008 at 5:04 PM]
- Coeur d'Alene Mines' M&A man moves up [Posted on March 7, 2008 at 4:02 PM]
- M&A trends: Slowing economy spurs divestitures [Posted on March 7, 2008 at 2:03 PM]
- IBM dealmaker explains how smaller deals add up [Posted on March 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM]
- China's dealmakers briefed on U.S. law [Posted on March 7, 2008 at 9:37 AM]
- M&A: How to avoid 'gun jumping' [Posted on March 6, 2008 at 2:37 PM]
- Chart Industries promotes for M&A push [Posted on March 6, 2008 at 10:57 AM]
- McKinsey advice on executing a bolt-on strategy [Posted on March 6, 2008 at 8:56 AM]
- What is an 'emerging market,' anyway? [Posted on March 6, 2008 at 8:26 AM]
- Emerging markets watch: USIBC, IT and more from India [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 3:04 PM]
- Three takes on Sandberg, the new face at Facebook [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 1:14 PM]
- Clearwire-Sprint Nextel in talks (with partners?) [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 1:10 PM]
- Sector Watch: Kosmix RightHealth co-founder on the outlook in e-health [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 12:14 PM]
- Bristol-Myers taps dealmaker as new CFO [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 12:08 PM]
- Dow Chemical restructuring update [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 10:07 AM]
- What's driving global beef consolidation? [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM]
- McKinsey Quarterly: Q&A on integrating ArcelorMittal [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 8:11 AM]
- Tuck-in deal continues Cardinal Health makeover [Posted on March 5, 2008 at 7:24 AM]
- The pressure is on for Pfizer's new dealmaker [Posted on March 4, 2008 at 11:20 AM]
- UTC's reputation an asset in pursuit of Diebold [Posted on March 4, 2008 at 10:26 AM]
- Integration insights from a community organizer [Posted on March 4, 2008 at 9:59 AM]
- E*Trade, possibly for sale, makes Layton CEO [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 3:52 PM]
- R.H. Donnelley: Winebaum resignation 'not a surprise'; online transition to continue [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM]
- Google's David Eun on Internet collaboration [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 3:03 PM]
- Background on Dexter Shoe, Buffett's worst deal yet [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 2:24 PM]
- Corporate transformation 101 [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 9:23 AM]
- Emerging markets watch: India's new budget and its impact on foreign investors [Posted on March 3, 2008 at 8:17 AM]
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