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If you're a lawyer or often work with lawyers (which probably covers nearly everyone reading this) you know about the painful downsizing underway at many law firms.You may also be up on the rethinking of the law firm business model that's apparently underway in many quarters. Still, take a look... Continue reading
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Time Warner Inc.'s (NYSE:TW) AOL LLC unit has lured another executive away from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). AOL announced Thursday it has hired Jeff Levick as president of global advertising and strategy. Levick (pictured) previously headed industry development and marketing at Google, and he replaces Greg Coleman, who had been president of... Continue reading
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Apple may design its own chips to battle items such as the Hackintosh, but expect them to outsource the chipmaking to someone like world No. 2 contract chipmaker UMC. Continue reading
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Hedge funds played hardball on Chrysler's debt-for-equity exchange offer. That's exactly how Sandra Mayerson, a bankruptcy attorney at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP, predicted hedge funds would respond in our interview with her on Tuesday. Continue reading
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Wall Street expected Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE:DOW), which for the first time in its 112-year history cut its dividend in February, to post a quarterly loss. But cost-cutting measures after its $15 billion acquisition of specialty chemicals maker Rohm and Haas Co. and strength in its agricultural business --... Continue reading
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The automotive and aerospace and defense industries have always had intertwined supply chains. A host of companies, working from the bottom of the chain (say, materials and fasteners) to the middle (hydraulic systems and valves, for example) to the very top (cars, tanks, jet engines) have served both sectors over... Continue reading
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Buoyed by an 8% increase in profits, Medco Health Solutions Inc. (NYSE:MHS) seems primed to pursue acquisitions. That was the message delivered by chief executive David Snow, who suggested in announcing first-quarter earnings that the company would consider a major acquisition at the right price. The message isn't a surprise.... Continue reading
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Can Chrysler LLC be restructured outside of bankruptcy, ahead of the government's May 1 deadline? It's coming down to the wire. Continue reading
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Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE:TWC) may be in the running for a Joost boost. TWC, which was spun out of media giant Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) last month, lacks a presence on the Internet video scene and Joost NV.. Continue reading
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General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) chief executive Jeff Immelt spent Tuesday in Louisville, Ky., meeting with executives at the company's consumer and industrial unit. The meeting was part of Immelt's annual review of the unit, known to locals as Appliance Park. But given GE's unsuccessful efforts in the past year to... Continue reading
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- Midmarket auto suppliers eye aerospace work [Posted on April 30, 2009 at 8:25 AM]
- Healthy Medco eyes deals [Posted on April 30, 2009 at 7:30 AM]
- Chrysler on brink: Obama vs. 'money people' [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 5:04 PM]
- Time Warner Cable gets less competition [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 4:54 PM]
- General Electric: Immelt's visit to Appliance Park [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM]
- Sanofi-Aventis takes axe to pipeline, M&A persists [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM]
- BearingPoint's long, slow decline [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM]
- Farmers: Loud and clear on AIG unit integration [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 11:45 AM]
- Honda Motor shores up Pioneer, its GPS supplier [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 9:27 AM]
- Bankrupt Nortel Networks selling LG-Nortel for $1B? [Posted on April 29, 2009 at 9:11 AM]
- AB InBev: Sorry N.Y., but we'll stick with Belgium [Posted on April 28, 2009 at 4:22 PM]
- Walgreen bankruptcy buy: Drugstore giants keep growing [Posted on April 28, 2009 at 1:25 PM]
- Amedisys credits acquisitions for earnings record [Posted on April 28, 2009 at 12:34 PM]
- Pontiac demise means uncertainty for GM-Toyota JV [Posted on April 28, 2009 at 10:53 AM]
- Heidrick & Struggles slammed as executive hiring plummets [Posted on April 28, 2009 at 10:09 AM]
- Thermo Fisher keeps acquiring amid earnings drop [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 4:49 PM]
- Qualcomm and Broadcom put the knives away [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 3:30 PM]
- White House gives GM restructuring plan thumbs up [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 2:44 PM]
- Verizon buoyed by Alltel; coy on iPhone deal [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 12:05 PM]
- Facebook hires former Google alliance executive [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 9:53 AM]
- Chrysler UAW deal puts spotlight on lenders [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 9:33 AM]
- Oriental Brewery auction closer to end [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 8:17 AM]
- Turning patents into money [Posted on April 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM]
- Data center deals are for smaller companies, too [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM]
- MySpace recruits former Facebook exec Van Natta [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 3:21 PM]
- Amgen has 'ugliest quarter,' looks to bounce back [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 3:16 PM]
- General Electric's revving deal engine [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 12:23 PM]
- Data center turf war: Oracle-Sun, EMC, IBM, HP, Cisco, Broadcom [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 11:17 AM]
- Oracle selling Sun unit? 2,200 workers would like to know [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 10:55 AM]
- Danaher CFO on deals: We can see clearly now [Posted on April 24, 2009 at 9:34 AM]
- Coke may buy Huiyuan Juice stake [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM]
- Chrysler, Canadian union closing in on a deal [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 3:16 PM]
- Orbital taps Air Force vet to explore new markets [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM]
- eBay-Gmarket deal approved ... with conditions [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 12:03 PM]
- SpongeBob as spokesman: Identity crisis? [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM]
- MySpace makeover begins with management shakeup [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM]
- Takeaways from Conference Board corp dev meeting [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM]
- Three more pharma megamergers to go? [Posted on April 23, 2009 at 9:14 AM]
- Coke CEO: 'Our business was built for times like these' [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM]
- GE building while breakup talk persists [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM]
- Symantec acquires Mi5 Networks as Web threats rise [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 10:46 AM]
- Digitalsmiths looks to new dealmaker to expand alliances [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM]
- ACG InterGrowth: Corp dev topics include India, recruiting [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 9:33 AM]
- Piramal Healthcare eyes acquisitions in Europe, U.S. [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 8:14 AM]
- Wells Fargo's future tied to Wachovia integration [Posted on April 22, 2009 at 7:30 AM]
- UTX: $1.878B in deals still to come in '09 (give or take) [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 4:20 PM]
- Constellation Energy-EdF deal approved in N.Y. [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM]
- Join The Deal's Corporate Dealmaker Connection on LinkedIn [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 3:00 PM]
- Chrysler Financial refuses TARP, but reason is unclear [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 2:12 PM]
- CAT posts loss, calls infrastructure stimulus too small [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 1:16 PM]
- As Merck sales drop, pressure builds on Schering deal [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 10:21 AM]
- Broadcom offers $764M for Emulex [Posted on April 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM]
- Stiefel may keep acquiring as part of GSK [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 5:39 PM]
- Good corp dev conference in NY this week [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 3:11 PM]
- Morningstar continues to build research assets [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM]
- Pepsi's bottler bid: Changing the channel again [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 1:40 PM]
- GM hopes to raise $652M to fund Opel recovery [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM]
- Harris Corp.'s flurry of strategic moves [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 10:34 AM]
- Bank of America earnings and integration [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 8:55 AM]
- Oracle wants Java more than IBM did [Posted on April 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM]
- IBM looks to Brocade as Cisco targets data center turf [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 4:36 PM]
- What fallout from Rattner's involvement in NY inquiry? [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 3:21 PM]
- Noble Group hiring, looking to acquire distressed assets [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 12:54 PM]
- GE earnings benefit from push into services [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 12:28 PM]
- Nokia continues making deals amid downsizing [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 11:20 AM]
- Time Warner closer to AOL spinoff or sale [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 9:48 AM]
- Ex-conglomerate Tyco continues to trim down [Posted on April 17, 2009 at 8:10 AM]
- Dom DeChiara on seller expectations in a buyers markets [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 5:41 PM]
- Coke deal blocked, Huiyuan looks for partners [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- Southwest posts loss, citing economic slump [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM]
- Kodak promotes dealmaker as picture darkens [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 1:21 PM]
- Ex-Seattle PI staffers try a new biz model, of sorts [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 1:20 PM]
- Daimler buyout of Indian truck partner: JV divergence again [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 1:08 PM]
- J&J: Second thoughts on separate "wellness" platform [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 11:41 AM]
- Harley-Davidson job cuts mounting, new CEO named [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM]
- A restructuring eBay announces Gmarket details [Posted on April 16, 2009 at 8:27 AM]
- Danone exits India JV [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 5:19 PM]
- Sanofi's dealmaker gets even more work [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 3:12 PM]
- Fiat's Marchionne sums it all up [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM]
- Hiring: Centerview grabs Merrill healthcare M&A bankers [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 12:47 PM]
- Genentech gets a commercial guy as CEO [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM]
- Johnson Controls expands in hybrid batteries, downsizes elsewhere [Posted on April 15, 2009 at 8:57 AM]
- GM's new chairman talks to media, warns of bankruptcy [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM]
- ACG InterGrowth: 1-800-Flowers.com in the house [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- Listerine is good for J&J -- and aspiring governors? [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM]
- Integrating Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 12:45 PM]
- StumbleUpon finds strategy better sans eBay [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 9:09 AM]
- Lotte Group: If we can't buy beer, we'll make it [Posted on April 14, 2009 at 8:27 AM]
- The value of the Circuit City brand [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 4:03 PM]
- GE increases A123Systems stake, adds board member [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 3:37 PM]
- Skype divestiture an easier sale to eBay investors [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 12:50 PM]
- YouTube, Universal Music expand web of media alliances [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 10:01 AM]
- Relief for Satyam; Tech Mahindra is highest bidder [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 9:55 AM]
- Express Scripts-WellPoint NextRx: The in-house deal teams [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 9:41 AM]
- Pfizer tries acquiring 34% of Indian unit on the cheap [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 8:58 AM]
- Duke Energy taps former Cinergy dealmaker and D.C. power player [Posted on April 13, 2009 at 7:30 AM]
- France Telecom: Orascom dispute, Senegal acquisition [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 4:12 PM]
- BASF adds Ciba integration to its full plate [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM]
- Micron raising $450M for 'potential acquisitions' [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 2:12 PM]
- FirstEnergy dealmaker takes over as CFO [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 1:54 PM]
- Internet strategy: Buy company, add business model? [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 12:29 PM]
- ACG InterGrowth: CreditCards.com's Stahl to talk dealflow [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 11:59 AM]
- Japanese M&A ramping up, $154B stimulus ahead [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 11:29 AM]
- Nissan to provide free electric cars for Chinese city, report says [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM]
- Cisco acquires Tidal Software for data center battle [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 9:32 AM]
- Pioneer and Sharp, battling downturn, merge units for Blu-ray [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM]
- Image Entertainment and Nyx hoping three's a charm [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 8:18 AM]
- Merck feeds pipeline with deals big and small [Posted on April 9, 2009 at 8:03 AM]
- Roche and Genentech's first post-merger setback [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 5:20 PM]
- Discounted financing deals for cash-strapped biotechs [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM]
- Pernod's strategy helps Campari get Wild [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 2:45 PM]
- Aussie PM's $31B crapshoot [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 2:42 PM]
- IBM's ambitions extend beyond Sun [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM]
- Whirlpool consolidates China operation [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 1:25 PM]
- Automakers launch supplier aid program [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 12:30 PM]
- Cox Communications elaborates on wireless plans [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM]
- Pulte-Centex deal to create top U.S. homebuilder [Posted on April 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM]
- BofA investor conference victim of Merrill integration [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 4:55 PM]
- Telstra jumps at $31B Aussie gov broadband plan [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 4:04 PM]
- More signs of growth amid downsizing at Caterpillar [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 4:00 PM]
- Wyeth execs to get senior spots at Pfizer [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 1:14 PM]
- Webcast: Technology M&A trends [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 10:58 AM]
- Dealmaking in a down economy [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 9:53 AM]
- DoCoMo completes $2.7B Tata deal, acquires Oak Lawn [Posted on April 7, 2009 at 9:02 AM]
- Ingenico dealmaker to map international strategy [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM]
- Rio Tinto's $8B safety net sinks share price [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- GE invests $200M in J.P. Morgan clean tech affiliate [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 3:10 PM]
- A123Systems positions for electric car battle [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 1:12 PM]
- Sun and IBM: Shareholder options and antitrust outs [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 12:08 PM]
- Bristol-Myers pays Otsuka $400M to extend Abilify deal [Posted on April 6, 2009 at 9:03 AM]
- IP licensor Tessera reorganizes strategy team [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM]
- Bristol-Myers sale? No, says analyst, reversing course [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM]
- GM's Opel unit may get cash from Abu Dhabi [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:47 PM]
- Blockbuster storyline continues upward arch [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:10 PM]
- Fortescue's China deals draw regulator lawsuit [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:03 PM]
- Lenovo Group deletes earlier acquisition strategy [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 12:10 PM]
- Rite Aid write-down shows challenges of drugstore deals [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 9:58 AM]
- ACG InterGrowth: More for corporate dealmakers this year [Posted on April 3, 2009 at 9:07 AM]
- Sleepless in Sanofi [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 4:34 PM]
- Sungard acquires Swiss bank data provider [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 2:30 PM]
- Newmont mining acquisitions [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM]
- China's (and GM's) electric car ambitions [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 1:24 PM]
- GE and Intel to develop healthcare technology [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 11:55 AM]
- BofA hiring Satyam staffers by hundreds? [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 11:44 AM]
- Connectiv Solutions plugs in strategy chief [Posted on April 2, 2009 at 9:05 AM]
- VC's loss is strategic acquirers gain in 1st quarter [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 4:45 PM]
- Will the stimulus package stimulate M&A? [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 1:26 PM]
- Rosetta Stone to debut in depressed IPO market [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 12:30 PM]
- Dr. Scholl's to the data room? [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 12:30 PM]
- Disney, too, is acquiring as it restructures [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 10:48 AM]
- Obama stuns G-20 by firing Daimler's Zetsche [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:15 AM]
- Bankruptcy may be White House's preferred path for GM [Posted on April 1, 2009 at 8:23 AM]
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