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OZ Target Companies as Share Prices Fall: OZ Minerals, the cashed-up group created by the merger of Oxiana Ltd and Zinifex Ltd, says share price volatility has made some potential takeover targets more attractive.The drop in some commodity prices such as zinc and nickel, along with turbulence in credit markets worldwide have combined to drive the...; Tags: M&A, Zinc, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-07-22
Cisco Acquires Digital Home Software Firm Pure Network For $120 Million: Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), which has snapped up companies like Linksys, Kiss and others over the last few years, has now bought out Seattle-based Pure Networks, a provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Pure's software allows home users to set up and manage a home network...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Gadgets, VC+M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Intel Corp.; News items 2008-07-23
Private Equity Looking At Buying Huawei Handset Stake: In May, rumors spread that Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) and AT&T (NYSE: T) may be interested in buying a stake in Huawei Technologies' handset division for up to $2 billion. The logic was that the move by AT&T and Vodafone was defensive—handset makers like Nokia (NYSE: NOK) were starting to...; Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Companies, Operators, Cingular-AT&T, Vodafone, Gadgets, Money, VC M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, AT&T Corp.; News items 2008-07-22
Gigaomni Media Acq-hires Mobile Tech Blog jkOnTheRun: Gigaomni Media, the blog media network founded by Om Malik, has done its first acq-hire: it has bought a mobile technology blog called jkOnTheRun, a blog about mobile gadgets, including mobile phones and cloud client computers. The two writers/founder will stay on board, and this will be the sixth...; Tags: Mobile, Media, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Rafat Ali, Media & Publishing, Money, VC M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions; News items 2008-07-23
BNET's David Hamilton on Genentech-Roche: BNET Industries editor, David Hamilton, blogs up the skinny on Roche's attempted acquisition of biotech giant, Genentech. Writes Hamilton: The deal also has a funny smell to it. Roche CEO Severin Schwan claims the merger would save $800 million a year in administrative costs from merging commercial and manufacturing...; Tags: Roche Holding AG, Genentech Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Podcasts, Biotechnology, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Internet, Business Operations, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-07-22

When One and One Make One | BTalk Australia: (17min 52) Click on "Play" to hear the podcast or click "Get It" to download. The last year has set a new record for the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Australia. Putting two companies together can be a long and complex process, with the...; Tags: M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2008-07-22
An On-the-Ground View of the Busch Deal: Usually, when The Deal assesses the business press, it's highly critical – even caustic. So when the publication, which focuses on mergers and acquisitions, heaps praise on anybody in the business media, it's worth paying attention to. So it is with The Deal's assessment of the St....; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Dan Mitchell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Blog posts 2008-07-17
InBev-Busch Deal Done. Now Come the Pitfalls: Lots of backslapping today now that Anheuser Bush has agreed to be taken over by Belgian brewer InBev. Lots of making nice after so much acrimony. Lots of reassurance to people in St. Louis and across the country that Busch will retain its identity, Budweiser (not Stella Artois, not Beck's)...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Dan Mitchell, Busch, InBev; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Sprint, SK Talks on Technology, Not Acquisition: By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Telecom Co Ltd and Sprint Nextel Corp S are in preliminary talks about collaborating on technology and not discussing a merger, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Their comments came...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Wi-Fi, SK Telecom Co., Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., South Korea, acquisition, merger, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., CDMA, private equity, wireless, customer service, wireless network, mobile, network; News items 2008-07-15
Unlikely Gen-Probe Bid For Innogenetics Falters: Gen-Probe, which a month ago launched a risky takeover bid for the Belgian diagnostics maker Innogenetics, did indeed spark a counteroffer from Dutch drugmaker Solvay Pharmaceuticals and now appears to have given up. As bidding wars go, this one was something of a flop: The Dutch company...; Tags: Sales strategy, David P. Hamilton, Gen-Probe Bid; Blog posts 2008-07-10
How Not to Do An Acquisition: AstraZeneca-MedImmune: When AstraZeneca ponied up more than $15 billion for the biotech MedImmune just over a year ago, the deal suggested that desperate Big Pharmas were willing to open their wallets wide for biotechs without looking too closely into the question of whether they were really worth the money. As I...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Biotechnology, Sales strategy, David P. Hamilton, MedImmune Inc., AstraZeneca Plc., acquisition; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Goldman $10 Billion Fund to Invest in LBO Loans: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs GS has raised $10 billion to create a fund that will invest in loans used to back leveraged buyouts and take advantage of a gap in the markets caused by the credit crisis, according to a Financial...; Tags: Financial Times, Goldman Sachs & Co., LBO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Investment, Finance; News items 2008-07-23
OZ Minerals Produces Nickel at Avebury: OZ Minerals Ltd, the group created by the merger of Oxiana Ltd and Zinifex Ltd, has produced the first nickel concentrate from its Avebury mine in Tasmania.The company said the operation would ramp-up to full production of 8,500 tonnes of nickel-in-concentrate a year over the next quarter, with the...; Tags: Operation, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Investment, Finance, Sales, AAP; News items 2008-07-21
Kazakhmys Says in Merger Talks With Unnamed Firm: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Kazakh copper producer Kazakhmys KAZ said on Monday it was in preliminary talks about a possible merger, but did not identify the party. "The discussions are at a very early stage and, consequently, there is no certainty as to the terms and...; Tags: Merger, London, Kazakhmys, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, BMB Munai Inc., Party; News items 2008-07-14
Condor May Try to Join TUIfly-Germanwings: LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters UK) - Thomas Cook's TCG charter airline Condor may try to join merger talks between rivals TUIfly and Germanwings after its own planned tie-up with Air Berlin was called off, sources close to the matter said. Thomas Cook, Europe's second-biggest holiday firm, said ...; Tags: Merger, Lufthansa, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Airberling, Oukbs; News items 2008-07-11
GfK Says No Certainty It Will Make Offer For TNS: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Germany's GfK Holdings AG GFKG said on Thursday it wished to clarify that there could be no certainty it would make an offer for market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS. On Wednesday it had emerged that GfK was working on a...; Tags: Merger, Taylor Nelson Sofres Plc., GfK, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, TNS Inc., Wausau Paper Corp.; News items 2008-07-10
InBev, Anheuser Hold Active Deal Talks: Source: PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - InBev NV INTB and Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc BUD have begun active negotiations for a friendly merger, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. Anheuser-Busch had been a reluctant takeover target, spurning InBev's $46.3 billion takeover bid...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Free trade, Anheuser-Busch, Philadelphia, negotiation, merger, M&A, board of directors, Thomson Reuters Corp., board, blog; News items 2008-07-11
Updated: Down To One: XM-Sirius Voting Split 2-2; Deal Close?: .Nearly a year and a half later and it all comes down to one vote? FCC Commissioner Jonathan Addelstein, a Democratic appointee, has voted against approving the merger of XM (NSDQ: XMSR) and Sirius (NSDQ: SIRI), reports AP. We noted yesterday that the tally stood at 2-1 in favor,...; Tags: XM Satellite Radio Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal, FCC, Media, Satellite, VC+M&A, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.; News items 2008-07-23
Issues Over St G-Westpac Merger: ACCC: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC says competition issues have emerged from its initial inquiries into the proposed $16 billion takeover of St George Bank Ltd by Westpac Corp.The watchdog is now calling for further submissions from the market about the deal, after releasing a statement of issues...; Tags: Australian Competition And Consumer Commission, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Investment, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-07-23
Paperlinx CFO Goes to Oz Minerals: Oz Minerals Ltd has hired Paperlinx Ltd chief financial officer David Lamont as its new CFO.Oz Minerals is the newly formed entity created by the merger between metal miners Oxiana Ltd and Zinifex Ltd.Paperlinx announced that Mr Lamont had resigned from his post at the paper merchant and that...; Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., CFO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, AAP; News items 2008-07-21