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Walt Disney Co.

Walt Disney Co. agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in cash and stock -- a deal that broke 2009's M&A calm.

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Regulatory

Pay for say

The proposed SEC rule banning certain political contributions could have a big impact on advisers' activities.


Industry Insight

Two steps back

Weakening the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


Judgment Call

Extra credit

Acquisition financing in 2010: Trends from 2009


Editor's Note

Transactions: Feb. 8, 2010

Washington has succeeded in demonizing the financial markets.



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General Motors

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AIG Inc.

The latest on the bailout to end all bailouts.



Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village

Tishman Speyer Properties LP and BlackRock Inc. will hand over the keys to the Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment complexes in New York to their lenders.



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AOL

AOL Inc. finalized on Dec. 10, 2008 its spin off from Time Warner Inc., and the stakes are high. As an independent company, AOL's shortcomings will no longer be buried in Time Warner's results.



Dubai World

The government of Dubai's investment arm Istithmar World has gone on a massive shopping spree over the past few years. But now, with the global economy still in a malaise, Dubai is having trouble paying its debts.



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Confectioners: Cadbury, Hershey, more

Cadbury plc on Jan. 19, capitulated to a takeover by Kraft Foods Inc. worth £11.9 billion ($19.4 billion), ending five months of resistance and 186 years of independence.



Airline consolidation, bankruptcy

The credit crunch has left airlines scrambling to cut costs, trim schedules and hope their dwindling cash piles can outlast the slowdown.



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Yahoo!

The long drawn-out Yahoo!-Microsoft-Google saga has entered a new stage as Yahoo! and Microsoft team up on a 10-year partnership.



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Brewers

The once-fragmented beer industry has seen a huge amount of dealmaking over the past decade.



Carl Icahn

Biogen, WCI, Tropicana ... another day, another company for activist investor Carl Icahn. Here's the latest.



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Big Pharma

The pharmaceutical industry has seen a ton of deals over the past few years -- with $230 billion in M&A activity from the top 10 pharma companies alone since the beginning of 2007. But with plenty of players since on the board, there's likely to be some more hefty spending through 2010.



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