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Schering deal puts Merck in the lost-pet-finding business (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The press release put out by Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK) on its $41.1 billion deal to acquire Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE:SGP) puts heavy emphasis on the pharmaceutical pipeline. There's no mention at all of Schering's substantial consumer products business, which sells such brands as Claritin, Coppertone and Dr. Scholl's.Does Merck, with...

Posted on March 9, 2009 10:19 AM

Republic-Allied integration is well mapped, explained (from Corporate Dealmaker)

To keep all constituencies on board during a merger, most companies now recognize, you don't just need a comprehensive integration plan. You also have to make sure everyone knows what it is, and that you're delivering on it. Worthy of note in this regard is the integration project underway at waste-hauler...

Posted on March 2, 2009 8:30 AM

Honeywell CFO: A different take on seller expectations (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Friday morning we noted that one industrial exec -- David Speer, CEO of Illinois Tool Works Inc. -- expects that in 2009 that many targets will be resistant to selling at reduced prices.Now here comes another industrial exec with a different take. In an interview with Reuters published Friday, Dave...

Posted on January 30, 2009 2:44 PM

Diamond Foods snacks on Pop Secret (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Diamond Foods, Inc. is hoping to give its earnings and portfolio a pop with the addition of Pop Secret microwave popcorn. Diamond Foods, which has a portfolio specializing in culinary nuts and snack products, will acquire the second-largest popcorn brand for $190 million from General Mills Inc. Diamond expects Pop...

Posted on August 14, 2008 1:39 PM

Consolidation continues as top wine distributors form JV (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Among the companies that truck big-name wine and spirits brands to retailers and restaurants around the country, scale is increasingly the name of the game. The new joint venture between Southern Wine & Spirits of America Inc. and Glazer's Distributors super-sizes what were already two of the top wine distributors...

Posted on August 13, 2008 6:22 PM

Hey kids! Help Time Inc. and your school or group at the same time! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Judging from the headlines about the media business, you'd think the sun was setting on the whole concept of print products. But a deal by Time Inc. reminds us that magazines are still around, and that a magazine giant is still interested in an old-fashioned way of selling them.On Thursday...

Posted on August 8, 2008 9:15 AM

Bentley's spinoff goes live (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s drug delivery spinoff, Cpex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has begun trading on the NASDAQ. Bentley has been planning the spinoff of Cpex to shareholders since last October when it began shopping itself with the advice of Deutsche Bank AG. The Bentley board began considering a separation of the businesses...

Posted on July 1, 2008 3:15 PM