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Banks have spent nearly two years downsizing through workforce reductions and other cost-cutting measures. Now many are turning to technology to further drive efficiency and to help maintain service levels. That in turn is attracting a variety of investors to financial services technology, or fintech, firms with the tools to...
Posted on October 30, 2009 8:00 AM
The technology M&A marketplace is set for a rebound, driven by a convergence of higher stock prices and a willingness among buyers to "loosen the purse strings" after months of cash conservation. So says Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle-market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co. In this edition...
Posted on October 28, 2009 12:37 PM
The 2009 outlook for M&A activity is bleak for most sectors, but it's not universal. Jeff Bistrong (pictured), a managing director with the middle-market investment bank Harris Williams & Co., predicts relatively robust dealflow in energy, healthcare and technology. Here's what he had to say about each sector:Energy: "The downward...
Posted on November 18, 2008 11:42 AM
Seems like Comcast Corp. has a sweet tooth for interactive marketing and consumer trends. The cable provider acquired DailyCandy Inc. for $125 million, adding to its online and broadcast lifestyle properties.Comcast plans to integrate DailyCandy into its digital entertainment division, Comcast Interactive Media. The idea is to use the site...
Posted on August 6, 2008 1:32 PM
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
The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn sits down with Ken Klee, editor of Corporate Dealmaker, at The Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium to discuss how the turmoil in the financial markets is affecting deals within the healthcare market. In this clip, Klee talks about the narrowing of the IPO window around biotechs, M&A...
Posted on March 31, 2008 2:38 PM
On March 19, The Deal will be hosting a Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium, monitoring the current pace of healthcare M&A deals and developing an outlook for 2008. Fittingly, Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. just issued their quarterly newsletter, BGL...
Posted on March 10, 2008 4:14 PM
Technology tools replacing physical data rooms are being globalized. Information management and professional services firm BMC Group Inc. recently announced its internationalized multilanguage virtual data room, or VDR, capability. Initially, these VDRs will alow clients to configure the rooms with a Japanese-language interface and also, interestingly, using the Cyrillic alphabet,...
Posted on January 30, 2008 6:02 PM
Dow Jones' Clare Hart on the successful ramp-up and wind-down of the Factiva joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters.
Posted on October 15, 2007 7:47 PM
They can smooth the path to market for complex technologies, but they do entail some loss of control for licensors.
Posted on October 15, 2007 9:05 AM
Security, compatibility, looming upgrades - there's a lot to ask about. The answers affect price, and even the decision to go forward with a deal.
Posted on June 15, 2007 4:04 PM
General Electric Co. and BP plc are hooking up to invest in projects and develop technologies that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The idea is to combine fossil fuel power generation with technology that captures and stores carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere. Ultimately, GE and...
Posted on May 25, 2007 12:31 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
It's no secret that connecting university technology with a company that could use it is a complex process, and there's no shortage of organizations trying to simplify the task. There are for-profit research aggregators such as Yet2.com, and nonprofits including the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center and the University of California...
Posted on April 15, 2007 6:50 AM
Delta Air Lines Inc. is setting April 30 as its date to emerge from bankruptcy. Delta is expected to announce later this week 11 members to serve on its post-bankruptcy board of directors. The board will pick a chief executive to replace Gerald Grinstein, who has said he plans...
Posted on March 27, 2007 10:48 AM
CATI puts a twist on patent donations by helping corporations find joint venture partners to commercialize unwanted IP.
Posted on February 15, 2007 11:42 PM
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
Licensing to commercial ventures is often the best chance that promising medical research has for survival outside the university or institutional lab.
Posted on December 15, 2006 8:42 PM
Breaking out IP in a divestiture gets even more complex when multiple business units within the corporation use it.
Posted on August 15, 2006 12:59 PM
Business development is about building relationships and building relationships means having a strong network to draw on for partnerships and introductions. To that end, we’ll be including a weekly Corporate Movers post in CD Forum to keep you in the loop on leading dealmakers who are on the move....
Posted on May 5, 2006 12:15 PM
As pioneering biotech companies grow up, a few are using venture investments to keep tabs on early-stage technologies gestating inside their less mature counterparts.
Posted on April 15, 2006 5:18 PM
Google's pure VC play, new guidelines for DNA tech transfer, joint ventures in Russia, and heated competition in outsourcing.
Posted on April 15, 2006 4:03 PM
Laura McCluer on rebuilding alliances at CA; plus dealmaking at Vodafone, Bertelsmann, Nortel and GenVec.
Posted on April 15, 2006 3:32 PM
The world really is getting smaller. No sooner had I filed a story on the growing popularity of Russia as a destination for complex R&D projects, then along comes Leonard Y Liu telling the same story about China. Liu dropped by Corporate Dealmaker’s offices recently to do a little...
Posted on March 23, 2006 3:42 PM
Career track (from Corporate Dealmaker)
A consultant mentioned to me during a recent interview that one of his pharmaceutical company clients had been trying unsuccessfully for months to fill an executive-level corporate development position—this despite a steady stream of talented candidates. The problem? The company hadn't yet found anyone with the right combination of...
Posted on March 20, 2006 4:30 PM
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