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Car czar says GM IPO could happen in 2010

Posted on November 18, 2009 at 3:35 PM
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Ron Bloom, the head of the White House automotive task force, reiterated the government's desire to reduce its majority stake in General Motors Co., telling Reuters the automaker could launch an initial public offering before the end of 2010.But the emphasis is on the word "could," as Bloom also echoed...  Continue reading
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Dow Chem going public with Rohm integration story

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Divesting and Restructuring | Integration
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It has been a turbulent year for Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE:DOW). The new year saw the company's Kuwaiti partner pull out of a proposed joint venture, which in turn threw into doubt Dow's planned $16.3 billion purchase of Rohm and Haas Co. Lawsuits and negotiations followed, with Dow finally closing...  Continue reading
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GE, Stanley: Different results in security M&A

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM
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With General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) nearing a sale of its GE Security Inc. unit to United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), according to Bloomberg, it's worth drawing a contrast with another security unit that has recently made news in the deal world: the Stanley Security Solutions unit of Stanley Works (NYSE:SWK). It...  Continue reading
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GM CEO in Germany to talk about fixing Opel

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM
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General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson kicked off a sales challenge worthy of the slickest used car dealer on Monday, traveling to Germany to meet with leaders of the company's Adam Opel GmbH unit to discuss the European automaker's future inside of GM.Henderson arrives in Germany accompanied by GM international...  Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman to sell Tasc

Posted on November 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM
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Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) said Sunday it is selling its military intelligence unit Tasc Inc. for $1.65 billion in cash to an investor group led by General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.In a similar deal last year, Carlyle Group paid $2.5 billion for...  Continue reading
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JAL talks with Delta, American heat up

The courtship of Japan Airlines Corp. has apparently gone into overdrive, with officials from AMR Corp.'s (NYSE:AMR) American Airlines Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE:DAL) each lobbying Japanese government officials about the benefits JAL could reap from forging closer ties to each of their rival alliances.JAL has been a...  Continue reading
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Corporate layoffs: J&J, Nokia JV and much more

Corporate layoffs are churning this earnings season, with companies trying to cut costs while growing their core businesses. We've gathered a list of pink slippers from the past couple weeks. Of course, aggressively cutting costs is only one side of recent corporate strategy. Downsizing while acquiring has been a frequent...  Continue reading
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Joss Whedon bids on 'Terminator' franchise

The auction isn't slated to happen until later this month (reportedly), but the multimillion dollar "Terminator" movie franchise has its first formal bidder ... sort of. It's not a major film studio such as Sony Pictures or an investment fund; it's filmmaker and writer Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon. He made...  Continue reading
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J&J chief calls job cuts 'difficult'

Two weeks after Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported mixed earnings, which tugged stocks downward, the world's biggest healthcare company is looking to cut costs. Those cuts include 7,000 to 8,000 layoffs, mostly overseas.J&J chief executive William Weldon (pictured) said in a statement, "These types of changes are difficult under any...  Continue reading
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Deals and P&G's quest for growth

Posted on October 30, 2009 at 2:01 PM
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Moving the growth needle at Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG) isn't easy. Not only is the company an $80 billion-in-sales behemoth, but it is after all in the consumer products business. And in the developed world at least, growing sales of shampoo and diapers faster than GDP is tough. Mostly,...  Continue reading
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