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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

Tough climate for M&A, cont'd (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Monday we noted three hostile deals abandoned in one day. Tuesday Rob Kindler, a vice chairman at Morgan Stanley in New York, weighs in via a Bloomberg article: "With credit markets now in total disarray, M&A will be exceptionally slow for the rest of the year, excluding deals driven by...

Posted on October 14, 2008 1:11 PM

Allied Waste discusses divestitures with DOJ (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Here's the deal: The No. 1 U.S. trash hauler, Waste Management Inc., raised its unsolicited bid for No. 3 hauler Republic Services Inc. to $6.73 billion. Republic rejected that bid in August. It would rather hook up with No. 2 hauler, Allied Waste Industries. And things are moving forward....

Posted on September 17, 2008 4:59 PM

Waste Management may dump assets for Republic deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Apparently, Waste Management Inc. doesn't want its offer to be dumped, but it looks like it may have to spin off some businesses in order to complete the deal. The Houston company has raised its bid for Republic Services Inc. 8.8% from $6.2 billion to $6.73 billion. Standard & Poor's...

Posted on August 11, 2008 2:36 PM

Republic, Allied think integration; Waste Management has other plans (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Dueling messages in the latest news about the big trash deal:On Wednesday Republic Services Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. announced the integration team for the proposed acquisition of Allied by Republic. On Thursday, interloper (and industry leader) Waste Management Inc. announced that it's filing a Hart-Scott-Rodino notification that will...

Posted on July 24, 2008 11:50 AM

Republic Services spurns Waste Management; sticks with Allied (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Waste Management Inc.'s $6.2 billion offer to acquire Republic Services Inc. wasn't enough to derail its rival's planned merger with Allied Waste Industries. Republic announced on Friday that it would not enter negotiations with Waste Management, saying the proposed deal would generate fewer cost savings and less value for shareholders...

Posted on July 18, 2008 10:20 AM

Waste Management tries to block $6B Republic-Allied deal (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Big banks may be toppling under weight of the credit crunch, but strategics are in full force. The big news Monday was Anheuser-Busch Cos. agreement to be acquired by InBev SA for $52 billion, creating an $80 billion beer company. Other merger Monday news centered on Republic Services Inc. They deal with beer bottles, too - empty ones. Waste Management...

Posted on July 14, 2008 12:12 PM