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KPMG has released a study on emerging-market acquisitions by U.S. and global companies.More or less expected is the falloff in the number of such deals, from 122 completed in the second half of 2008 to 88 in the first half of 2009. But look where acquirers have been buying in...
Posted on October 5, 2009 3:49 PM
The Deal's Matt Miller said to panelists at The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference: "We've been talking primarily about inbound investment to the U.S. Let's reverse ourselves and look at outbound M&A. How has this been affected by the financial meltdown? Are we still seeing interest in investing in...
Posted on November 11, 2008 2:10 PM
We've written plenty about IBM Corp. as an expert acquirer. It's a skill that's allowed the company to successfully expand from a maker of PCs, servers and mainframes into business software and services, and to grow its business globally. So we were interested to come across this story in the...
Posted on July 28, 2008 3:15 PM
"The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it."Quotations from Mao Tse Tung are rarely heard in corporate boardrooms. But today's corporate strategist, charged with helping a company based in the...
Posted on July 25, 2008 9:20 AM
GlaxoSmithKline plc is shaking up its strategy. According to the company, it is looking to boost growth and reduce risk by diversifying its global operations through M&A and alliances. With generics crowding the market, it's a popular strategy for drugmakers, including Novartis AG and Johnson & Johnson. According to GSK...
Posted on July 23, 2008 11:28 AM
IBM Corp. knows it. Procter & Gamble Co. knows it. And Caterpillar Inc. knows it too: A strong presence in fast-growing emerging markets does wonders for a company's results.Cat's second-quarter earnings, released Tuesday, shot up 34% thanks to the company's sales in developing economies in Asia, South America and elsewhere....
Posted on July 22, 2008 4:17 PM
Unilever's divestiture of its Bertolli olive oil and vinegar business to Spain's Grupo SOS for $998.4 million is part of a massive global restructuring that's been underway since 2004. Now four years and counting may seem like a very long time to be restructuring a business. But when the company...
Posted on July 21, 2008 4:00 PM
Caterpillar Inc. is acquiring MGE Equipamentos & Servicos Ferroviarios Ltda., a privately held Brazilian manufacturer of parts for locomotives and train cars. The acquisition is part of an overall strategy to expand the company's presence in rail services as well as emerging markets. There has been a growing demand for...
Posted on June 24, 2008 2:38 PM
Teléfonos de México SAB de CV, known as Telmex, a fixed-line operator with about 90% of the Mexican market, has spun off Telmex Internacional, which operates outside Mexico in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay. Slim Domit, son of billionaire Carlos Slim, who controls Telmex and Telmex Internacional,...
Posted on June 11, 2008 8:23 AM
Office Depot continues to bulk up its international presence. The office products retailer announced Friday that it has formed a strategic alliance with bigboXX.com to provide office products and services to corporate customers in Hong Kong. The company has existing China operations in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Wuxi. As we...
Posted on June 6, 2008 12:53 PM
Valuation work informs every stage of the transaction process. Before an acquisition, a company's deal team projects cash flows and quantifies synergies to negotiate a purchase price and guide due diligence. After the closing, the valuations of tangible and intangible assets and the assignment of enterprise values to business...
Posted on June 1, 2008 7:00 PM
When we write about emerging markets these days -- as we did in the latest issue of Corporate Dealmaker -- it's often in the context of the plentiful rewards -- emerging middle classes, consumer interest in Western brands, eager local partners and the like. But Friday's Wall Street Journal (subscription required)...
Posted on May 30, 2008 11:00 AM
Now that the BRIC countries are well established as dealmaking destinations, which countries are next? That was one of the polling questions put to an audience of 100 or so dealmakers from multinational companies at the Conference Board Business Development Conference in New York Friday morning. The winner was Vietnam,...
Posted on April 25, 2008 1:53 PM
According to a survey done by Marsh Inc. for its report "M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities and Risks," executives at multinational companies consider investing in China, India and Southeast Asia almost as risky as investing in Africa. For example, the survey notes that while the degree of environmental litigation and...
Posted on April 15, 2008 4:14 PM
In our recent online focus on emerging markets (also the cover subject in our latest magazine) we excerpted an interesting book, "Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India -- the World's Fastest Growing Market." Now here's more from the author, William Nobrega, president and founder of the Conrad Group, a...
Posted on March 28, 2008 2:29 PM
PricewaterhouseCoopers has a new report out that dovetails nicely with the emerging markets focus of the latest Corporate Dealmaker. PwC's "The World in 2050: Beyond the BRICs," examines projected growth rates in the big four emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China, and 13 additional economies that get a...
Posted on March 25, 2008 9:00 AM
Since we first published Corporate Dealmaker in November 2003, we've added and subtracted sections to the print publication, created what we hope is an informative and dynamic Web site and begun hosting events. For all the change, though, one thing has remained consistent: our mission to help corporate development executives...
Posted on March 24, 2008 4:24 PM
First came the very largest companies. Now middle-market dealmakers are stepping up their movement into emerging markets.
Posted on March 12, 2008 2:35 PM
Leading up to the publishing of our next Corporate Dealmaker magazine later this month, we've been telling you about investments in the emerging markets. Our contacts at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP just reminded us of the flip side of the equation with a report called "Acquisition of U.S....
Posted on March 7, 2008 9:37 AM
It's easy to get into the habit of categorizing too casually, whether the topic is a company, an individual or a country. Especially if your job entails writing a lot of headlines. That's why, with a report on emerging markets in the works here at Corporate Dealmaker, we're happy to...
Posted on March 6, 2008 8:26 AM
As we continue our reporting on dealmaking in emerging markets in advance of Corporate Dealmaker's March issue on the topic, we turn to Brazil. The country has been most active among its Latin American peers in M&A, and its hot sectors of late have mirrored those where worldwide consolidation has...
Posted on February 26, 2008 12:23 PM
The March issue of Corporate Dealmaker magazine will focus on dealmaking in emerging markets, especially China, India and Latin America. One of our goals is to help the many middle-market companies that want to expand in these vibrant economies but can't draw on the level of resources available to global...
Posted on February 25, 2008 8:43 AM
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