Deals of the Day: Obama Hearts Wall Street. Maybe.
By Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, ... . Deal Journal Mergers & Acquisitions Chief Yahoo: Jerry Yang’s tenure as CEO will likely spur ... start. WSJ Related: Microsoft’s terrible deal making strategy — that worked. Deal Journal [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 13:29:00
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Deals of the Day: Ergen to Karmazin — You Can Keep Your Job
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... ://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal. Mergers & Acquisitions Sirius Discussions: Sirius XM’s talks ... : The U.S. is entering a period likely to feature the most corporate-debt defaults, by dollar amount [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 14:34:24
Deals of the Day: Was the SEC Too Friendly With Bernie Madoff?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... Mergers & Acquisitions General Electric: It is taking its light bulb and appliance unit off [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 15:00:22
Deals of the Day: Was the SEC Too Friendly With Bernie Madoff?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... Mergers & Acquisitions General Electric: It is taking its light bulb and appliance unit off [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 16:12:00
Deutsche Bank Names Evans to Succeed Manas as Head of U.S. M&A
Shanny Basar , of Financial News, reports: Bruce Evans, a 17-year veteran of Goldman Sachs Group who joined Deutsche Bank in 2007, has been named to succeed Jean Manas as head of its Americas mergers-and-acquisitions team ... tables of announced U.S. mergers and acquisitions, according to Dealogic, the investment banking research [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:56:16
Deals of the Day: The Taxman Cometh for AIG
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... . WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions Goldman Sachs Group: The Wall Street bank weighs selling [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 13:37:52
Deals of the Day: Nationalizing Citigroup
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... to stay afloat. FT.com Mergers & Acquisitions Vattenfall: The European electricity producers ... in British corporate history. Times of London Related: RBS will this week unveil plans to shrink [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 04:50:48
Deals of the Day: Wall Street’s Reward
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... employees fell by 44% in 2008, hitting income-tax revenue hard. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions Defending Dow ... presage more acquisitions in the industry. WSJ Astellas Pharma: The japanese pharmaceutical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-28 14:34:38
Deals of the Day: Ken Lewis Is Safe. BofA’s Bonuses? Not So Much
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... ://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal. Mergers & Acquisitions Cash rush: Xstrata is launching a big share sale [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 15:22:26
Deals of the Day: Ken Lewis Is Safe. BofA’s Bonuses? Not So Much
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... ://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal. Mergers & Acquisitions Cash rush: Xstrata is launching a big share sale [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 17:20:00
Deals of the Day: Lehman May Spin Off Weak Real Estate Assets
By Heidi Moore and Stephen Grocer Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing ... to automatically sign up for Deals Alert emails. Mergers & Acquisitions Commerzbank-Dresdner: Investors slammed ... a hairy eyeball at Treasury Secretary Paulson) for the economy’s ills. The magazine suggest [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 11:36:33
Deals of the Day: What’s in a Name? BofA says Goodbye to ‘Countrywide’
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... they’re used to take control of certain lenders? WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions Barclays Global ... : China is signaling greater willingness to use its wealth for acquisitions abroad, a shift that could [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 14:34:46
Insider Trading: Now Brought to You by Masters of the Universe
Not since Bud Fox whispered “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel” in Wall Street has the world of mergers and acquisitions been so overtaken by prominent accusations of insider trading. A scandal quietly hit the world of mergers and acquisitions yesterday: an investment banker at Blackstone Group was alleged to have illegally shared [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:04:09
Insider Trading: Now Brought to You by Masters of the Universe
Not since Bud Fox whispered “Blue Horseshoe loves Anacot Steel” in Wall Street has the world of mergers and acquisitions been so overtaken by prominent accusations of insider trading. A scandal quietly hit the world of mergers and acquisitions yesterday: an investment banker at Blackstone Group was alleged to have illegally shared [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:43
Deals of The Day: Saving the World’s Financial System
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... : Japan has been ahead of the curve on this compensation thing. FT.com Mergers & Acquisitions How ... who isn’t happy: Obama hammered Wall Street firms for “shameful” bonuses, saying it is the “height [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 17:09:53
Deals of The Day: Saving the World’s Financial System
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... : Japan has been ahead of the curve on this compensation thing. FT.com Mergers & Acquisitions How ... who isn’t happy: Obama hammered Wall Street firms for “shameful” bonuses, saying it is the “height [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 17:17:00
The Role of a SOA Platform During Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions are tricky business manoeuvres and if not done skilfully, can produce the very opposite of the synergy they aim to achieve. read more [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 02:30:09
7 Areas New Investors Should Avoid
So you’ve just started investing. You find that there’s a wealth of financial information everywhere ... to? 1. Mergers and Acquisition: Unless you work at a large company and have plenty of stock options, we believe that attention paid to mergers and acquisitions could be spent on more productive [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 13:41:02
3 Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions in the ASC Sector
Historically, physician-owned centers that opened without corporate support have had an easier time doing well financially; then, ... in mergers and acquisitions that the ASC sector is seeing as a result. 1. Financing is tougher ... if the physician-owners so chose, they could have their choice of corporate partners to whom [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 04:05:50
Deals of the Day: Cuomo Looks to Change How Wall Street Is Paid
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal . Mergers & Acquisitions Sara Lee [more...]
Date: 2009-03-13 13:34:00
Deals of the Day: Former CEO Makes Millions on Collapse of AIG
By Heidi N. Moore and Stephen Grocer Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, ... the companies failed to convince lawmakers of the urgent need for a rescue. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions Microhoo no more? Steve Ballmer squelched hopes that the software giant would renew efforts [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 12:45:42
Deals of the Day: General Electric Becomes Unpopular With Investors
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... through our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal . Mergers & Acquisitions Hartford [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 14:19:10
Financial crisis hits global merger and acquisition deals
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) Outbound merger and acquisition (M&A) deals have been hit by the global financial crisis, losing their valuation by 76 percent this year, according to an industry lobby study. The report, released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 08:36:00
Acquisition strategy: A case study within family businesses
The context within which firms exist today is lined by the opportunities and threats of globalization, increased competition and a constantly intensifying pace. Ever since the 19th century mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been an important way for firms to compete. Mergers and acquisitions [more...]
Date: 2009-03-28 08:28:05
Deals of the Day: AIG–Will the Outrage End? Please?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... but hasn't yet provided details. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions The Setting Sun: A sale [more...]
Date: 2009-03-19 13:26:22
Deals of the Day: Is BCE the Next Busted Buyout?
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... to provide labor, parts, repairs, upgrades, improvements, service, software and equipment in a long-term contract. NY Post Mergers & Acquisitions Yesterday it was BHP-Rio, today could it be BCE [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 13:47:54
Q3 2009 TechCrunch Trends: Venture Funding Up 17.5%, M&A Rebounds Even More
Last quarter, based on funding and M&A data we collect in CrunchBase , we signaled that we were cautiously optimistic about the rebound of the tech sector. Q2 trends were no worse than Q1 09 : venture financings were up 20% and mergers & acquisitions held steady (excluding Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems) in comparison to Q1. With another quarter of data under our belts, we’re feeling even better about the health of technology startups. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-14 13:40:31
Position for Acquisition – How PR can be the Key to the Right Deal
Many industry experts predict that the merger and acquisition market (M&A) is going to turn around later this year ... the recent economic downturn to get some good deals in the acquisition arena. We are starting to see some evidence of this happening with recent acquisition news from Cisco , merger discussions between [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 15:36:17
Deals of the Day: Mr. Lewis Meet Mr. Cuomo. He Has a Few Questions
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... who advised Bank of America on its purchase of the Wall Street firm last fall. Reuters's DealZone Mergers & Acquisitions Citigroup: Citi plans to sell a large chunk of its minority stake in Brazilian [more...]
Date: 2009-02-20 14:21:42
Market Freak-Out Hits Pending M&A Deals
It isn’t you, it’s me. That is the message Mr. Market has been sending to companies with pending mergers and acquisitions. But the falling stock prices of acquisition targets — sometimes well below the acquisition price ... stopped lending to each other Tuesday. And any pending merger, anywhere, that required financing [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:50:26
Clutching at straws won’t keep papers afloat
I have seen some pretty silly schemes to save local newspapers but the idea trumpeted in the lead of today’s Observer Media and Business section ... more recent financial problems, was based on mergers and acquisitions. Corporate mergers seldom benefit [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 18:06:47
Merger News Sends Wall St. Higher
Corporate mergers and acquisitions all but dried up during last year’s financial crisis. But on Monday, Wall Street bounded higher on signs that companies once again had enough cash, credit and confidence to undertake big-ticket deals, The New York Times’s Jack Healy reported.Announcements of two separate deals by Xerox and the pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories were the latest in a small flurry of corporate deal-making. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 08:15:55
Acquiring Integration Skills
by James Gilbert PynnThe executive of today must be ready to ask the appropriate questions and understand the complex answers. Now, more than ever, companies need to make their mergers and acquisitions bear promised fruit ... . The metrics of new acquisitions must be understood and a broader understanding of how these mergers [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 19:34:33
Deals of the Day: GM’s $9.6 Billion Loss
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... Obama’s auto task force. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions [more...]
Date: 2009-02-26 14:26:42
Deals of the Day: Merrill’s $209 Million Bonus Bonanza
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... through our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal. Mergers & Acquisitions BG Group [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 05:54:00
Dickstein Loses Energy Lawyer, But Adds Another
Latham & Watkins hired Kenneth Simon, a former partner with Dickstein Shapiro, ... , says before Constellation, his work heavily involved merger and acquisition aerospace defense work ... , who joined Latham as a partner, say’s he’ll be working on merger and acquisition and project [more...]
Date: 2009-03-19 13:50:48
Deals of the Day: Big Three Tells Congress, ‘Stop, Or We’ll Shoot…Ourselves’
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity ... Liddy, said in an interview. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions Going global: British Airways and Australia [more...]
Date: 2008-12-03 13:31:15
Deals of the Day: Bonus Tax–Has Congress Flipped Out Over AIG?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N. Moore, gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions ... s in a Name: Some ‘other’ Wall Streets are embarrassed. WSJ Mergers & Acquisitions [more...]
Date: 2009-03-20 13:32:13
Big Merger Deals Signal Restored Confidence
After a period of hibernation, corporate mergers and acquisitions are back on the agenda, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column. While the price tags may not be hitting the highs they did during the boom times, the return of bigger M.&A. deals signals an increasing confidence among chief executives, who until now have been hesitant to ink any deals, Mr. Sorkin says. One segment that has not jumped back into the deal-making fray, however, is the private equity industry. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 10:15:53
Buying on Merger Speck?
The merger and acquisition activity in the pharmaceutical sector has made Jim Cramer start to get just a little bit interested in taking a flyer on ... with a historical valuation framework to better understand the sound-bites. Buying on Merger Speck? [more...]
Date: 2009-03-16 23:26:42
Is General Growth Properties an Outstanding Speculation?
I don't often feature a specific stock in my posts. But when I have a compelling idea that deserves to be shared, there might be an exception ... new malls), through tight operational managemant, and through acquisition or merger (including ... properties in America, including Fanueil Hall in Boston). This acquisition, along with all the others [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 21:38:45
Job losses will ’stabilise’ BankWest: Barnett
The loss of 400 jobs at BankWest will “stabilise” the bank, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says.The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) ... has attacked bank executives for reneging on a promise made last year, as CBA’s acquisition ... that are given during the time of mergers and acquisitions are not worth the paper they’re written on.”Mr [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 22:00:27
Dow Chemical: The Clock and the $15.3 Billion Deal
Ana Campoy reports: As Dow Chemical and Rohm & Haas delay their trial until this afternoon, ... have dangerous implications for other mergers and acquisitions down the line. Rohm & Haas negotiated ... merger agreements would be renegotiated because of the lousy economy, says Adam Cohen, founder [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 17:30:58
Manager / Senior Manager (Hyderabad)
Employer: Virtusa Software ServicesIndustry: Human Resources, ManagementLocation: Hyderabad AP, IndiaJob Description:Reporting to India Head HR and would provide Compensation related support to the IT business of the organization with around 4000 associates.Support all corporate compensation actions including and not limited to promotions, job family definitions, merger and acquisition related efforts.Designing, development, implementation & administration of compensation ranges based on job [more...]
Date: 2009-10-02 00:29:32
Liveblogging OnDC ‘09: Mergers and Acquisitions Panel
Moderator: Bob Kipps, Managing Director Kipps DeSanto & Co. Panelists: Chris Hagan, Goodwin Procter; Frank Finelli, The Carlyle Group; Wes Husted, CFO Abraxas Corporation Wes. About two years ago there was a steady flow of acquisition candidates, then it shut down completely. It has started up again in the last few months. Bob. There is potential regulation of private equity, as well as funding challenges. How will that affect small and medium sized technology companies? Chris. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-21 18:48:07
Perot Systems to Become Dell Systems – Dell to Purchase Perot Systems
If you happen to work for a Tenet hospital or perhaps a hospital formerly owned by Tenet, then Perot Systems and P-Bar operations are probably very familiar to you. Ross Perot appears to maybe be a bit tired of the healthcare business? It is changing and mergers and acquisitions in view of the current economy seem to be making the news every day. It’s a matter of survival and integrating hardware/software together to create better solutions under the same leadership to hopefully have everyone [more...]
Date: 2009-09-21 17:05:00
Powerful BI Solutions For Business Mergers
A merger of two aggressive manufacturers in the United States and Canada formed a company that brought unique value to the agricultural, construction, materials handling and transportation industries. This new multinational company had undergone mergers and acquisitions in the past and had several different IT systems. There were looking for ways to enable access to consolidated information to better serve customers across the globe. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-15 08:20:55
A Miracle on Wall Street
To hear the story while standing on Wall Street, our troubles will soon be over. Barely a year after the “Great Recession” began, the perpetrators of the first global financial meltdown seem to be doing alright . The Dow again reached the psychological milestone of 10,000 points . Goldman Sachs reported they have tripled their profits in the past year. And the unwieldy big-risk, big-reward mergers and acquisition business seems to be back after a long and noticeable absence. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-17 15:20:58
Showtime!
Twenty five percent of the S&P 500 will report earnings this week. If the market is going to fall apart, or break out, this is the week for decision. iPCS, Inc. ( IPCS : 23.92 +0.17% ) caught a bid today, continuing the mergers and acquisition trend, which is slowly but surely becoming a viable theme in this market. With commodity prices on the mend, trending higher, it’s only a matter of time before equity is used as currency, in order to consolidate. With my money, ahead of numbers from Apple Inc. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-19 14:05:53
Post Session Commentary - Sep 29 2009
Indian market extended its initial gains to close higher a wave of merger-and-acquisition activity in US market, glimmered a rally in Asian Stocks. . Further, stocks raised also on sustained buying sentiments. Though, stocks pared some of its gains during afternoon trading as some profit booking emerged due to settlement issue, as the banks will remain closed tomorrow due to half yearly book closure. However, the markets managed to regain its momentum despite negative European stocks. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 15:27:00
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