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General Motors Corp.'s decision to drop out of a California joint venture has created a difficult decision for partner Toyota Motor Corp.Bankrupt GM said Monday that its 50% stake in the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., or Nummi, facility in Freemont would not be part of the revitalized company that... Continue reading
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French nuclear engineering giant Areva SA is expected to put its transmission and distribution business up for sale to finance new investment, Paris-based Paul Whitfield reports on The Deal Pipeline (subscription required).The decision, and a related move by state-controlled Areva to seek outside investors, is the latest example of the... Continue reading
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A surge in alternative energy dealmaking has for months been predicted by energy analysts, lawyers, consultants and a cadre of other industry watchers. It's no surprise then that GridPoint Inc. has hired an experienced dealmaker to help position it for growth. John B. Spirtos has joined GridPoint, a maker of... Continue reading
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It remains to be seen how long IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:IBM) suit against David Johnson, the company's former VP of corporate development, will impede him from taking up his full responsibilities in a similar role at rival Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL).Meanwhile, there's a new report from the 451 Group to remind us... Continue reading
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The good news for Africa's No. 2 cell-phone operator MTN Group Ltd. may ultimately turn sour for investor J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM). According to The Economic Times, J.P. Morgan is one of a handful of banks providing $500 million apiece to finance No. 1 Indian cell-phone company... Continue reading
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We've spent the past few weeks reporting our annual feature on corporate development careers to be published in the July 6 issue of The Deal. It's the third time we've explored the topic (see our first two installments here and here), and the career paths corporate dealmakers follow in and... Continue reading
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For some people, Roche Holding AG's takeover of Genentech Inc. was bad news. For others, good. Put Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the latter category. After Roche took over, the biotech giant didn't need its own CFO, which made David Ebersman available to become CFO at the social networking... Continue reading
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Midafternoon Friday we told you that U.S. District Judge Stephen Robinson had ruled that David Johnson, IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:IBM) former vice president for corporate development, can work at rival Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) during IBM's suit against him. IBM is suing Johnson, arguing his move to Dell violates a noncompete agreement,... Continue reading
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In a broader effort to focus on its human pharmaceutical business and raise cash (as well as investor confidence), Indian generic drug maker Wockhardt Ltd. is selling its animal health division to France's Vétoquinol. The deal marks Vétoquinol's entrance into India. Earlier this month, Wockhardt sold its German business Esparma... Continue reading
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ArvinMeritor Inc. (NYSE:ARM) has sold auto parts supplier Gabriel North America to private equity firm OpenGate Capital for an undisclosed amount. Gabriel makes shock absorbers and strut assemblies for the after-market and original equipment manufacturer segments. The deal is part of ArvinMeritor's strategy to exit the light vehicle market and... Continue reading
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- Sword dealmaker takes top job at startup Aruspex [Posted on June 30, 2009 at 10:49 AM]
- CFO's path from Genentech to Facebook [Posted on June 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM]
- IBM v. Johnson: The saga continues [Posted on June 30, 2009 at 8:31 AM]
- Animal health M&A trend: Wockhardt sells [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 3:29 PM]
- ArvinMeritor unloads light-vehicle business [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 3:25 PM]
- Mystery investor in First Data-BofA JV [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 2:10 PM]
- FT: Morgan Stanley hired for Razorfish sale [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 11:35 AM]
- India launch for Tata's Jaguar, Land Rover [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 11:10 AM]
- BofA's Brian Moynihan talks Merrill integration [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 10:28 AM]
- Nokia Siemens' need for speed on Nortel assets [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 9:38 AM]
- Automakers' best years still to come? [Posted on June 29, 2009 at 8:10 AM]
- Tyco Electronics patches in Lenovo strategy chief [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM]
- Who's afraid of earnouts? [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 3:03 PM]
- Judge says ex-IBM M&A chief can work at Dell [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 2:46 PM]
- Did Merkel and Obama share auto finance tips? [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 1:45 PM]
- Jaguar, Land Rover sales hurt Tata Motors [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM]
- IBM takes another shot at former corp dev chief [Posted on June 26, 2009 at 10:06 AM]
- CEO: Hertz 'scrambling' to buy cars [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 2:37 PM]
- Memo: Midwest and Frontier to codeshare [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 2:09 PM]
- BP taps Ericsson's Carl-Henric Svanberg [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM]
- Tobin leaves Boston Sci dented by deals [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 12:16 PM]
- Hostile deals on rise, Conference Board warns [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:45 AM]
- Valuation Webinar Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 11:18 AM]
- A look at Silicon Graphics bankruptcy buy [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM]
- What are Oracle's plans for Sun? [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM]
- Rite Aid gains an inch in three-way pharmacy race [Posted on June 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM]
- Jones Apparel bullish on Asia [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- AIG names former BofA banker to lead divestitures [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 2:44 PM]
- Fiat CEO putting his stamp on Chrysler [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:31 PM]
- Intel teams with Nokia, and Conan O'Brien [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM]
- Alcatel-Lucent names HP alliance leader [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 12:44 PM]
- IBM picks Mendoza, a semi-outsider, to run corp dev [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 11:35 AM]
- When bourbon and M&A collide [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 11:16 AM]
- IBM, Dell backstory on M&A chief poaching [Posted on June 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM]
- Ford skipped bailout, now gets $5.9B from DoE [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM]
- Deloitte predicts uptick in insurance M&A [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 3:55 PM]
- Dreamliner delay more bad news for aerospace [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM]
- New Satyam CEO set to 'enhance customer delight' [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM]
- IBM vs Johnson: The gloves are off [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 12:10 PM]
- Credit default swaps threaten newspaper cos. [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 12:03 PM]
- Nissan's Ghosn 'not worried' about selling e-cars [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 10:23 AM]
- Another auto exec calls for gas tax measure [Posted on June 23, 2009 at 9:58 AM]
- Tech companies 'much less bearish' on deals [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 3:06 PM]
- Detroit quality improving, but Toyota still best [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 2:27 PM]
- Foreigners to outbuild Detroit in North America? [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 12:58 PM]
- HP-EDS integration two-thirds done [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM]
- Gazprom, eying deals, may raise $1B in bonds [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 11:24 AM]
- Nokia Siemens' Nortel price is sign of times [Posted on June 22, 2009 at 11:02 AM]
- Hormel in $200M Mexican food JV [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 5:08 PM]
- GM reportedly still talking to other bidders about Opel [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 5:00 PM]
- Smith & Wesson a one-stop security shop? [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 12:25 PM]
- Smucker's smiling with Folger's in its cup [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 12:20 PM]
- Study: Up to $1T tied up in working capital [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 9:03 AM]
- Wal-Mart's convenient-care play [Posted on June 19, 2009 at 8:30 AM]
- Detroit insider Girsky named to GM board [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 5:25 PM]
- HP, Alcatel to form multibillion-dollar alliance [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM]
- LLR Partners' Bullitt on PE deals [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM]
- DOJ reviewing Continental-United alliance bid [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 3:45 PM]
- Energy firms long on nonproducing assets [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 3:36 PM]
- GM: Clubbed by reality, says prof [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM]
- Sara Lee has earned right to buy, CEO says [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM]
- FedEx still ironing costly Kinko's kinks [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 12:16 PM]
- Merck, Shire, BIO's Greenwood talk shop in SF [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM]
- Another Brazilian oil services deal [Posted on June 18, 2009 at 8:34 AM]
- Boeing, Airbus subdued at Paris Air Show [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 3:09 PM]
- Wyeth's R&D chief tightlipped on Pfizer [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 2:57 PM]
- Will fed funds fuel nuke deals? [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 1:21 PM]
- Rethinking the personal transportation industry [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 1:09 PM]
- Watson-Arrow latest in emerging markets trend [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 12:37 PM]
- EdF looks homeward for bond sale [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 9:46 AM]
- Meredith's John Zieser on PE 'frienemies' [Posted on June 17, 2009 at 7:00 AM]
- Job cuts in Miller's MySpace makeover [Posted on June 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM]
- PwC + BearingPoint: Day 1 for a bankruptcy deal [Posted on June 16, 2009 at 2:52 PM]
- Glaxo chief JV'ing his way to profits [Posted on June 16, 2009 at 12:52 PM]
- Digimarc and Nielsen turn alliance into JVs [Posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM]
- Dean Foods soy deal: Credit crunch opened door [Posted on June 16, 2009 at 11:01 AM]
- Russia's GAZ puts former GM exec in driver's seat [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- AMI puts another dime in Rock-Ola's jukebox [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM]
- Post-recession M&A, branding and biz models [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 3:56 PM]
- Cemex shares sink on weak valuation [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 2:28 PM]
- Morgan Stanley, Citi JV slowed by IT [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 12:59 PM]
- AB InBev emptying its Central European cup [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 11:10 AM]
- Consolidation looms as Paris Air Show opens [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 9:43 AM]
- Buyers eye bankrupt U.K. vanmaker LDV [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM]
- Distressed deals: Strategics coming on strong [Posted on June 15, 2009 at 9:00 AM]
- Virgin America cuts losses, still burning cash [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 4:41 PM]
- ACG branching out to China [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 2:48 PM]
- Honda open to GM partnership [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM]
- Cachaça Day is finally here! [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 9:44 AM]
- Yahoo!'s new CFO helped sell GE Plastics [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM]
- James River Coal a takeover target? [Posted on June 12, 2009 at 9:15 AM]
- US Airways CEO still interested in airline deals [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 4:15 PM]
- AOL goes local with dual acquisitions [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 3:56 PM]
- Sprint-Level 3: Parsing a possible JV [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 12:38 PM]
- Zipcar vs. Hertz: a classic strategic race [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 12:10 PM]
- Dell talks M&A despite sidelined dealmaker [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 10:28 AM]
- Burntsand strategy chief to seek partners [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 9:01 AM]
- Cerberus' Nardelli has parting words for Chrysler [Posted on June 11, 2009 at 8:33 AM]
- Midmarket healthcare execs expect deals [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM]
- Mintz Levin's Papernik on closing the bid-ask gap [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM]
- Marchionne on Chrysler-Fiat closing [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 1:37 PM]
- The many perils of mixing gov't and business [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 1:05 PM]
- Millipore hires dealmaker to lead expansion [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 11:41 AM]
- McDonald is P&G CEO, replacing A.G. Lafley [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM]
- LG Chem spends $799M on batteries [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 10:04 AM]
- NY Times shopping Boston Globe [Posted on June 10, 2009 at 8:44 AM]
- Eddie Bauer bankruptcy this week? [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 4:15 PM]
- Why Ed Whitacre as GM's new chairman? [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 1:23 PM]
- No TARP for biotech, but it gets a helping hand [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM]
- CoStar Group lures back CFO to hunt deals [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 11:23 AM]
- Fiat would have been foolish to fuss [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:57 AM]
- Political blame game in GM restructuring [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 10:21 AM]
- WSJ: P&G to name Robert McDonald CEO [Posted on June 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM]
- Playing defense on patents [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM]
- Glaxo, Novartis, Roche, Lilly back same company [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM]
- GM's rebranding challenge [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 1:31 PM]
- Will Apple's Steve Jobs show at WWDC? [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM]
- Addax Petroleum admits acquisition talks [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 12:31 PM]
- Penske's plans for GM's Saturn brand [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 11:07 AM]
- Qwest nixes long-distance network sale [Posted on June 8, 2009 at 10:06 AM]
- Merck deal fizzles with trial failure [Posted on June 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM]
- Disney, NBC-U and Hearst considering JV [Posted on June 5, 2009 at 2:02 PM]
- China may block Hummer sale, Saturn sold [Posted on June 5, 2009 at 12:07 PM]
- BofA dealmaker replaces ousted risk officer [Posted on June 5, 2009 at 11:24 AM]
- Sony enters YouTube-UMG music alliance [Posted on June 5, 2009 at 9:05 AM]
- Rio Tinto drops Chinalco for BHP JV [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 11:04 PM]
- United offers hope with plane order talk [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 3:34 PM]
- Wal-Mart's emerging markets tour [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 3:16 PM]
- Sberbank buys Opel stake to sell it [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 1:04 PM]
- Chinalco fades, Rio Tinto maneuvers [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM]
- Fast-growing DeviceVM looks to accelerate growth [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM]
- EMC: Cash is king; NetApp questions motives [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM]
- Coda throws hat into electric vehicle ring [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 8:30 AM]
- News Corp.'s Miller poaching AOL talent [Posted on June 4, 2009 at 8:26 AM]
- Union unrest at a maturing Southwest Airlines [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM]
- Skype dis-integration underway at eBay [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM]
- Yahoo! CEO wishes she never heard of MSFT [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 4:05 PM]
- Joy Global mines for gems amid slowdown [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM]
- Christie is N.J. GOP gov choice; Listerine mystery remains [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 1:20 PM]
- GSK's Witty on new biopharma R&D setups [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 12:50 PM]
- Tim Armstrong's AOL challenge [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM]
- CF Industries names dealmaker as Agrium waits [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 9:32 AM]
- NetApp raises Data Domain bid [Posted on June 3, 2009 at 8:31 AM]
- New Playboy CEO talks strategy, not sale [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 3:36 PM]
- May auto sales: Steep declines in the rear view mirror? [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 3:04 PM]
- More musings on pharma megamergers [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 2:46 PM]
- BofA i-banker turns corporate dealmaker [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 1:35 PM]
- GM: What kind of company two years out? [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 11:05 AM]
- Purfresh dealmaker to heat up expansion [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 10:46 AM]
- GM signs MOU for Hummer sale [Posted on June 2, 2009 at 8:27 AM]
- Microsoft expands healthcare research platform [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 4:04 PM]
- GE, Mubadala ink $8B finance JV [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 3:14 PM]
- Constellation Energy promotes dealmaker [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 12:02 PM]
- Morgan Stanley, Citigroup JV launches [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 11:07 AM]
- GM finally attracts some high-pots [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM]
- Auto bankruptcies, politics and dealer closings [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 9:47 AM]
- Are Oracle, Microsoft eyeing healthcare IT? [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 9:41 AM]
- GM in bankruptcy: What to watch [Posted on June 1, 2009 at 9:17 AM]
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