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Yahoo!: A brief recap and potential M&A deals (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo! Inc., losing search market share to Google Inc., is at a restructuring crossroads. The company's 2007 fourth-quarter results are tugging the share price down: Net income went from $268.7 million in the fourth quarter 2006 to $205.7 million, about a 23.4% drop. As expected, co-founder and CEO...

Posted on January 30, 2008 2:33 PM

IHS focuses on integrating acquisitions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Technical information provider IHS Inc. wants to improve its integration process. So the firm has asked Mark Kelly to step into a newly created corporate development role: senior vice president, acquisition integration. Before IHS, Kelly was CFO for Marketmile, an American Express Co. and venture capital-backed startup company in Silicon Valley....

Posted on January 28, 2008 2:43 PM

The chance of a lifetime (from Corporate Dealmaker)

This story is fictional, but the issues are real. How does a newly acquired business development leader get a middle-market company ready to make a major acquisition?

Posted on December 15, 2006 11:15 PM

MTV pumps up the volume in Asia (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The online and mobile download markets in Japan are expected to reach $249 million and $1.9 billion this year, respectively.

Posted on December 15, 2006 8:22 PM

The crossing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Memo to media moguls: Get over it. Get over your need for control. Get over the fear and fealty you've instilled in your subordinates for all those years. And get over the top-down decision-making process that has characterized mass media companies since they first arose in the 19th century....

Posted on December 15, 2005 7:30 PM

Work in progress: The human factor (from Corporate Dealmaker)

America West CEO Doug Parker faces daunting work-force challenges as he tries to integrate US Airways.

Posted on October 15, 2005 2:06 PM

When big guys buy small fry (from Corporate Dealmaker)

I love you, you're perfect; now change. For as long as big companies have bought small ones, this approach to post-merger integration has been nearly as common as it is self-defeating. When a deal is coming together, commercial logic is emphasized and cultural differences are often overlooked. Later, when the...

Posted on December 15, 2004 11:35 AM

Lessons from the Geeks (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Big companies like to buy small ones with good ideas and hook them up to their powerful distribution channels. The payoffs can be big, but when the target's a service provider, the challenges often are too. Yet as Best Buy Co. is proving with its purchase and buildup of...

Posted on December 15, 2004 10:49 AM