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Credit crunch squeezes Cablevision sale ... and the U.S. (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As the Dow Jones and other markets ride their roller coaster on news of a Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. bankruptcy and the "Sovereign wealth Fed" reacting by boosting money market funds (which "broke the buck" for the first time in 14 years) and possibly creating an entity to eat up banks' bad debt, dealmakers have to adjust their game plans as well. At a Goldman, Sachs & Co. conference in New York, Cablevision Systems Corp. chief executive Jim Dolan said...

Posted on September 19, 2008 10:51 AM

Dow Jones plunges, Dell sees softening global IT demand (from Corporate Dealmaker)

PC maker Dell Inc. isn't helping to calm nervous investors, who saw the Dow Jones drop 504 points on Monday after the credit crisis pushed Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. into bankruptcy. In a statement, Round Rock, Texas' Dell said:When Dell announced Q2 financial results on Aug. 28, 2008, it reported...

Posted on September 16, 2008 8:59 AM

ACG InterGrowth: Media perspective on PE (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Middle-market PE firms would benefit mightily from having a lobbying outfit in Washington. So argued Dan Primack of Thomson Venture Economics at this panel session, and it was a message that seemed to resonate with the audience. The Private Equity Council, he noted, serves only the big PE firms,...

Posted on April 10, 2008 3:06 PM

ACG InterGrowth: Laffer vs. Sperling in economist smackdown (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It was former Clinton economic adviser Gene Sperling versus Reaganite Arthur Laffer at a plenary session here in Orlando, Fla., Thursday morning, in a matchup that left the very large audience entertained and maybe even a little enlightened. The exchange ended with performers from Cirque de Soleil capering onstage...

Posted on April 10, 2008 11:55 AM

ACG InterGrowth: Vernon Jordan on politics, civility and regulation (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Power broker Vernon Jordan kicked off the ACG InterGrowth meeting with a speech billed as an insider's perspective on the presidential race and candidates. So it was. And as befits a really accomplished insider, he delivered a talk that mixed charm with history (both personal and national) and even...

Posted on April 9, 2008 3:57 PM

Emerging markets: A global economic forecast (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In our recent online focus on emerging markets (also the cover subject in our latest magazine) we excerpted an interesting book, "Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India -- the World's Fastest Growing Market." Now here's more from the author, William Nobrega, president and founder of the Conrad Group, a...

Posted on March 28, 2008 2:29 PM

Preparing for a divestiture (from Corporate Dealmaker)

When it comes to selling a business, planning is everything. In the first of a two-part series, an experienced divestor explains.

Posted on March 12, 2008 2:10 PM

Emerging markets watch: India's new budget and its impact on foreign investors (from Corporate Dealmaker)

India's latest budget, presented in New Delhi on Feb. 29 by Finance Minister Palaniappam Chidambaram, has already drawn plenty of commentary on what it means for various constituencies, and for the prospects of the ruling Congress party in the next election.Here at Corporate Dealmaker, we're particularly interested in the question of...

Posted on March 3, 2008 8:17 AM

Economic cycles and corporate VC (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Corporate venture capital hasn't been this prolific since the tech boom '90s. When recession hit then, many CVCs disappeared. We're in another downturn, and dealmakers are showing they learned from history. In this article, The Deal's George White writes that tech giants like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp. and others...

Posted on February 14, 2008 6:16 PM

Let the bad times roll (from Corporate Dealmaker)

A down market should offer shareholder activists plenty of opportunity for attractive returns.

Posted on December 15, 2007 1:22 PM