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The Deal magazine looks at the biotech sector and how new, creative funding deals are promising to rejuvenate the search for new drugs. Plus, this issue looks at LIBOR's new landscape. Meanwhile, we have an indepth conversation with CD&R's Joseph Rice.
June 18, 2012What goes up must come down, and so it would appear as The Deal magazine examines big-league bankruptcy. The theory holds for Tribune as it's new owners weigh its assets. But what about W.R. Grace, as it emerges from bankruptcy having made 22 acquisitions under protection? Plus, the corporate dealmaker 100.
May 28, 2012The Deal magazine takes an indepth look at the strategic dealmaking of the packaging industry in the middle market. We also hit the road looking at the startup landscape in the drug development and medical devices sectors in Kalamazoo, Michigan as well as the burgeoning companies in the solar power, pharmaceutical, brewery and pesticide industries in Bend, Oregon.
May 7, 2012Wanna do M&A? Careful, because here comes the shareholder litigation. When it comes to tech acquisitions, they're getting done -- just too bad companies aren't very good at it. And sovereign wealth funds are back, growing fast.
April 16, 2012No one said private equity would be easy, and our annual Private Equity Deals of the Year proves it again with a roundup of 2011's big winners and losers. Also, The Deal magazine takes a look at cowboy capitalism with a trip to Dallas-Fort Worth. Finally, take a look at our sampling of middle-market companies on the auction block.
April 2, 2012The Deal magazine travels to Japan to witness the island nation rise again amidst an active streak of dealmaking. Plus, a duet of music-related articles look at the antitrust snares of Universal Music's purchase of EMI assets and the effect that the emergence of digital music is having on copyright laws.
March 12, 2012In this issue, The Deal magazine hits the bankruptcy trifecta: the take-no-prisoners battle for Alter Communications; the rise and fall of real estate moguls, the Meruelo brothers; and the bankruptcy league tables. Also, take a look at how Humana has set a new course along the acquisition trail.
February 20, 2012The Deal magazine focuses on the middle market by looking at some of its top dealmakers and then gives an overview of what's out there on the auction block. The issue also features an in-depth look at private equity in France and in emerging markets around the world.
February 6, 2012The Deal magazine gets in the pilot seat to take a look at American Airlines' bankruptcy, then wonders what will now happen to a beleaguered Reader's Digest. Also, Herb Fritch of HealthSpring may have an answer to the sky-high inflation of the healthcare industry.
January 23, 2011What a topsy-turvy, rumbly-tumbly year 2011 turned out to be -- and The Deal magazine takes a look at the M&A Deals of the Year in uncertain times. Also, Edgar Bronfman Jr. sits down for his first interview since selling Warner Music.
December 12, 2011Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, suddenly it was 2011 -- and The Deal magazine looks back at all the twists and turns of dealmaking. Also in this issue, dealmakers pay back as social entrepreneurs.
November 28, 2011'What worrying wall of debt?' The Deal magazine asks. Oh, right, there it is. Plus, the Windy City offers up its own particular brand of private equity, while, farther afield, Big Oil makes a play in Kurdistan.
November 14, 2011The Deal magazine tracks down the in-house corporate dealmakers from the top American companies and takes a voyage around the world to explore the valleys and peaks of the travel industry.
October 31, 2011The Deal magazine goes back to school and offers a full report on the business of education.
October 17, 2011The Deal magazine goes looking for trolls and geeks, and the middle market shows its ups and downs in a trying economy.
October 3, 2011Who are the private equity movers and shakers to keep an eye on, and how does Ralph de la Torre look to transform managed care?
September 19, 2011The Deal magazine honors this year's Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers and takes a close look at the ups and downs of Wall Street compensation.
September 5, 2011The interview issue asks all the pertinent questions to six experts in their respective fields, while the market for multiple sclerosis therapies provides an evocative case study on dealmaking.
July 25, 2011The Deal magazine gets up close and personal with faces of the middle market and charts the new hits of the music business as it shifts away from label dominance.
June 27, 2011Despite trying financial times, the spotlight shines on the private equity deals of the year that were deftly executed and held to the principle of creating value.
The return of middle-market dealmaking is 'dependent on financing,' according to Thomas Monson, a partner at Jenner & Block.
The DOJ's decision to sue earlier than people expected on AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile yields insights into the agency's thinking.
Thanks to the meltdown of 2008, Wall Street's CROs are more influential than ever. Next stop, CEO?
The Deal magazine offers a look at the prominent chief risk officers in the banking industry.
Thomas Hoenig retires from the Fed but is expected to become second in command at the FDIC. Stand by for an irreverent, critical voice opposed to many banking policies, and perhaps someone more willing to close down big, troubled firms.
A federal judge who turned the Eastern District of Texas into one of America's busiest patent courts retires.
The managing director of GE Energy Financial discusses Energy Technology Ventures, a JV with ConocoPhillips and NRG, and what's going on in the clean-energy sector.
The former Yahoo! senior exec is helping LinkedIn accelerate its buy-and-build pace after years of deal abstinence.
Following a divestiture to NetApp, the chipmaker returns to its once-active pursuit of sizable acquisitions with the purchase of SandForce.
The British prime minister hands out lessons on how euro-zone countries should manage their economies. But is anyone listening?
Hirings, firings, raids, defections, new offices, retirements and fond remembrances when appropriate.
BB&T goes low-risk in Florida, Tefal's cooking in China, ICBC issues a breakthrough bond, and KPS stays true to Paul Weiss.
Mr. Moneybags can offer bland speeches on 'win-win cooperation,' as he did at Cannes for the G-20 meeting, and get away with it.
Our first listing of in-house corporate dealmakers from the top American companies.
Chief executives and their teams at the biggest U.S. companies are coping with a challenging environment in a number of ways.
In this first ranking of such teams, we decided to set aside the biggest banks. Here's why.
The private equity firm's energy investing chief discusses Blackstone's deals, the fundamentals and outlook for the energy markets, and investment opportunities in the U.S. and abroad.
The sector's vulnerabilities to technological disruption, economic undertows and ill-timed natural disasters are large. All of which makes travel something of a deal machine.
Debating the 'just deserts' theory, which refers not to the lemon meringue pie on the sideboard but to the notion that individuals get the wealth they deserve.
The recent college graduate with a Dickensian name and a tattoo started an online petition against Bank of America's debit card fees. Then she got a little help from her friends.
The impresario behind Dish Network and EchoStar has been active on the M&A front. Now, with Blockbuster, a strategy begins to emerge.
The decision, pending appeal, would be the largest-ever resolution of a Delaware case by more than $800 million.
With the kickoff of the new Dodd-Frank requirement, advisers are required to spell out information about the liquidity, counterparty exposure, type of investment and some other details of the funds they manage.
The tiny crosstown counterpart to Groupon, armed with fresh capital, plans to diversify deeper into areas such as local business, social networking sites and mobile applications.
Long before Chapter 11 is contemplated, precautionary steps can help to minimize both stress and loss.
These entities can create transparent corporate governance regimes that align the interests of executive management and the board.
Private funds seeking to raise capital from banking entities need to understand what the proposed rules would permit if adopted as written.
