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More on the ascendancy of the strategic buyer (from Corporate Dealmaker)

For further proof that the competitive advantage in M&A has shifted from financial to strategic buyers, give Vipal Monga's piece, Blackballed, in this issue of The Deal newsweekly a read. In it, Monga reports that some corporate sellers are excluding private equity groups from auctions, even when those firms have...

Posted on June 11, 2008 10:18 AM

Making working capital work harder (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On page 1 of the private equity playbook, in boldface type, it says that companies should be operated so they use their cash as efficiently as possible. Among other things, that means PE owners keep a sharp eye on working capital, the money that firms use to fund inventories, receivables...

Posted on April 2, 2008 9:18 AM

Xerox dealmaker on the company's comeback and current conditions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Led by CEO Anne Mulcahy, Xerox Corp. has come a long way since its nadir in 2000. In New York Wednesday, at the Argyle Executive Forum: 2008 Leadership in Corporate Divestitures & Acquisitions,  Jagtar Narula, a director of M&A for Xerox Global Services, offered some insight into how Xerox became more than just...

Posted on January 9, 2008 1:21 PM

A shout-out to PE, condolence-lite (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's hard to blame the buyout crowd for using all that cheap debt. It's also easy to be glad they'll have to stop for a while.

Posted on October 15, 2007 9:23 AM

The way they see it (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Understanding how private equity works is an increasingly important part of being a successful corporate dealmaker.

Posted on August 15, 2007 7:45 PM

Always be closing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Time is the enemy of deals -- for hard-luck cold callers and big-league corp dev executives alike.

Posted on August 15, 2007 7:14 PM

When management talks to PE (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As the imbroglio at Dow Chemical shows, executive discussions with buyout funds can lead to problems. Clarifying the rules ahead of time will help keep companies out of trouble.

Posted on August 15, 2007 7:01 PM

Deliver and you get paid (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Nothing reinforces more the view that corporate chieftains are overpaid than the sums awarded CEOs given the boot. Early this year, Robert Nardelli's $210 million severance package, after he'd presided over a steep drop in Home Depot Inc.'s market value, made headlines for its extravagance. But Nardelli's isn't the...

Posted on August 15, 2007 6:03 PM

Common cause (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As some recent deals demonstrate, what once seemed unlikely now seems inevitable. But that doesn't mean everyone's pedaling along together in perfect harmony.

Posted on June 15, 2006 7:00 PM