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The Walt Disney Co. continues to build its portfolio of Internet businesses, and don't be surprised to see the buying continue. Disney is reportedly buying two companies: Fanlib and DigiSynd, paidContent is reporting. Fanlib is a fan fiction community site that raised about $3 million from HIG Ventures in 2006....
Posted on June 4, 2008 1:01 PM
Motorola Inc. chief executive Greg Brown's strategy to separate the company's handset and network equipment businesses into two distinct corporations may for a while at least appease shareholders -- like, say Carl Icahn -- who have been agitating for change. But breaking a company...
Posted on March 26, 2008 1:18 PM
For good reason, much of the coverage of the court battle between John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. and Barry Diller of IAC/InteractiveCorp has focused on the outsize personalities involved and the bitterness of the dispute between the two erstwhile allies. But this is also a case of two hyper-clever corporate...
Posted on January 30, 2008 9:46 AM
Alex Lintner's path to his post as senior vice president, strategy and corporate development at Intuit Inc. was paved with a little serendipity, a lot of non-technology-related consulting work and a great deal of sexy lingerie. Before joining Intuit two years ago, Lintner was a vice president and director...
Posted on January 13, 2008 1:36 PM
The word from our big October conference is that the credit crunch now sidelining PE does indeed create opportunities for corporate buyers. Still, there's no turning back the clock on the changes of the last few years.
Posted on December 15, 2007 5:00 PM
Dealmakers have learned to examine their targets with a thoroughness and an attention to what makes deals work that was rarely seen a decade ago.
Posted on December 15, 2007 4:08 PM
Understanding how private equity works is an increasingly important part of being a successful corporate dealmaker.
Posted on August 15, 2007 7:45 PM
There are M&A books, and then there are business books that should be required reading for every executive. Here are five guaranteed to help you be more productive and make smarter decisions.
Posted on August 15, 2007 6:51 PM
In dealmaking there's still no substitute for first-hand experience, but as the field has matured, the library of books with something useful to say on the topic has burgeoned.
Posted on August 15, 2007 6:28 PM
Strategizing at Sprint Sprint Nextel Corp. chairman and chief executive Gary Forsee continues to build out his development team. Keith Cowan has joined the company as president of strategic planning and corporate initiatives and will lead a team that includes Jack Dziak, who joined Sprint earlier this year as...
Posted on August 15, 2007 4:50 PM
Shhh! (from Corporate Dealmaker)
Dealmakers tend to be clever people who like to talk. But the really smart ones also know how to listen.
Posted on June 15, 2007 4:17 PM
A couple of key developments, still not widely appreciated by dealmakers, have begun to change the way net operating losses can be used.
Posted on June 15, 2007 3:58 PM
Intel Capital's international march Intel Capital continues to strengthen its global reach with the appointment of Sudheer Kuppam as its new managing director for India, Japan, Australasia and southeast Asia. Kuppam formerly headed Intel Capital's flash memory and semiconductor investments. Now, he'll oversee the VC unit's $250 million fund...
Posted on June 15, 2007 10:05 AM
Investment Technology Group Inc. recruited Richard Herr as senior vice president of strategic and business development, evaluating strategic partnership opportunities and acquisitions for ITG. Herr comes to ITG from Keefe Bruyette & Woods, where he was a SVP for equity research, covering brokers, exchanges and trade execution firms. Before...
Posted on May 11, 2007 2:48 PM
The global computer microchip consortium is moving its headquarters from Austin to Albany, N.Y. Sematech will become an anchor partner at the UAlbany NanoCollege's Albany NanoTech complex. The consortium already has some established friends in the neighborhood, including member Tokyo Electron Ltd., which has a process development lab at...
Posted on May 10, 2007 4:49 PM
Management consultants have lots of advice for companies making acquisitions, but they haven’t always managed their own so well. An exception appears to be Oliver Wyman, as the management consulting units of Mercer are now known thanks to a rebranding earlier this week. Oliver Wyman combines units that previously went...
Posted on May 10, 2007 1:20 PM
Macrovision proudly announced today that Cisco Systems Inc.'s Scientific Atlanta division will be able to integrate its digital home media solution into several of its platforms, including cable/IP set-top boxes, cable modems and WiMax modems. This is another step in the long march toward greater interoperability between PCs, televisions and...
Posted on May 8, 2007 12:22 PM
Companies use modern information management tools to organize financial data, track supply-chain movement and compile customer relationship details. So why not use them for dealmaking? Even small transactions can require information flows among dozens of people in different locations; large ones multiply the challenge. Sellers need to make due...
Posted on April 15, 2007 10:17 AM
China tends to give bureaucrats lots of room to interpret its loosely worded laws, so it's still early to tell how the changes made in September 2006 to its acquisition rules will play out. But there are some signs of a backlash against foreign investment. In November, for example,...
Posted on April 15, 2007 8:24 AM
Ever want to instantly send on your cell phone the video of that friend wearing odd headpieces atop furniture to everyone you know? With a few strokes, and the help of WiMax technology, it’s now possible. Realizing the thirst for user-generated content and the ability to plop down on a...
Posted on April 11, 2007 3:12 PM
Is the world really flat? was the headline for the International Conference held by the Association for Corporate Growth 's Chicago chapter on Wednesday. Judging from the way stock market jitters had spread from China to the rest of the world the day before, the answer would have to be...
Posted on March 1, 2007 2:55 PM
Skilled bargaining at the table can make a mediocre deal better, but it is the work done weeks in advance that can make a good deal great.
Posted on February 15, 2007 1:32 AM
They're good for incentivizing performance and retaining talent. But if not structured right, they can undermine a deal down the road.
Posted on February 15, 2007 1:01 AM
In business school, one of the models used to describe the corporate structure of a business is that of an organism. It seems; however, every federal Court of Appeals rejects that theory - at least when a company is compared to having a collective "mind." In their Deal article, attorneys...
Posted on February 13, 2007 9:48 AM
Combining elements of public and private M&A deal practice, this increasingly popular structure presents dealmakers with challenges and opportunities.
Posted on December 15, 2006 10:14 PM
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