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After a recent falloff, it looks like the cleantech sector is showing signs of a turnaround. The Cleantech Group, a provider of global market research, events and advisory services for the cleantech sector, along with Deloitte, released preliminary second-quarter results for clean technology venture investments in North America, Europe, China...
Posted on July 1, 2009 3:05 PM
You seldom hear about a consulting operation being acquired out of bankruptcy. But in what is surely a sign of the times, we've just seen the close of such a deal: the purchase of the majority of BearingPoint's North American Commercial Services Practice by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a transaction valued at...
Posted on June 16, 2009 2:52 PM
Following six years of consecutive losses, bankrupt BearingPoint Inc. continues to shed assets. On Wednesday, the bankruptcy court approved the $25 million sale of certain commercial service group assets to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The deal will result in PwC owning a significant portion of the IT consultancy's North American commercial business and...
Posted on April 29, 2009 12:07 PM
Count Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) as another company that figures it's well positioned to make acquisitions in the current economic climate.Speaking at a Reuters Manufacturing Summit in Chicago, Charles Peters, a senior EVP at the St. Louis diversified manufacturer, said making divestitures of underperforming businesses isn't too attractive right now.But...
Posted on February 26, 2009 4:40 PM
Deloitte's mergers and acquisitions practice just produced its ninth installation in what it calls a Straight Talk series. The pamphlet (called "M&A Lies and why they're sometimes true") spends a certain amount of effort arguing with straw men. "Don't worry about integration until the deal is done" is one lie...
Posted on June 27, 2008 5:04 PM
High-profile author and consultant Mark Sirower, who founded the transaction services strategy group at PricewaterhouseCoopers, has moved over to PwC competitor Deloitte Consulting LLP. Sirower is well known in corporate development circles as the author of "The Synergy Trap: How Companies Lose the Acquisition Game." A must-read for many corporate...
Posted on April 10, 2008 8:34 AM
With the economy grinding and credit markets contracting, many corporations are rethinking their growth strategies. Economic conditions have certainly changed the considerations of many deals and undermined others - most recently transactions involving the privatization of Clear Channel Communications and Brazilian miner Cia. Vale do Rio Doce's $90 billion play...
Posted on March 26, 2008 8:53 AM
In dealmaking as in so much else, where you stand can depend on where you sit. For those who sit in the CFO's chair, Deloitte is presenting a Dbrief Webcast on March 19 at 3 p.m.: "What CFOs Should Consider Asking Before the Deal Is Done."Here are the main points...
Posted on March 14, 2008 9:52 AM
OK, you embarked on an acquisition under one set of economic conditions, with one set of assumptions about the cost savings your company could realize and the new revenues it could generate. Now the conditions are changing for the worse, so what do you do? Well, as Ken Horner, managing...
Posted on February 12, 2008 2:30 PM
Whether we're in or headed for an actual recession is still being debated, but there's not much doubt that credit is painfully tight. Which is why on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP is hosting a Webcast, "The Credit Crunch: What Happened and Where Do We Go...
Posted on February 11, 2008 4:24 PM
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