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GM talks deals, senators call for panel instead of car czar (from Corporate Dealmaker)

President Barack Obama has delayed in selecting a "car czar" to oversee the restructuring of bailed out automakers General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. And now five U.S. Senate Democrats are asking Obama to appoint a group of advisers instead of a single person to oversee the restructuring. Of course,...

Posted on February 6, 2009 12:06 PM

President Bush gives $17.4B in TARP to Detroit (from Corporate Dealmaker)

President Bush is handing over a lot of work to President-elect Barack Obama, but he at least wants to take the issue of Detroit's automakers off Obama's plate for a little while. The White House did not respond in knee-jerk fashion to bail out cash-strapped automakers General Motors Corp. and...

Posted on December 19, 2008 9:12 AM

Lampoon's Laikin not laughing at fraud charges (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Conspiracy and securities fraud charges were filed for four separate schemes designed to artificially inflate the prices of publicly traded stocks. Among those charged is Daniel Laikin, CEO of National Lampoon Inc.This come about five weeks after the Los Angeles comedic brand acquired lighthearted Web site BarackObamaJokes.com for an undisclosed...

Posted on December 16, 2008 4:07 PM

Podcast: Harris Williams' co-founders talk '09 M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Harris Williams & Co. co-founders Hiter Harris and Chris Williams donned their business casual wear for a talk about what's coming for mergers and acquisitions in 2009. They say while pockets of debt capital are still available for small and mid-size deals, all who touch middle-market M&A - be...

Posted on December 16, 2008 3:01 PM

Cellular Dynamics in 3-way stem-cell merger (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sister companies Stem Cell Products Inc. and iPS Cells Inc. will merge with Cellular Dynamics International, a developer of next-generation stem-cell technologies for drug development and personalized medicine applications. The three companies, co-founded by stem-cell research pioneer James Thomson -- a professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison -- will retain the...

Posted on November 25, 2008 8:15 AM

Let there be bio-pharma deals, says trade group chief (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Big Pharmas are cutting costs; Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Wyeth, Pfizer, Merck & Co., Schering-Plough Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline plc have all announced reductions in their U.S. sales forces. They're also worrying about life under the Democrats.Do they still want to replenish their pipelines with high-priced biotech drugs? James Greenwood, president and...

Posted on November 20, 2008 4:23 PM

Level 3 dealmaker to help shape Obama administration (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Don Gips (pictured), global head of corporate development at Level 3 Communications Inc., has taken leave from his position to help review government agency teams for President-elect Barack Obama. Gips will co-chair the Agency Review Working Group that will review personnel, budgets and commissions in the departments of State, Treasury...

Posted on November 14, 2008 10:44 AM

How about a role for Volcker at G-20 summit? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The G-20 summit on the global financial crisis, slated for Washington Nov. 15-16, is fast approaching. Though calls (mainly from Europe) for a new Bretton Woods are overambitious, there's plenty to talk about. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other EU leaders will meet on Friday...

Posted on November 6, 2008 11:52 AM

National Lampoon's... dealmaking prowess? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As the nation's President-elect Barack Obama was named, comedic brand National Lampoon Inc. decided to acquire Web site BarackObamaJokes.com for an undisclosed sum. And its not stopping there. CEO Daniel Laikin said "We are very focused on building a profitable comedy focused media company, and should see more acquisitions...

Posted on November 5, 2008 4:25 PM

Election 2008: Obama, McCain on antitrust (from Corporate Dealmaker)

By the time we see any fundamental recovery in the M&A market, we could be well into a new presidential administration. And depending on whether it's Barack Obama or John McCain in the White House, we could see a very different regulatory environment. So what have the candidates been saying...

Posted on November 3, 2008 5:44 PM

McCain, Obama told to stop British Airways deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Dear Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, "Just because life is tough out there, you shouldn't rid yourself of competition." - Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic Airways.Branson's letter, which he discussed on BBC Radio, to the U.S. presidential candidates is referring to a deal between British Airways plc...

Posted on August 11, 2008 1:50 PM

The political implications of an Anheuser-Busch InBev merger (from Corporate Dealmaker)

I was surfing the Web Friday morning looking for local reaction to news that Anheuser-Busch Cos. has agreed to "friendly talks" with InBev SA. And while there wasn't much in the local media so far, I did come across a piece in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on how foreign ownership...

Posted on July 11, 2008 11:15 AM