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Do corporations need M&A bankers? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

AOL, Armstrong and acquisitions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

AOL LLC chief executive Tim Armstrong (pictured) is an acquisitive manager. As president of American operations at Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), where he spent nine years, he led plenty of deals. But still, even Armstrong must have been surprised to see the 900 potential business deals on AOL's hit list soon...

Posted on July 23, 2009 3:12 PM

YouTube, Universal Music expand web of media alliances (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The strategic alliances in the media industry just keep coming. The latest is between Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) YouTube and Universal Music Group, which will launch a music video site called VEVO. The companies are building on an existing alliance in which YouTube users can create videos using UMG recordings.The announcement...

Posted on April 13, 2009 10:01 AM

Internet strategy: Buy company, add business model? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

That's too often the plan when big public Internet companies buy startups, complains analyst Jeffrey Lindsay at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. -- first in a report, and then in a Q&A posted at paidContent.org. What set him off? Rumors about a possible acquisition of Twitter by Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)....

Posted on April 9, 2009 12:29 PM

How do Clearwire's backers like owning more of it? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The bad news: Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ:CLWR) is attempting a capital-intensive build-out of its WiMax wireless Internet service during a dreadful financial crunch. In January Moody's Investors Service rated the company's debt Caa1, with a negative outlook.  The good news: Clearwire is a joint venture with some big and mostly strong...

Posted on March 3, 2009 12:28 PM

Moody's negative on Clearwire debt (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Talk about a tough start to a new job.David Sach reports for work on Feb. 2 as CFO of Clearwire Corp., the ambitious WiMax company backed by a roster of partners including Sprint Nextel Corp.,Comcast Corp., Intel Corp., Google Inc. and others. On Friday he got a reminder of the...

Posted on January 23, 2009 12:25 PM

Sorry Google; Verizon chooses Microsoft (from Corporate Dealmaker)

So much for surprises. According to Bloomberg, Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Ivan Seidenberg gave attendees at a Citigroup Inc. conference Wednesday a heads-up on who he's choosing for a mobile Web search partner.While previous reports showed Verizon was talking to Google Inc. about sharing ad revenue, Seidenberg said Microsoft...

Posted on January 7, 2009 2:20 PM

Clearwire and Sprint close $14.5B WiMax venture (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Clearwire Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday took a huge leap toward the planned rollout of the first nationwide 4G mobile broadband network by closing their multibillion dollar WiMax deal. The venture combines the companies' wireless Internet businesses and aims to begin rolling out the network in early 2009....

Posted on December 1, 2008 11:02 AM