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M&A market optimism is hard to come by these days, but we managed to eke a little out of Gerald Adolph, who heads the merger and restructuring group at Booz & Co. In this edition of Inside The Deal, he tells The Deal's Suzanne Stevens that while new deal activity... Continue reading
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Sprint Nextel Corp.'s announcement Thursday that it will "rejuvenate" its beleaguered integrated digital enhanced network is another way of saying the company is not selling the wireless systems it obtained from its $35 billion merger with Nextel.The million-dollar question for Sprint Nextel's president of strategic planning and corporate initiatives... Continue reading
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Speaking at an SEC roundtable on Wednesday, Chuck Maimbourg, Key Bank's director of accounting policy, said that FAS 157, the two-year old fair value accounting standard, was the reason his bank scrapped plans to buy another earlier this year. The target's assets were hold-to-maturity loans, according to a report at... Continue reading
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Sprint Nextel Corp. more than stumbled integrating Nextel's iDEN network after their merger. And CEO Dan Hesse has said he would consider a "compelling" offer for iDEN. However, Sprint now says after careful review of the business, it will "retain and rejuvenate this important asset." As part of this... Continue reading
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With good reason, a political storm is gathering over the prospect that financial firms now being rescued by taxpayers at immense expense will pay out billions in bonuses to employees this year. New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is pressuring some firms, as The New York Times reports. So... Continue reading
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Netflix Inc. has expanded its online video-streaming business with another alliance. The DVD delivery provider is teaming with TiVo Inc. in a deal that will allow Netflix subscribers to watch movies instantly using TiVo technology. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. While Netflix makes its money delivering DVDs, it has... Continue reading
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Vodafone Group plc, the world's biggest cell-phone operator, added another 87 million potential users to its customer base, including 60 million in the fast-growing Russian market. The British firm created a nonequity partnership with Mobile TeleSystems OJSC to provide customers with communications services and to collaborate jointly on future... Continue reading
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Questions abound regarding the meeting of G-20 heads of state on the global crisis scheduled for Nov. 15 in Washington. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have set lofty expectations for the meeting and follow-on work, with talk of a "new Bretton Woods." Meanwhile more technocratic... Continue reading
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World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. isn't letting the smackdown it received in September when a Connecticut court dismissed its four-year-old licensing bribery case against toy maker Jakks Pacific and game publisher THQ Inc. keep it down. Instead, WWE has hired a new dealmaker to expand its international digital business. Gillian... Continue reading
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If you do, you shouldn't. That's the thrust of a recently published paper co-authored by Wharton finance professor Alex Edmans, written up in the latest issue of Knowledge at Wharton.Edmans and Jack Bao of MIT looked at 30 years of returns to shareholders from M&A, the article notes, and they... Continue reading
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- Netflix's rapid video download expansion, TiVo latest partner [Posted on October 30, 2008 at 3:33 PM]
- Vodafone signs deal in Russia, buys stake in Poland [Posted on October 30, 2008 at 3:25 PM]
- IMF chief to Le Monde: I'll propose a new plan for global regulation [Posted on October 30, 2008 at 10:40 AM]
- WWE throws new dealmaker in the ring [Posted on October 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM]
- Do you hire i-bankers based on league tables? [Posted on October 30, 2008 at 9:01 AM]
- Contemplating a JV in China? Read this [Posted on October 29, 2008 at 12:48 PM]
- IAC's ServiceMagic bets on European home-improvement sites [Posted on October 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM]
- BlackBerry Partners Fund has made three investments [Posted on October 29, 2008 at 11:59 AM]
- PepsiCo expands healthy-snack presence amid corporate downsizing [Posted on October 29, 2008 at 11:17 AM]
- P&G's Daley, stepping down as CFO, will codify M&A lessons [Posted on October 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM]
- Wells Fargo-Wachovia name integration team leaders [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 4:49 PM]
- Intel Capital places more bets in China [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 3:20 PM]
- Whew! Teva gets credit deal for $7.5B Barr purchase [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM]
- Wal-Mart will put more capital in emerging markets [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM]
- Mitsubishi forms China JV, despite sluggish auto sales [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 10:50 AM]
- J&J unit makes first acquisition of many [Posted on October 28, 2008 at 10:16 AM]
- VimpelCom buys into retail in light of market turmoil [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 4:55 PM]
- BofA's Ken Lewis, Banker of the Year? [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 2:36 PM]
- Andy Lack at the helm as Bloomberg ponders media acquisitions [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 2:28 PM]
- Cox Communications chooses wireless build over buy [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 11:39 AM]
- A real-economy CEO who's mad at the financial sector [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 9:56 AM]
- CenturyTel acquires Embarq for $11.6B [Posted on October 27, 2008 at 9:17 AM]
- Russia blocks big Google ad deal [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM]
- Northrop Grumman in $360M nuclear deal with French MNC [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 3:53 PM]
- Corporate Dealmaker Forum Highlights: Sun Capital's Gary Talarico on distressed investing [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 3:25 PM]
- Cash-rich Bristol-Myers wants to buy, not sell [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 12:18 PM]
- New dealmaker to lead Benchmark Hospitality expansion [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 11:12 AM]
- If only they'd listened to Klaus Schwab! [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 10:30 AM]
- This week in free-market capitalism [Posted on October 24, 2008 at 8:29 AM]
- Burger King, McDonald's, recession-proof? [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 4:13 PM]
- GlaxoSmithKline says small companies want to be bought [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:51 PM]
- Prospect Magazine: Finance is 'a greedy giant out of control' [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:44 PM]
- China M&A uptrend continues, but credit crisis is looming [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:33 PM]
- Haier reportedly cools on GE appliance unit bid [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 1:26 PM]
- BP and Clipper expand wind power alliance [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM]
- Ticketmaster cranks up biz model with talent agency acquisition [Posted on October 23, 2008 at 9:46 AM]
- GE betting on battery maker A123Systems [Posted on October 22, 2008 at 4:33 PM]
- Another debt finance dealbreaker, Corel looks ahead [Posted on October 22, 2008 at 2:53 PM]
- Coming to America Webinar: A look at foreign investment [Posted on October 22, 2008 at 11:59 AM]
- Good news, Toshiba. Samsung withdraws SanDisk bid [Posted on October 22, 2008 at 9:35 AM]
- Corporate Dealmaker Forum Highlights: Siemens' Ken Meyers on hunting deals in a buyers' market [Posted on October 22, 2008 at 8:01 AM]
- Constellation gets new CFO as MidAmerican takes over [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 4:28 PM]
- Job description: The credit crisis CFO [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 3:55 PM]
- BofA's integration of Countrywide on track [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 3:40 PM]
- Eaton: Holding steady amidst an economic storm [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:41 AM]
- E&Y divesting Webcast @ 12 p.m. [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 11:03 AM]
- IT industry cross-currents in these big financial sector mergers [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM]
- DOJ halts JBS' acquisition spree [Posted on October 21, 2008 at 9:55 AM]
- Global financial summit: Politically charged, technically tough [Posted on October 20, 2008 at 2:27 PM]
- SanDisk shares slide on news of $1B Toshiba JV sale [Posted on October 20, 2008 at 12:06 PM]
- Tools and strategies to achieve greater deal success [Posted on October 20, 2008 at 10:36 AM]
- Cravath partner Jim Woolery on the next M&A wave [Posted on October 20, 2008 at 8:30 AM]
- Think post-merger integration early and often [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 2:40 PM]
- Gordon Brown on the need for global financial regulation [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 1:10 PM]
- Videos: Icahn and Schwarzman talk crisis and more at Yale [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 1:02 PM]
- What Wells CEO told Wachovia workers [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 12:44 PM]
- Another Grupo Modelo wrinkle in InBev's deal for A-B? [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM]
- Honeywell profits up 16%, but narrows forecast [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 10:35 AM]
- Get ready for sparring over global financial regulation [Posted on October 17, 2008 at 8:34 AM]
- $16B bet on U.S. housing industry costs Cemex [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 5:30 PM]
- Which projects to choose in tough times? [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 3:04 PM]
- Falling oil prices pressure recent energy deals [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 1:20 PM]
- What will the new financial system look like? [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 11:52 AM]
- The growing field of executive recruitment outsourcing sparks deal [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 11:47 AM]
- LexisNexis outlines ChoicePoint integration, overall strategy [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 10:29 AM]
- United Technologies profit rise shows importance of global presence [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 9:05 AM]
- CD Forum Highlights: Joy Global's Tom Walton on corporate/PE partnerships [Posted on October 16, 2008 at 8:58 AM]
- InBev postpones rights issue but Budweiser still on tap [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 5:41 PM]
- CD Forum Highlights: Nokia's Bruce Bowden on selling transformational deals internally [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 1:11 PM]
- Tough financing prospects for the corporate world [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 1:10 PM]
- Financial services outsourcing dives, could spark M&A [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 12:02 PM]
- Harried corporate dealmakers will empathize [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 11:32 AM]
- Wachovia employees hear from Wells Fargo CEO Wednesday [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM]
- Safran acquires Motorola's biometrics business [Posted on October 15, 2008 at 9:48 AM]
- 'Say on pay' proposal gets 41% of vote at P&G [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 5:01 PM]
- Verizon's Seidenberg on content acquisitions [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 4:57 PM]
- A new coffee table for TV Guide [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 2:46 PM]
- Tough climate for M&A, cont'd [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM]
- What Iceland's experience says about the financial crisis [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM]
- Spectra Energy chief dealmaker to oversee operations [Posted on October 14, 2008 at 9:19 AM]
- Vodafone offers $2.5B for control of African JV [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 5:18 PM]
- Amid credit crisis, election, Verizon-Alltel deal is closely watched [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 5:03 PM]
- Wouldn't a little more hostility be reassuring? [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM]
- Inside The Deal: Getzler Henrich's Dino Mauricio on the integration challenges facing merging banks [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 2:25 PM]
- Was Jeff Rein's aggressive strategy too much for Walgreens? [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 1:59 PM]
- Hesse: Credit crisis may nix Nextel sale, but Sprint can jog on [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 12:50 PM]
- BofA-Merrill and other extraordinary integrations [Posted on October 13, 2008 at 12:29 PM]
- Conducting the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers survey during a financial earthquake [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 6:15 PM]
- What will an IMF "structural adjustment" plan for Iceland look like? [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 5:08 PM]
- How Lehman bankruptcy forced insider sales at Boston Scientific [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM]
- Wells Fargo and Wachovia, geographic overlap and integration [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 3:13 PM]
- Brazil's massive oil discovery 'a gift from God' [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM]
- As the banking industry shrinks, will financial outsourcing follow suit? [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 11:50 AM]
- Discussing divesting at CD Forum (and in HBR) [Posted on October 10, 2008 at 10:40 AM]
- IBM posts profit, plans bond sale, but investors stay fearful [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 4:05 PM]
- Bailout agency gets a CFO, eyes bank stakes [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 4:05 PM]
- More Citigroup news from India [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 2:21 PM]
- What's lost in a Wachovia carve-up? [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 2:08 PM]
- Tech sector integration notes from all over [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 9:59 AM]
- U.S. economy and Longs' unwillingness deter Walgreen [Posted on October 9, 2008 at 9:03 AM]
- That was fast! WaMu and Chase ATMs get synched up [Posted on October 8, 2008 at 5:10 PM]
- VeriSign sells JV stake, continues refocusing [Posted on October 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM]
- Breaking apart Wachovia not so easy [Posted on October 8, 2008 at 12:55 PM]
- Symantec acquires MessageLabs for $695M [Posted on October 8, 2008 at 9:28 AM]
- Royal Caribbean sells 50% interest in JV [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 4:16 PM]
- China orders telecom 'Big 3' to share networks [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 3:04 PM]
- Heavy debt sinks another firm; AtheroGenics files for Chapter 11 [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 2:09 PM]
- Sun Capital's Gary Talarico on Lehman's collapse and future deconsolidation [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM]
- AMD splits, gets billions from Middle Eastern investors [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 10:24 AM]
- Google chief softens on timeline for ad deal with Yahoo! [Posted on October 7, 2008 at 9:37 AM]
- MGM Mirage does debt finance shuffle [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 5:02 PM]
- R.H. Donnelley taps dealmaker to expand new media offerings [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 4:41 PM]
- Can Lilly raise the debt? [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 3:44 PM]
- Inside The Deal: CIT's Gregg Smith on middle-market dealmaking [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 3:01 PM]
- eBay to fire 1,000, spends $1.3B on M&A [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM]
- Reliant Energy cuts forecast seeks 'strategic alternatives' [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 11:07 AM]
- Dealmakers talk strategy and tight credit at Texas M&A conference [Posted on October 6, 2008 at 9:54 AM]
- Talent retention, lessons from Deustche Bank-Bankers Trust [Posted on October 3, 2008 at 4:44 PM]
- J.P. Morgan banker: InBev's Bud financing in good shape [Posted on October 3, 2008 at 4:35 PM]
- Credit crunch claims Russian tycoon's car stake [Posted on October 3, 2008 at 3:32 PM]
- Buy Sprint stock on Nextel sale rumors? I don't think so [Posted on October 3, 2008 at 11:42 AM]
- CD Forum: Globalization and the U.S. political economy [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 6:54 PM]
- CD Forum: Former Under Secretary of Commerce Shapiro on the bailout [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 6:27 PM]
- CD Forum: Transitioning from i-banker to corporate development [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 6:08 PM]
- CD Forum: Is synergy everything when acquiring a new growth platform? [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 4:42 PM]
- CD Forum: Dealmaking in India [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:53 PM]
- CD Forum: Briefing on Brazil deals [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:49 PM]
- CD Forum: Wal-Mart Stores dealmaker on M&A in China [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:22 PM]
- CD Forum: 'Credit is no longer a wave, it's an iceberg' [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:18 PM]
- CD Forum: Private equity and strategics can work together [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 3:09 PM]
- CD Forum: Don't sell unless you have to, says Thomas H. Lee Partners' Sperling [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 1:45 PM]
- CD Forum: Dealmakers take a measure of the market [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 11:42 AM]
- CD Forum: J.P. Morgan's Douglas Braunstein on the state of corporate M&A [Posted on October 2, 2008 at 11:09 AM]
- CD Forum: Extreme dealmaking in extreme times [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 6:01 PM]
- CD Forum: When acquiring a new growth platform, size matters [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 4:25 PM]
- How will the credit crisis affect strategic acquirers? [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 3:32 PM]
- Trying times for Wall Street's rank and file [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 11:10 AM]
- Credit crisis breaks down $9B mining deal [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 9:19 AM]
- Nokia's M&A head busy before CD Forum 2008 [Posted on October 1, 2008 at 8:35 AM]
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