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Integration trips up AMD (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In 2006, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. made a power play against chipmaker Intel Corp., with its cash-heavy $5.6 billion acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI Technologies Inc. Now, it seems, efforts to integrate the company's largest-ever acquisition, by about $4.8 billion, are at least partially responsible for weighing it...

Posted on April 8, 2008 4:59 PM

Network Appliance highlighted at ACG conference (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In between the 5K run, tennis and golf games in Orlando, Fla., at ACG InterGrowth's middle-market summit, Silicon Valley storage software maker Network Appliance Inc. will step up to the podium to receive ACG's Outstanding Corporate Growth Award. In...

Posted on April 7, 2008 4:55 PM

Caterpillar spends $500M to control Japan JV (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The 50-50 joint venture between Caterpillar Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. was formed 44 years ago. Now, under a share redemption plan, Caterpillar would become the majority shareholder (67%) in Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd., with an option to reach full ownership after five years...

Posted on March 26, 2008 12:13 PM

Fourth-quarter-boosting acquisitions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

One quarter doesn't determine the success of a deal, but quarterly earnings reports do offer a chance to check up on how various acquisitions have fared since they closed. The headliner for this quarter would have to be last year's pharmacy chain merger of equals between CVS Corp. and Caremark...

Posted on January 31, 2008 2:23 PM

Kicking it up a notch at Puma (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The Players: French retailer PPR SA, owner of luxury brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney, and retail businesses with holdings in home furnishings, appliances, automobiles, pharmaceutical products; and Puma AG, the German maker of sportswear and accessories. The Plan: PPR, which posted 2006 sales...

Posted on June 15, 2007 9:54 AM

Is Microsoft what Nortel needs? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

A partnership to pursue unified communications might make a big difference -- once the two sides settle the details and show they can work together.

Posted on October 15, 2006 5:52 PM

Building a full-solution sales team (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Looking for growth in a highly competitive economy, many companies are adopting a strategy of trying to fill more of their customers' needs. Since their basic products are becoming more commodity-like, the companies seek to add a service element and become so-called "full solution providers." Often, the strategy is...

Posted on February 15, 2004 12:23 PM