CD Community: September 2007

Posted on September 28, 2007 at 2:09 PM
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A group of dealmakers from the corporate, private equity and legal worlds will explore the current M&A market in a panel titled "A New Financial Landscape: Strategic, Private Equity & Hedge Funds" at the CD Forum this Tuesday, Oct. 2, in New York. Panelists Charles Simmons, VP of corporate...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 27, 2007 at 4:11 PM
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Anyone who works in corporate development knows that the job is unlike any other in the executive suite. It's also one of the least mapped in terms of compensation, career path, job responsibilities and other variables. That's starting to change, though, as transactions have gained unprecedented importance as an...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 26, 2007 at 11:15 AM
Filed under: CD Community | Trends

Robert F. Bruner is dean of the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and an accomplished author — he's written 19 books, including the top-selling "Applied Mergers & Acquisitions" and "Deals from Hell." His latest work shows that in addition to being a prolific wordsmith, he also has...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 25, 2007 at 4:33 PM
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For the third panel of the Dealmaker's Forum in Denver on Wednesday, Sept. 26, panelists will discuss private equity as an engine for organic growth, not just a takeover machine. Among the guests tackling the growth equity issue will be principal Spencer Neumann of Summit Partners, which was the...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 25, 2007 at 1:09 PM
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An impressive roster of leading dealmakers will gather in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 2, for the Corporate Dealmaker Forum, where they'll compare notes on how strategic acquirers can continue to raise the level of their game in a turbulent deal environment. In 2007, the market has gone from...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 24, 2007 at 5:07 PM
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Panel 2 of the Dealmaker's Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 26, will deal with the timely topic of valuation. Three months ago, asset prices were going through the roof. But where are they now, post-credit crunch? Have sellers adjusted their expectations? Tony Colarusso of Morgan Stanley will moderate the panel,...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 24, 2007 at 1:39 PM
Filed under: CD Community | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Trends

Listen up teachers. Your students will soon have a tempting new classroom distraction available on their cell phones. Beginning later this week, students — and everyone else for that matter — will be able to access MySpace free through an ad-supported site on their mobile phones. Up to now, the...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 24, 2007 at 11:22 AM
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The first panel at our Dealmaker's Forum, Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Denver will feature three men charged with executing deals for three very different companies. Comparing notes and sharing experiences will be: •John Zimmerman of Tomkins plc, the U.K.-based industrial and engineering company, who's not sorry that the credit crunch...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 21, 2007 at 4:19 PM
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Hard to think of a better way to open a forum on dealmaking than with a keynote by Liberty Media Corp. CEO Greg Maffei. The former Microsoft Corp. CFO, who also did a stint as president and CFO of Oracle Corp., is one of the corporate world's top dealmakers,...  Continue reading

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Posted on September 17, 2007 at 3:49 PM
Filed under: CD Community | Corporate Strategy | Movers & Shakers

Not likely, says The Wall Street Journal as it reports that investors are likely to see Jeffrey Bewkes succeed chief executive officer Richard Parsons before year's end. According to the Journal, associates say Bewkes is worried that a major restructuring may have little or no effect on the stock price,...  Continue reading

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