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Hershey cleared to dine on Cadbury

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 4:53 PM]

Conservative is the adjective widely attached to the charitable trust that controls Hershey. But maybe it doesn't apply.
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Deal Stocks: GS, DELL, CBY, HSY, GE, CMCSA

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 4:36 PM]

A look at the news moving deal-related stocks including Goldman Sachs, Cadbury, Hershey and General Electric.
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Should MetroPCS take a Leap?

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM]

Walter Piecyk of Pali Capital says MetroPCS should renew its pursuit of Leap Wireless.
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The Deal Economy 2010: Avaya's Ali on digesting Nortel

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:17 PM]

Avaya's Mohamad Ali discusses the company's next target in the wake of buying assets of bankrupt Nortel.
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eBay's Skype deal is (finally) undone

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM]

A consortium of investors that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board takes charge of Skype. What's next?
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Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers announced

[Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:33 AM]

The Deal announced the winners of its second-annual Most Admired Corporate Dealmaker survey at a luncheon in New York on Thursday.
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AIG's Nan Shan sale on hold?

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 5:12 PM]

AIG's biggest sale yet, the $2.7 billion disposal of Taiwan's Nan Shan Life, has reportedly come up against regulatory hurdles because the buyer is Chinese.
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Deal Stocks: BAC, BX, C, CL, ETFC, ICON, JPM, PLA

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:47 PM]

In the news Thursday are Bank of America, Blackstone Group, Citigroup, Colgate-Palmolive, E*Trade Financial and others.
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Deal Economy 2010: Cisco exec on lessons of M&A

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM]

Hooper opened by saying 'You know, they say you should never follow anyone more interesting than you. Then I saw I'm following some guy named Steve Young from Huntsman Capital.'
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Liberty to let DirecTV go?

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 2:13 PM]

Reuters reporters have concluded that Liberty is preparing a sale of the satellite TV service.
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Barbarians at the gateau?

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:39 AM]

Private equity's big-eater KKR reportedly wants a bite of Cadbury and may partner with other bidders to have its cake.
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Deal Economy 2010: Corporate dealmakers on strategy

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:28 AM]

Following the keynote by Weil Gotshal partner Harvey Miller, Corporate Dealmaker editor Kenneth Klee oversaw a panel of dealmakers from Abbott, GE and IBM.
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M&A enthusiasm boosts Reckitt Benckiser

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 7:47 AM]

Investors bid up the household cleaning products maker's stock after a report links it to Colgate-Palmolive.
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