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More on the divestiture wave (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Building on our previous post on divestitures, we spoke with Andy Wilson, Deloitte's & Touche's national managing partner for divestitures services, and Jefferey Weirens, national managing director of Deloitte's carve-out and merger integration practice. By Deloitte's reckoning, in 2007 the number of corporate sales of units worth $1 billion or...

Posted on May 8, 2008 2:02 PM

Nestlé deals, organic growth boost sales to $26B (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In the first quarter, Nestlé SA reached sales of Sfr25.7 billion ($25.6 billion), up 6.0% over the same period last year. The company reported sales benefited from strong organic growth of 9.8%, including 4.5% real internal growth (the increase in quantities sold at last year's prices, excluding exchange rate effects...

Posted on April 22, 2008 1:26 PM

After Alcon deal, Nestle well positioned to bid for Mead Johnson (from Corporate Dealmaker)

News of Novartis AG buying Alcon Inc. from Nestle SA brings several thoughts to mind. The first, noted in Andrew Bulkeley's article in The Deal, is that the $11 billion in cash Nestle will reap in the first step of the deal is more than enough to pay for the...

Posted on April 7, 2008 1:42 PM