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M&A: Industries to watch in the upcoming months (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The first quarter has been a challenging one for M&A, but consolidation hasn't completely fizzed out in some industries and in others we should see even more in the upcoming months. Wednesday morning, I spoke with Bob Filek, partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Services, about his outlook for M&A and...

Posted on April 9, 2008 2:22 PM

Building scale in ethanol (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Corn-based ethanol fuels arguments as well as cars. As Congress considers legislation to extend subsidies, opponents are mobilizing. Oil companies say market demand should drive growth, the livestock and poultry lobby complains about soaring feed prices, and environmental groups fear possible soil and water degradation. Wall Street has turned...

Posted on December 15, 2007 10:47 AM

High stakes in the Gulf (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Turmoil in the Middle East and nationalism in Venezuela and elsewhere have U.S. energy companies shopping for hydrocarbons in and around the U.S. That's one of the reasons why Anadarko Petroleum Corp., for example, bought Kerr-McGee Corp. and Western Gas Resources Inc. in one swoop last year for $23...

Posted on August 15, 2007 4:32 PM

Meeting of the miners (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Brazil's CVRD won out in the scramble for Canada's Inco. Now Inco CEO Scott Hand - who previously had very different plans for his company - is leading the integration.

Posted on February 15, 2007 11:59 PM

Alt-energy allies (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The time may be right for biofuels, wind and solar, but the risks and challenges remain large - which is why the companies moving into the sector are arriving in partnerships.

Posted on December 15, 2006 9:52 PM

Mulling the Disney decision (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Writing in The Deal, David Marcus sums up State Supreme Court Justice Jack Jacobs' June 8 opinion in the Walt Disney Co. shareholder litigation this way: It showed that the ferment in the state's corporate law following the 2002 passage of Sarbanes-Oxley has abated in favor of Delaware's historic...

Posted on June 19, 2006 1:57 PM

Hemphill comes home to AES Corp. (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's a homecoming of sorts for Robert Hemphill Jr., who returned in February to Arlington, Va., power producer AES Corp. as executive VP of global development, a new position. Hemphill worked at AES at its founding in 1981, helping to build it from a three-person, $1 million startup to...

Posted on February 15, 2004 4:32 PM