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The many faces behind Virgin Mobile USA's purchase of Helio (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While we don't have any insider knowledge about Virgin Mobile USA Inc.'s acquisition of fellow wireless carrier Helio LLC, we can't help but wonder how complicated the transaction was to negotiate. The deal, which closed on Friday, was relatively small --  just $39 million. But this wasn't just one company...

Posted on August 22, 2008 4:38 PM

AOL's content/ad biz beefed up by Bewkes (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On the eve of possible dealmaking for the two pieces of AOL LLC -- the struggling dial-up business and the more promising content and advertising side -- it's a good time to recap what Time Warner Inc. CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has been doing to build the content and ad business. Since Bewkes took over, AOL spent $850 million...

Posted on August 4, 2008 10:43 AM

Dealmaking when the core business is a melting ice cube (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Dial-up Internet access. Retail movie rentals. Yellow Pages directories. These are all businesses with a big customer base but a limited prognosis. What to do? For Rolla Hoff, the CEO working to turn around Internet service provider EarthLink Inc., the answer is to consolidate the Internet dial-up market and acquire...

Posted on July 31, 2008 11:15 AM