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Healthcare Insight has hired Larry Schor as its corporate development officer. Schor will lead strategic planning and oversee growth initiatives, including M&A and alliances. HCI, a division of Verisk Healthcare Inc., provides fraud prevention claims processing software and services to insurers, health plans, managed-care organizations, Medicaid and Medicare. With waste...
Posted on October 26, 2009 12:11 PM
We like M&A trends here at Corporate Dealmaker, whether it involves lithium-ion batteries, oncology, BPO or several other sectors we're tracking.So it was interesting to see a day after our data center update highlighting Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) possibly being up for sale that Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) will...
Posted on October 6, 2009 2:55 PM
Note: This is a corrected version of a post published on the morning of Sept. 21 that assumed the involvement of David Johnson, Dell's recently hired svp for strategy, in the transaction. In a conference call later on Monday, CEO Michael Dell indicated that assumption was wrong. See below,...
Posted on September 21, 2009 9:08 AM
In case you haven't heard -- or seen trumpeted on our home page or in the magazine -- 2009 marks The Deal LLC's 10th year. We've been celebrating since January with our ongoing Decade of The Deal project. And the current issue of The Deal magazine offers analysis on the...
Posted on September 15, 2009 2:38 PM
Hear ye, hear ye! China wants iron ore ... and a profusion of other commodities. China has been driving what many are believing to be an M&A recovery. And throughout it all, the country's positioning in Australia has been well covered as it tries to procure iron ore, a key...
Posted on September 9, 2009 8:45 AM
Watch for more distressed asset sales in the oil patch -- or, should we say, the natural gas patch. On the back of less demand and more production, natural gas prices slipped under $3 per thousand cubic feet on Thursday,, down from $13 last summer and their lowest close in...
Posted on August 21, 2009 2:23 PM
OK, if you're a day trader and see MTLQQ.PK, don't buy it. The government and folks at General Motors Co. have warned investors not to buy old GM stock, but the price is jumping and falling by 50 cents and more on some days. Apparently, people think they are getting...
Posted on August 20, 2009 4:31 PM
In December, American Banker named Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) chief executive Ken Lewis Banker of the Year. Now, they don't know who's in charge and what kind of culture the bank is leaning toward. Of former Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) CFO and global head of wealth management Sallie Krawcheck's hire,...
Posted on August 7, 2009 10:01 AM
Steven Rattner, a one-time Lazard media banker who was brought on to oversee the Obama administration's guidance of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC through bankruptcy, announced Monday that he was stepping down from the high-profile role. Rattner will be replaced by Ron Bloom, who is already a senior member...
Posted on July 13, 2009 4:51 PM
Newly reorganized Chrysler Group LLC rounded out its board over the weekend, presenting a slate of candidates with backgrounds that might offer a hint of what the long-term plans are for the company.Chrysler picked one-time Northwest Airlines CEO Douglas Steeland, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (NYSE:RRD) chairman Stephen M. Wolf,...
Posted on July 6, 2009 1:51 PM
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...
Posted on June 30, 2009 12:40 PM
Bank of America Corp.'s (NYSE:BAC) integration of Merrill Lynch & Co. continues at pace, despite chief executive Ken Lewis' numerous treks to Capitol Hill, stress test results, high-level talent defections and other distractions. In an interview with American Banker, integration leader Brian Moynihan admits external pressures are adding to the...
Posted on June 29, 2009 10:28 AM
American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG) has been unloading assets in rapid succession, so it's no wonder the battered insurer has hired a seasoned insurance analyst and banker as senior vice president -- divestiture. Alain Karaoglan most recently served as managing director of equity research at Banc of America Securities LLC,...
Posted on June 24, 2009 2:44 PM
An IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) spokesman told Bloomberg Tuesday that the company earlier this month named Elias Mendoza to succeed David Johnson, the company's vice president of corporate development. Johnson left in May to take a similar job at Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) and is currently being sued by IBM for violating...
Posted on June 24, 2009 11:35 AM
And if you haven't been waiting for it all year, maybe you're just not in the demographic. I'm speaking, of course, about June 12, International Cachaça Day, a day that has been set aside to raise awareness of the sugarcane-derived liquor that is the national spirit of Brazil. I learned...
Posted on June 12, 2009 9:44 AM
Bid, counterbid. Storage system provider NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) has raised its bid for Data Domain Inc. (NASDAQ:DDUP) by $400 million to $1.9 billion, net of the target's cash, matching a bid by storage giant EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC).NetApp first offered $1.5 billion, or $25 per Data Domain share, on May 20....
Posted on June 3, 2009 8:31 AM
Investment banking veteran Michael Caulfield, like many of his Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) colleagues, has left the firm. But he didn't defect to a rival, instead choosing to join a company he was charged with figuring out strategic alternatives for -- Digital Ally Inc. (NASDAQ:DGLY).First, a little background...
Posted on June 2, 2009 1:35 PM
John B. Sanfilippo & Sons Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS) has hired Robert J. Sarlls as vice president of strategy and business development. Sarlls will work to develop and execute strategy and lead M&A, joint venture and alliance activity for the owner of the Fisher Nut brand.A quick news search doesn't reveal much...
Posted on May 29, 2009 3:11 PM
I spent an interesting Thursday morning at the Conference Board's annual post-merger integration meeting in New York, speaking on a panel and hearing a couple of good presentations by Clayton Deutsch, who led the conference for sponsor McKinsey & Co., and Moni Miyashita, who leads the M&A integration operation at...
Posted on May 29, 2009 2:44 PM
Ascent Media Group LLC continues to attract top-level talent in anticipation of what chief executive Jose Royo says are "the major new opportunities we see ahead in the digital media space." The latest to join Ascent is Emily Keeton as senior vice president of corporate development. Keeton, who previously was...
Posted on May 20, 2009 12:38 PM
Energy rainmaker Natasha Tsukanova, head of Russia and CIS investment banking at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., has left the U.S. bank. J.P. Morgan confirmed the departure and wished her well. The bank didn't say where she was headed, but apparently it's to advise the Russian government on M&A.Reuters, citing...
Posted on May 15, 2009 8:19 AM
Miami's Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. said James Cassel, vice chairman and co-head of investment banking at its subsidiary, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., was named vice president of Americas at M&A International Inc.M&A International is a global alliance of 44 mergers and acquisitions advisory and investment banking firms operating in...
Posted on May 11, 2009 2:28 PM
Kilopass Technology Inc. has hired Jeff Ball to help it capitalize on a marketplace flooded with valuable intellectual property. Venture-funded Kilopass, whose backers include BlueRun Ventures and US Venture Partners, acquires embedded nonvolatile memory technology and licenses it to semiconductor manufacturers. Ball most recently headed up the semiconductor investment banking...
Posted on May 11, 2009 11:15 AM
The hiring post should say, "We have $9 billion cash on hand!" Word on the street is Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) is looking to hire an M&A chief, but dealmakers may be wary of the Round Rock, Texas, company's M&A track record.The Wall Street Journal reported that two people briefed on...
Posted on May 6, 2009 2:22 PM
Former investment banker and lawyer Gregory Byrnes has joined Carlson as senior vice president of corporate development. Carlson operates a number of travel, restaurant and marketing brands including Radisson, Regent, Park Plaza and Country Inn hotels; Carlson Wagonlit travel agency; and the T.G.I. Friday's restaurant chain. Byrnes most recently was...
Posted on March 18, 2009 1:05 PM
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