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Disney, Microsoft, Abbott Labs win M&A awards (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On Wednesday and Thursday, The Deal was in conference mode, hosting panels of high-profile dealmakers on financial and corporate sides, doing post-panel video interviews and live-blogging. The two-day Deal Economy 2010 event was capped off in a packed room where strategic dealmakers received honors for their M&A work. Corporate...

Posted on November 20, 2009 11:58 AM

Corporate layoffs: J&J, Nokia JV and much more (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Corporate layoffs are churning this earnings season, with companies trying to cut costs while growing their core businesses. We've gathered a list of pink slippers from the past couple weeks. Of course, aggressively cutting costs is only one side of recent corporate strategy. Downsizing while acquiring has been a frequent...

Posted on November 5, 2009 4:12 PM

Microsoft, BNY Mellon team on stimulus tracking (from Corporate Dealmaker)

With more than $200 billion flowing into state coffers from the $787 billion federal stimulus package passed by Congress in February, tracking spending and measuring results has become a big concern for states. The federal government is trying to help with its recovery.org Web site, with guidelines and interactive maps...

Posted on September 15, 2009 12:17 PM

Microsoft's McAndrews heads to Madrona (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Brian McAndrews, who spent eight years as CEO of aQuantive Inc., led its acquisition of Razorfish Inc. and negotiated the company's $6 billion sale to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) in August 2007, joined Seattle's Madrona Venture Group as a managing director. McAndrews left Microsoft in January after the transition of aQuantive...

Posted on August 17, 2009 11:27 AM

Microsoft expands healthcare research platform (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced plans to acquire certain assets of Rosetta Biosoftware, a subsidiary of Merck & Co. (NYSE:MRK), for an undisclosed amount. Under terms of the deal, Microsoft will incorporate Rosetta's bioresearch data management software into its Amalga Life Sciences platform, a software system launched in April to...

Posted on June 1, 2009 4:04 PM

Are Oracle, Microsoft eyeing healthcare IT? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

They certainly could be, says Harris Williams & Co. managing director David Joncas, who co-leads the firm's technology, telecom and digital media group. "Healthcare IT is highly fragmented, but it's not just incumbents that will consolidate the market," says Joncas. "I wouldn't be surprised to see Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) expand into...

Posted on June 1, 2009 9:41 AM

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

What to make of Big Tech's big bond sales amid credit crunch? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sales of corporate bonds are off by nearly a third on the year, no surprise in the midst of a severe credit crunch. But a big exception, according to a Bloomberg article, is issuance by tech companies. Though they are having to pay up for the funds, tech companies are...

Posted on December 3, 2008 12:45 PM

What's lost in a Wachovia carve-up? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Joseph Schumpeter touted capitalism's knack for creative destruction. But in the context of the possible outcomes as two giant banks spar over the fate of a third one -- with the government deeply involved -- the notion seems overly  idealistic. Kind of like Alan Greenspan's confidence that the derivatives markets...

Posted on October 9, 2008 2:08 PM