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A disgruntled Groupe Danone SA dumped its longtime joint venture partner Hangzhou Wahaha Group by selling its 51% stake in the JV. The Deal Pipeline (subscription required) cites a deal value of several hundred million dollars paid by the Chinese soft drinks maker. The two failed to resolve trademark disputes... Continue reading
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The auto industry, an "old economy" basket case in desperate need of 21st century ideas, is finding out first-hand what does and doesn't work when trying to sell online. General Motors Co. has pulled the plug on its much-ballyhooed experiment to sell cars on eBay, calling the seven-week program a... Continue reading
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It didn't hire anyone to seek strategic alternatives, but Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) is seen by some as a likely acquisition target, especially after Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) boosted their vaccines pipelines. Abbott is paying €4.5 billion ($6.6 billion) for the pharmaceutical activities of Belgium's... Continue reading
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AirTran Airways Inc. (NYSE:AAI) joined the liquidity stampede on Wednesday, announcing deals with its credit card processor and lenders to provide the discount airline with added flexibility entering the winter travel season.AirTran said it received an extension on its revolving line of credit and its letter of credit through the... Continue reading
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Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) has named Adobe Systems Inc. chief executive Shantanu Narayen to its board of directors. A valuable addition to be sure. Narayen is an experienced dealmaker, something Dell CEO Michael Dell aspires to be. And both executives are trying to build substantial services businesses to complement their software... Continue reading
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In the battle of the competing reorganizations that could mean the hostile takeover of Cadbury by Kraft, Vegemite, famous in Australia, has become something of a salvo. Continue reading
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Please join us Wednesday at 2pm EDT for a free webinar on the timely topic of cultural and leadership issues in post-merger integration. How timely? Consider:The uptick in M&A we've seen in recent weeks has been driven by strategic buyers acting for strategic reasons, which can make for delicate integrations.... Continue reading
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The flight attendants will be making a final pass through the cabin of European airline consolidation to collect any extra refuse. British Airways plc is about to put this bird on the ground. Speaking from the aisles of the airline's first-ever business-only London City to JFK flight (a flight where... Continue reading
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Keeping the objectives of a joint venture aligned with the shifting strategies of its parents is notoriously difficult. But things really get complicated for the parent companies when their JV enters into a JV of its own. That's exactly what happened on Monday, when NC2 Global LLC, a JV between... Continue reading
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General Motors Co. appears to be moving toward completing one divestiture key to its ongoing restructuring even as another sale faces fresh uncertainty.Entrepreneur Roger Penske's auto dealer company should formally close on its deal for GM's Saturn brand on Wednesday, according to the Detroit Free Press, meeting the target date... Continue reading
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- Kraft fires Vegemite salvo in publicity war [Posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:40 PM]
- Webinar: Leadership, culture in integration [Posted on September 30, 2009 at 12:10 PM]
- Iberia deal possible by year's end, says BA boss [Posted on September 30, 2009 at 8:59 AM]
- Navistar, CAT JV signs JV of its own [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 5:07 PM]
- GM Saturn sale near close; Opel not so much [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 2:21 PM]
- Meredith: Executive raises and digital strategy [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 12:39 PM]
- Ex-Merrill Canada exec joins American Lithium [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 12:34 PM]
- Xerox's ACS deal resembles an earlier one [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM]
- Keep an eye on oncology deals, too [Posted on September 29, 2009 at 7:50 AM]
- Will Carrefour sell out in China and Brazil? [Posted on September 28, 2009 at 3:42 PM]
- Chesapeake GIP JV may signal future deals [Posted on September 28, 2009 at 3:05 PM]
- What's Xerox buying? [Posted on September 28, 2009 at 12:57 PM]
- Dow Chemical set to retire Rohm bridge loan [Posted on September 28, 2009 at 12:50 PM]
- VW, Varta charging Germany's e-car battery [Posted on September 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM]
- Cadbury clears things up, somewhat [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 2:45 PM]
- Ford plays catch-up in China [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 2:16 PM]
- Geely wants Volvo brand/tech, not liabilities [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM]
- Drug deals too pricey, says GSK exec [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM]
- Adobe wanted Omniture deal ahead of 3Q earnings [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 8:55 AM]
- Will Japan Airlines' hotel unit go on the block? [Posted on September 25, 2009 at 8:24 AM]
- Disney-Marvel vs. Blackstone? [Posted on September 24, 2009 at 4:10 PM]
- Who do you think is best at strategic M&A? [Posted on September 24, 2009 at 2:50 PM]
- Australia pinches China rare-earths monopoly [Posted on September 24, 2009 at 12:24 PM]
- How would Kraft, Cadbury reorgs blend? [Posted on September 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM]
- EDS, now H.P. Enterprise Services, no model for Dell [Posted on September 23, 2009 at 4:49 PM]
- Disney filing details Marvel merger talks [Posted on September 23, 2009 at 4:05 PM]
- O.N.E. deal brings Pepsi and PE together [Posted on September 23, 2009 at 12:46 PM]
- Stitzer wants 15 times Ebitda from Kraft? [Posted on September 23, 2009 at 9:34 AM]
- E-car startup Fisker gets $528M in gov't loans [Posted on September 23, 2009 at 8:37 AM]
- Nielsen joins Facebook, which unfriends Beacon [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 4:16 PM]
- Fiat targets luxury for Chrysler brand [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM]
- Republic blends ops, not brands, after airline deals [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 1:18 PM]
- A123 IPO carries weight of cleantech world [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM]
- Dell's M&A strategy team may still be taking shape [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM]
- Vale invests $1.4B in steel, completes Rio deal [Posted on September 22, 2009 at 11:41 AM]
- Vita Coco snubs Coke, Pepsi [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- Penske bets legacy, but not business, on Saturn [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 3:22 PM]
- BHP mines acquisitions before economic revival [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 1:58 PM]
- Maybe Kirby foresaw the Disney-Marvel deal? [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 1:25 PM]
- Bottling integration on track, says parting Pepsi exec [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 11:06 AM]
- Dell deal takes it into services [Posted on September 21, 2009 at 9:08 AM]
- Credit Suisse names pharma acquisition targets [Posted on September 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM]
- GM pulls American Axle back from brink [Posted on September 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM]
- Amgen pipeline expands with oncology deal [Posted on September 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM]
- Google wields DoubleClick for graphic ads [Posted on September 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM]
- Yipes! CEOs conned by M&A bankers! [Posted on September 18, 2009 at 6:00 AM]
- Wilbur Ross seeking new auto parts deals [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- European airlines join stampede to raise cash [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 4:13 PM]
- Celebrities, superheroes and Marvel's Stan Lee [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 3:15 PM]
- Foster Wheeler wants to wheel and deal [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 3:04 PM]
- Risk management Webinar Thursday afternoon [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:49 AM]
- Decade of The Deal: Kindler on shareholder activism [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:09 AM]
- Skype founders sue eBay, sale in danger [Posted on September 17, 2009 at 8:38 AM]
- Analyst: Omniture sale to Adobe is 'poorly timed' [Posted on September 16, 2009 at 3:51 PM]
- Avaya-Nortel integration as seen from Down Under [Posted on September 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM]
- NexGen's Zilka on emerging-market strategies [Posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM]
- Bristol-Myers maintains strategy with OTC sale [Posted on September 16, 2009 at 9:57 AM]
- CME Group legal M&A exec takes on expanded role [Posted on September 16, 2009 at 7:48 AM]
- Fiat hits Chrysler speedbump [Posted on September 15, 2009 at 3:02 PM]
- Do corporations need M&A bankers? [Posted on September 15, 2009 at 2:38 PM]
- Frankfurt Auto Show: Fiat tech and Renault EVs [Posted on September 15, 2009 at 2:16 PM]
- Microsoft, BNY Mellon team on stimulus tracking [Posted on September 15, 2009 at 12:17 PM]
- Bayer taps outsider as CEO, deals ahead? [Posted on September 15, 2009 at 10:23 AM]
- Would Sprint sell its Clearwire stake? [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM]
- JAL a tempting but dangerous target [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 3:27 PM]
- Debevoise's Richard Hahn on 363 sales [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 1:24 PM]
- Eli Lilly to cut 5,500 jobs, M&A strategy remains [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 12:46 PM]
- Avaya's to-do list at Nortel Enterprise [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:30 AM]
- EMC, headhunting and M&A [Posted on September 14, 2009 at 10:02 AM]
- Information technology [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 9:58 PM]
- Pharmaceuticals, biotech and life sciences [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 8:17 PM]
- Media [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 7:33 PM]
- John Wiley & Sons Inc. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:51 PM]
- Time Warner Inc. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:47 PM]
- Cablevision Systems Corp. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:43 PM]
- Comcast Corp. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:37 PM]
- Morningstar Inc. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:26 PM]
- Sirius XM Radio Inc. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:21 PM]
- Liberty Global Inc. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:16 PM]
- CBS Corp. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:09 PM]
- Walt Disney Co. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM]
- News Corp. [Posted on September 13, 2009 at 3:59 PM]
- Allergan Inc. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 3:04 PM]
- Genzyme Corp. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 3:01 PM]
- Celgene Corp. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 2:44 PM]
- Merck & Co. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM]
- Gilead Sciences Inc. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 2:16 PM]
- Abbott Laboratories [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 1:20 PM]
- Eli Lilly & Co. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 1:12 PM]
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 1:02 PM]
- Johnson & Johnson [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 12:51 PM]
- Pfizer Inc. [Posted on September 12, 2009 at 12:39 PM]
- eBay Inc. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:52 PM]
- Microsoft Corp. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:48 PM]
- Fiserv Inc. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM]
- Oracle Corp. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:39 PM]
- Cisco Systems Inc. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:33 PM]
- IBM Corp. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:25 PM]
- Symantec Corp. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:16 PM]
- EMC Corp. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:10 PM]
- Motorola Inc. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 4:03 PM]
- Hewlett-Packard Co. [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 3:53 PM]
- Walgreen and CAT take on drug prices [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 3:37 PM]
- U.S.-bound BYD plans Shenzhen float [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 3:11 PM]
- Pernod's Boagert on divestments, debt and acquisitions [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 1:22 PM]
- EMC-Data Domain 'integration' ambles on [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 1:09 PM]
- Campbell, Kraft contrast in emerging market strategy [Posted on September 11, 2009 at 11:43 AM]
- GM's Opel headache not cured yet [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 4:29 PM]
- Kraft cuts costs by slicing suppliers thin [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 4:13 PM]
- A123Systems worth $1B? [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 3:16 PM]
- Hershey's sticky Cadbury agreement [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:07 AM]
- Garda World Security bulks up executive team [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 10:43 AM]
- Chocolate, gum and emerging markets [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM]
- EA dealmaker to lead startup, talks M&A [Posted on September 10, 2009 at 8:49 AM]
- CNPC borrows $30B for acquisitions [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM]
- GM board will seek new CFO as Young exits [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 2:04 PM]
- Roamware wanders into mobile finance [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 1:10 PM]
- One way Kraft-Cadbury is like Mars-Wrigley [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:55 AM]
- Pernod Ricard prefers its vodka neat [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 9:29 AM]
- China, iron ore and 'dogs in a manger' [Posted on September 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM]
- Digital Realty rides data center demand [Posted on September 8, 2009 at 4:54 PM]
- IP questions surface in GM Hummer auction as well [Posted on September 8, 2009 at 4:10 PM]
- Merged Roche-Genentech shakes top mgmt [Posted on September 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM]
- For Disney, Marvel is more Henson than Pixar [Posted on September 8, 2009 at 11:10 AM]
- Valuing Cadbury's emerging market presence [Posted on September 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM]
- FLO TV streams MTV exec as strategy chief [Posted on September 4, 2009 at 3:56 PM]
- Biogen tries to prolong onco deal trend [Posted on September 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM]
- Brazilians take center stage in JBS, InBev [Posted on September 4, 2009 at 1:20 PM]
- Potash Corp. an acquirer or target? [Posted on September 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM]
- Absolut JV complexity for Pernod Ricard [Posted on September 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM]
- Eaton deal spotlights JVs in M&A [Posted on September 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM]
- Circor hires VC exec to lead M&A [Posted on September 3, 2009 at 12:03 PM]
- BP's oil discovery and dealmaking [Posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM]
- Dentsu wants deals? No surprise there [Posted on September 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM]
- Decade of The Deal: Arthur Andersen's spectacular fall [Posted on September 3, 2009 at 8:40 AM]
- Cisco rides new investment fund into Korea [Posted on September 2, 2009 at 2:41 PM]
- Opel opus from Spiegel lifts curtain on auction [Posted on September 2, 2009 at 2:37 PM]
- BBN backstory includes exit for Accel, General Catalyst [Posted on September 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM]
- Danaher acquires amid job cuts [Posted on September 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM]
- Opel update: RHJ increases its bid [Posted on September 1, 2009 at 4:42 PM]
- Clearwire shuffles, tries to reach Puerto Rico [Posted on September 1, 2009 at 3:28 PM]
- Payless shoes stepping out in Russia [Posted on September 1, 2009 at 12:17 PM]
- Marvel licensing: Even bigger than you thought [Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:02 AM]
- eBay's Skype sale [Posted on September 1, 2009 at 10:00 AM]
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