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I-banks, law firms hire in response to oil M&A
Strategics in the oil sector feeling an economic upturn is in sight have been running to the deal table as valuations are still a bit depressed. In turn, investment banks and law firms alike have responded by hiring as they look to reign in M&A advisory fees.Some big deals have...  Continue reading
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Cleantech deals offer ray of economic hope
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...  Continue reading
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Animal health M&A trend: Wockhardt sells
In a broader effort to focus on its human pharmaceutical business and raise cash (as well as investor confidence), Indian generic drug maker Wockhardt Ltd. is selling its animal health division to France's Vétoquinol. The deal marks Vétoquinol's entrance into India. Earlier this month, Wockhardt sold its German business Esparma...  Continue reading
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FT: Morgan Stanley hired for Razorfish sale
A Financial Times report said Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) tapped Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) to find a potential buyer for Razorfish, its digital agency, in a deal that could be worth around $600 million to $700 million. Microsoft gained Razorfish -- which designed the logo for new search function Bing -- when...  Continue reading
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A look at Silicon Graphics bankruptcy buy

Posted on June 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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Distressed deals have been on the rise, numbers from The Deal Pipeline show. One of those transactions corporate dealmakers may find interesting involves server maker Rackable Systems Inc., which had only eight days last month to close its $42.5 million acquisition of computing legend Silicon Graphics Inc., which it...  Continue reading
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Nissan's Ghosn 'not worried' about selling e-cars
Japan's Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:NSANY), slated to receive a piece of the $25 billion the U.S. Department of Energy set aside for makers of fuel-efficient cars, will debut its first electric vehicle in August. Nissan plans to sell the cars -- with a 100-mile battery life -- in Japan...  Continue reading
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Tech companies 'much less bearish' on deals
Cash-rich tech giants are showing signs of a willingness to open their coffers to acquire startups and rivals. The tech-focused section of our sister blog Dealscape highlighted data from the 451 Group showing conditions have stabilized to some degree for tech acquirers and potential targets alike.Leading the way this...  Continue reading
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Gazprom, eying deals, may raise $1B in bonds
As oil prices rebound -- almost doubling in price per barrel since December -- Russian oil giant OAO Gazprom's oil arm may issue up to $1 billion in bonds to support its quest for acquisitions.Gazprom Neft's chief executive Alexander Dyukov said it is in talks with Russian oil firm...  Continue reading
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Watson-Arrow latest in emerging markets trend
As it tries to keep up with its main rivals, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s (NYSE: WPI) $1.75 billion acquisition of privately held Arrow Group highlights a growing trend in Big Pharma expanding into emerging markets via dealmaking.The deal gives Watson a significant presence outside of the U.S. as Arrow, which is...  Continue reading
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Job cuts in Miller's MySpace makeover
For the first time, Facebook Inc. passed MySpace in terms of U.S. visitors for a month. ComScore Inc. said Facebook's users almost doubled from a year earlier, while MySpace lost 5%. It's a figure News Corp.'s (NYSE:NWS) chief digital officer Jonathan Miller must be very familiar with. However, he's no...  Continue reading
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