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Entries tagged "mergers"Sullivan & Cromwell's Pagnani on biotech M&AAt The Deal LLC's Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium, attorney Keith Pagnani commented on how the dealmaking landscape for biotechs is changing. Could BofA sell First Republic to Larry King?Now that its acquisition of Merrill Lynch is complete, Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) may sell off First Republic Bank, a private bank it inherited in the acquisition. Inside The Deal: Paul Hastings' Michael Cohen on antitrust under ObamaWhat could an Obama administration bring to the merger clearance environment? In this edition of Inside The Deal, Michael Cohen, a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, explains to The Deal's Suzanne Stevens that there may be more strategic combinations, which could trigger more antitrust reviews. He also explores the implications on the Federal Trade Commission's battle of the integration of Wild Oats Markets Inc. into Whole Foods Market Inc. See the video after the break or download it at iTunes. - Maria Woehr ... More deals drop and reprice amid turmoilDeal repricings and collapses are increasingly commonplace as dealmakers are confronted by both the uncertain stock market's effect on valuations and unfavorable capital markets. ... Let the thaw begin?Fears of a drawn-out credit market ice age subsided somewhat on Monday as the interbank lending rate LIBOR fell for the sixth straight day and the spreads on credit default swaps of major U.S. banks all tightened. The London interbank offered rate for dollars posted its largest decline in nine months with one-month LIBOR for dollars at 3.75%, and three-month LIBOR for dollars at 4.06%. Investors saw this as light at the end of the frozen credit tunnel sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 413.21 points to close at 9,265.43. ... Roll Call: Entreprenuer Media gets scooped upEntrepreneur Media is being scooped up by Austin Ventures and another unnamed private equity firm for about $200 million, according to PaidContent. - Maria Woehr ... Thain: Sale of Bloomberg, BlackRock stakes a possibilityJohn Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co., said that the company would consider selling its stakes in Bloomberg LLC and BlackRock Inc., but the firm could also make use of the Federal Reserve's discount window, if it needed to raise more capital. ... Roll Call: No one listens to E.F. Hutton anymoreEver wonder what happened to E.F. Hutton? After a scandal, it's now part of Citigroup Inc, according to a Blogging Stocks article, which is part of a series on companies that have vanished into thin air. - Maria Woehr ... Brewing up a beer dealEurope's InBev NV may be brewing up a $46 billion merger offer for Anheuser-Busch Inc., leading to speculation that other brewers may be interested in pairing with America's leading beermaker. Reports suggest that the team from Lazard, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and others advisers working on the InBev deal also may be chatting with Diageo plc (codename Duck) and Heineken International (codename Helium), who are thought to be potential white knights for the maker of Budweiser.... Soapbox: Winging a dealIn the Daily Deal Gary I. Horowitz, an attorney with Washington law firm Wiley Rein LLP, analyzes business aircraft liabilities in mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. Many large corporations own private aircraft for business purposes and to provide senior executives with efficient, fast, safe and secure transportation. However, aircraft-related liabilities can affect both the seller and acquirer during the acquisition, sale, merger or reorganization of a business enterprise in many areas, including civil aviation, federal income and excise tax, state sales, use and personal property taxes, and general contracting with third parties, such as aircraft management companies and charter operators. Accordingly,... The Deal Calendar: May 19 - 23, 2008Here's a preview of all of the dealmaking events you need to know about for the week of May 19th. The HSR Act expires for British drug company GlaxoSmithKline's $720 million purchase of Sirtis Pharmaceuticals; Draxis Health shareholders will vote on the proposed merger with drug maker Jubilant; and retailers Target, Home Depot, Limited Brands, Gap, and Talbots will report and discuss earnings. Suzanne Stevens, senior editor of Corporate Dealmaker, joins us this week with a closer look at Talbots' earnings. - The editors... Roll Call: Cars.com acquires PickupTrucks.comCars.com, a division of Classified Ventures, bought PickupTrucks.com for an undisclosed amount. Read more about it on paidContent.org. - Maria Woehr... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "mergers." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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