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Universal takes $150M for Rogue unit: Reducing its overhead costs in a turbulent economy, Universal Pictures sold its low-cost horror, action and comedy film label to financing partner Relativity Media LLC. The Rogue Pictures label --...
Open-source platform sinks Sony, Motorola JV: A decision by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Motorola Inc. to support a leading open-source mobile platform project has undermined a joint venture owned by the companies. UIQ Technology,...
Pfizer sees acquisitions as good medicine: It appears that Pfizer Inc. is looking to beef up through buyouts, fueling speculation that the pharmaceutical giant could set off a new round of consolidation in the industry with a large...
Verizon-Alltel to close Friday; integration moves await: One less thing to worry about.Back in October the credit crisis was so severe that there were worries about the ability of financially robust Verizon Wireless to get financing for its strategically...
Here's to a stellar 2009: Note to readers: We're taking the next few days off to recover from our holiday adventures and to ring in 2009. We'll meet you back here on January 5. In the meantime, best wishes for a happy,...
PwC: 2009 M&A to be fueled by 'merger of necessity': Robert Filek, a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers' transaction services group -- and a former CD Forum moderator -- said "troubled companies will look to align with larger, stronger players in order...
Dell cuts top execs in restructuring: No. 2 PC maker Dell Inc. is getting hammered by the global economic downturn. After Dell projected more "softening demand" on Aug. 28, its share price tumbled and has yet to recover. At the time, it...
Pharma's flurry of small deals as 2008 winds down: M&A in the drug world might be stalled, with Example No. 1 being Roche Holding AG's $44 billion bid for Genentech Inc., but the year is ending with a burst of licensing activity. The week...
Will strategics, PE contend for Satyam?: An ill-advised acquisition attempt has hammered the shares of Indian IT outsourcer Satyam Computer Services Ltd., leading to the resignation of four directors -- and possibly sets up a contest to buy...
Three-way merger creates another Chinese steel giant: The dealmaking boom for steelmakers began as demand and prices skyrocketed. Now, with steel prices dropping to 14-year lows, companies are merging just to survive. China's latest move in the sector...
Inside the Deal: Smith School's Anil Gupta on M&A in China and India: In this edition of Inside the Deal, Anil Gupta, professor of strategy at the Smith School of Business and author of the forthcoming book Getting China and India Right, tells Suzanne Stevens that the...
Fallout from Dow's collapsed Kuwaiti JV: When Dow Chemical Co.'s planned $19 billion joint venture with Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Co. failed on Sunday, it cast doubt on the chemical giant's other blockbuster deal: its $18.8...
Best wishes for the holidays: Note to readers: We're taking a break for the holidays. We'll start posting again on Dec. 29, and in the meantime will be devoting our attention to family and friends. Hope you're all doing the same....
Wachovia integration awaits: On Tuesday, December 23. Wachovia shareholders voted at its special meeting to approve the bank's merger with Wells Fargo.The deal is expected to close at the end of 2008. However, the...
"From assets to profits," new book on intellectual property issues: If intellectual property never comes of age as a mainstream topic for investors and corporate strategists, it won't be Bruce Berman's fault. As CEO of Brody Berman Associates in New York, a...
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