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Video: Chadbourne & Parke's Todd Alexander predicts consolidation in ethanol industry

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Published December 1, 2008 at 4:41 PM

Volatile corn prices and frozen credit markets have plunged the ethanol industry into turmoil, underscored by recent bankruptcy filings, including the Oct. 31 filing by VeraSun Energy Corp. [VSE], the second largest U.S. ethanol producer. In Tech Confidential's Behind the Money video interview, Todd Alexander, a partner with Chardbourne & Parke LLP, discusses the pressures on ethanol companies, including lack of access to capital and questionable political support, and on the deal-making opportunities ahead, especially in mergers and acquisitons. -- Mary Kathleen Flynn


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From: Busby SEO Test,

I agree, merger and acquisition make the ethanol industry more healthy and grow up.

Thanks.

Posted on: January 6, 2009 8:25 AM


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