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Energy M&A gets jolt from credit, equity mkts (from Corporate Dealmaker)

PricewaterhouseCoopers released an analysis of energy M&A for the second quarter this week, and like other recent reports, the news was good.The recovery in the credit markets and the bounce in the equity markets boosted energy M&A in the second quarter versus the first in terms of numbers (84...

Posted on July 24, 2009 8:41 AM

PwC's Filek on M&A explorers (from Corporate Dealmaker)

On the risk and reward of recessionary dealmaking: It's really an era for explorers, who are willing to try and navigate in unchartered territory, and great riches may await for those who venture there. However, as explorers have found for centuries, riches are difficult to find and many explorers never...

Posted on July 13, 2009 3:02 PM

T. Boone Pickens makes predictions at symposium (from Corporate Dealmaker)

T. Boone Pickens continues to criss-cross the country talking about the Pickens Plan, which proposes building a swath of massive wind farms through the center of the country to produce electricity and divert the natural gas used to fuel power plants to transportation instead. Pickens' (pictured) latest stop was...

Posted on May 21, 2009 9:50 AM

Rosetta Stone to debut in depressed IPO market (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Rosetta Stone Inc., maker of the language learning software sold at airport kiosks and through television pitches, set an estimated price range Wednesday for its initial public offering. (Deal Pipeline subscribers can read more here.) If completed, the company's offering will be the third IPO to price this year. The...

Posted on April 1, 2009 12:30 PM

Metals M&A forges ahead, report says (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In their fourth-annual report, "Forging Ahead," PricewaterhouseCoopers took a deep dive into the metals sector, analyzing the M&A numbers, the economic impact on dealmaking and forecasting trends in the industry. PwC found that there have been major shifts of focus: from steel to aluminum and away from Western Europe...

Posted on April 18, 2008 2:58 PM

A little perspective on surging oil, mining, utility M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While the world laments the death of M&A given the credit crunch, financial institutions crumbling and the gyrating stock market, oil and gas, power and mining deals are thriving. According to three separate reports over the past month by PricewaterhouseCoopers, M&A value levels were up .3% in the oil and...

Posted on April 2, 2008 2:51 PM

Deals stoke profits for Russian steelmaker (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Wednesday, vertically integrated steelmaker Evraz Group SA reported preliminary results for 2007, which included about a 56% rise in net profit ($2.144 billion from $1.377 billion in 2006). The company also expects a revenue increase in the first half of 2008 of 60% to 65% versus the $6.053 billion in...

Posted on April 2, 2008 1:28 PM

Beyond the BRICs (from Corporate Dealmaker)

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

Aiming higher (from Corporate Dealmaker)

How do the best corporate deal teams keep getting better? Partly by sharing experiences and learning from each other - as these highlights from the most recent Corporate Dealmaker Forum make clear.

Posted on February 16, 2007 2:00 AM

Do you hear dripping? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

If not, maybe you should be listening better. Leakage of licensing fees is weakening more than a few IP management programs.

Posted on June 15, 2006 8:08 PM