[Posted on May 31, 2006 at 8:38 AM]
In headlines this morning, there is life after bankruptcy. Just four months after emerging from bankruptcy, electrical power generator Mirant Corp. made a hostile, $15.7 billion offer for its larger
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[Posted on May 25, 2006 at 3:20 PM]
While the AmSouth Bancorp-Regions Financial merger receives all the media's attention, another smaller Birmingham-based bank pulled the trigger on a deal. Alabama National Bancorp has agreed to buy PB Financial
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[Posted on May 25, 2006 at 11:45 AM]
What goes around comes around. Philam Savings Bank, a small thrift in the Philippines, is taking its cue from banks in the U.S. and Europe with its purchase of a
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[Posted on May 22, 2006 at 4:25 PM]
Out with the bad and in with the green — cash that is. After announcing earlier this year it wanted to unload its sub par performing Paramount theme parks, CBS
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[Posted on May 22, 2006 at 12:36 PM]
At about the time WashingtonFirst Bank was founded two years ago, The Deal ran a feature about the explosion in community banking. In turn, the feature concluded that these de
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[Posted on May 22, 2006 at 8:29 AM]
In headlines this morning: the NYSE goes for Euronext; private equity bidders win VNU and the bid deadline for Univision is set. NYSE Group Inc. put forth a $10.8 billion
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[Posted on May 18, 2006 at 4:36 PM]
Only one thing could be said about the upcoming merger of UPN and WB: the names may change, but the shows remain the same. The new network cancelled about a
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[Posted on May 18, 2006 at 8:41 AM]
It’s a bit strange that on the same day the Dow dropped 200 points because of interest-rate worries Deutsche Bank AG decided to buy a California mortgage originator. ...
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[Posted on May 18, 2006 at 8:38 AM]
In headlines this morning: Mittal finally makes a go for Arcelor, Burger King foresees hefty IPO returns as it braces to float Thursday and on Enron, the jury is now
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[Posted on May 17, 2006 at 12:21 PM]
Richard Branson's Virgin Group continues to unload assets. At the beginning of the year the British conglomerate agreed to sell its wireless phone provider Virgin Mobile to British cabler
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[Posted on May 17, 2006 at 10:20 AM]
In headlines this morning: $51.3 billion won’t buy Vivendi and Xstrata swoops on Falconbridge, while Mittal’s ready to pounce on Arcelor and One Equity cashes out with a billion-dollar sale.
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[Posted on May 16, 2006 at 9:45 AM]
In headlines this morning, Aztar changes its mind again, CA loses another top honcho and NCO Group’s chief executive offers top dollar to buy out the company. Aztar Corp. called
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[Posted on May 15, 2006 at 3:10 PM]
Oil isn't the world's only hot commodity, so are precious metals. Precious metals like gold, silver, copper and nickel are so hot right now that the zinc in a penny
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