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This week's issue features our annual look at Private Equity Deals of the Year. Coming about one year after the credit crisis took hold, this year's collection, spearheaded by Vyvyan Tenorio, is an eclectic bunch; we call the compilation "Odds and Ends." We begin by highlighting a few blockbuster exceptions to the period's general bleakness, including Alltel Corp.'s $27.5 billion LBO and its successful flip to Verizon Wireless months later. There's also Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s sale of ConvaTec, notable for the airtight sale agreement behind it, and two precredit crunch buyouts, United Rentals Inc. and Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s television...
The new edition of The Deal is all about breezes, gusts, gale force winds: No, we're not talking the market crisis. We're referring to a special report by our folks at Tech Confidential, edited by Alain Sherter, which drills deeply into the dealmaking possibilities of the emerging, if still immature, wind energy business. We look at selected venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, at the legal and regulatory challenges, at the opportunities -- or, in some cases, lack of opportunities -- for M&A. It's a cold, clear, fresh look at an burgeoning business....
