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WPP likely to succeed on hostile offer for Taylor

Hostile bids are enjoying an unprecedented 28.6% success rate so far this year, according to FactSet MergerMetrics. One more hostile takeover will likely bump up that stat. With one day to go, advertising company WPP Group plc Thursday looked likely to triumph with its £1.2 billion ($2.14 billion) hostile offer for Taylor Nelson Sofres plc....


Sorrell makes new run on TNS

Advertising and marketing heavyweight WPP Group plc has made a fresh attempt to derail Taylor Nelson Sofres plc's merger with market research peer GfK AG and received another brushoff....



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By Steven Miller, Standard & Poor's

Paulson's proposal to purchase an equity stake in Yellow Pages publisher Idearc is the second time in recent months an investor group has used its prepetition debt position to execute a bargain price 'exit LBO.'


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By Bradford P. Weirick and Joelle Khoury, Gibson Dunn

Growth companies and their PE sponsors should be wary of the pitfalls that arise when they layer on tiers of preferred stock.


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Easing the stress of distressed M&A

By Derek Watson, KPMG

Corporate buyers face numerous complexities when trying to identify the right moment to purchase a distressed asset.



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