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What's your 'free cash growth profile'? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Hopefully your company has a high one. The odd but intriguing metric was devised by a couple of researchers at Georgia Tech. As an article at CFO.com explains, it reflects the ability of a company to generate free cash flow while increasing revenue. - Kenneth Klee ...

Posted on January 12, 2009 4:03 PM

A shout-out to PE, condolence-lite (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's hard to blame the buyout crowd for using all that cheap debt. It's also easy to be glad they'll have to stop for a while.

Posted on October 15, 2007 9:23 AM

Return of the two-step (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Effective Dec. 8, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted simple yet sweeping changes to the so-called best-price rule. The result will likely be a resurgence in the use of tender offers in acquisitions of U.S. public companies. Originally adopted in 1986, the best-price rule has always had a...

Posted on February 15, 2007 1:22 AM

Tax my merger - please! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Acquirers continue to favor taxable transactions that enable them to enjoy a stepped-up cost basis in their targets - a boon if they should later want to sell.

Posted on August 15, 2006 1:24 PM

Stock vs. cash? You'd be surprised (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As everybody knows, a strong equities market inspires companies to use stock as currency for acquisitions. And, as everybody also knows, buyers who pay in stock usually pay more, both because they lack the discipline a cash transaction imposes, and because sellers demand a premium if they're going to hold...

Posted on August 15, 2004 2:25 PM