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A tastier, more chocolatey credit crunch (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Some food companies are feeling pinched, but one business in the U.K. sees a sweet profit in the downturn. The Courtyard Shop at Mains of Taymouth has created Credit Crunch Cookies. The tins of shortbread chunky chocolate chip cookies cost $8.00.A bit pricey for cookies. But unemployed bankers can probably...

Posted on February 26, 2009 4:23 PM

McKinsey explores decline and recovery in past recessions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sometimes the best indicators of the way forward can be found by looking back, which is why "Mapping Decline and Recovery Across Sectors," is worth a read. The report published in the latest McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) analyzes the financial performance of U.S. corporations during the last four recessions (mid-70s,...

Posted on January 27, 2009 10:37 AM

Emerging markets: A global economic forecast (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In our recent online focus on emerging markets (also the cover subject in our latest magazine) we excerpted an interesting book, "Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India -- the World's Fastest Growing Market." Now here's more from the author, William Nobrega, president and founder of the Conrad Group, a...

Posted on March 28, 2008 2:29 PM

Economic cycles and corporate VC (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Corporate venture capital hasn't been this prolific since the tech boom '90s. When recession hit then, many CVCs disappeared. We're in another downturn, and dealmakers are showing they learned from history. In this article, The Deal's George White writes that tech giants like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and others...

Posted on February 14, 2008 6:16 PM

Tips from Deloitte: Post-merger integration in a recession (from Corporate Dealmaker)

 Large and dramatic increases in risk spreads, a sharp fall in credit creation, falling home prices, and declining corporate profitability are all indicators to suggest a 2008 recession is likely and may have already begun. If so, thousands of companies worldwide are carrying out post-merger integrations under conditions that bear...

Posted on January 22, 2008 10:42 AM