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acquisitions and mergers

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Deals Without Delusions
The Idea in Brief Half of all acquiring companies pay more for target firms than they're worth. Often it's because of executives' mental biases: Their interest in a deal keeps them from being objective about its value....
Tags: Due Diligence, Acquisitions, Mergers, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, GE Capital Inc., Article, Acquisition, M&A, Antidote, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dan Lovallo, Patrick Viguerie, Robert Uhlaner, John Horn
Articles 2008-04-01
PepsiCo's Big Steal: The Middle Man at a $1 Billion Discount
Indra Nooyi needed to make PepsiCo more nimble by buying back its bottlers. The stock market crash gave the CEO the perfect moment to make her move — and save $1 billion. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi...
Tags: PepsiCo, Beverage, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Pepsi Bottling Group, PepsiAmericas, Mergers, Acquisitions, M&A, Melanie Warner
Articles 2009-09-28

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Overlooked Ethical Questions In Acquisitions And Mergers: A Look At Some Legal, Economic And Philosophical Issues
From the executive summary: ‘The paper states that from the perspective of utilitarian ethics, an action is good if it increases happiness or if there are more winners than losers. The evidence is clear that acquisitions and mergers enhance the profitability of an organization. Therefore, from a utilitarian ethic perspective,...
Tags: Acquisition, Merger, Social Science Electronic Publishing Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
White papers 2003-01-01
Acquisitions And Mergers Face Us Accounting Shake Up
Accounting for business combinations, such as acquisitions and mergers, is set for a shake up in the US, and the softer option of pooling of interest accounting could be outlawed altogether. The news came in a quarterly update from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the primary standard setter in the...
Tags: accounting, acquisition, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, goodwill, Investment, merger
Research articles 1998-05-08
The globalization of America. (ceramics industry acquisitions and mergers) (editorial)
The globalization of America Ceramics, like other sectors of American business, continues to undergo rapid change. Acquisitions and mergers head the list of this restructuring. The acquisition is much more prudent than simply starting from scratch. Some of the large U.S. corporations have...
Tags: Saint-Gobain
Research articles 1990-08-01
Faribault Woolen Mills Forms Holding Company for Acquisitions and Mergers
FARIBAULT, Minn.--BUSINESS WIRe--Nov. 13, l998--Faribault Woolen Mills, Faribault, Minnesota, has created a holding company, North American Heritage Brands, as an umbrella for strategic growth through acquisitions and mergers. Warren Malkerson, Faribault CEO, has also been named CEO of the holding company. According to Peter Lytle,...
Tags: Faribault Woolen Mills Inc.
Research articles 1998-11-13
Acquisitions and Mergers: AHBY, FMKT, TYC, YHOO.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 April 2004-InvestSource Inc.: Acquisitions and Mergers: AHBY, FMKT, TYC, YHOOC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04082004 Ashby Corporation Limited (OTC: AHBY), FreeMarkets Incorporated (NASDAQ: FMKT), Tyco International Limited (NYSE: TYC) and Yahoo Incorporated (NASDAQ: YHOO). Ashby Corporation Limited...
Tags: FINANCE, Investment, merger, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Yahoo! Inc.
Research articles 2004-04-08
Acquisitions and mergers abound this week; With major players U.S. Bank, Stirling Sotheby's, and Cendant taking center stage.
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 August 2006-InvestSource Inc.: Acquisitions and mergers abound this week; With major players U.S. Bank, Stirling Sotheby's, and Cendant taking center stageC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25082006 On Friday, Stirling Sotheby's International Realty announced that it would be opening a...
Tags: U.S. Bank
Research articles 2006-08-25
FIE mergers to rise as market opens: as international integration gathers pace, mergers and acquisitions in the foreign investment sector are going to become more and more common. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer attorney Harry Brunt looks at how this trend
SINCE the late 1990s there has been a significant increase in the number of corporate acquisitions and mergers in Vietnam involving foreign-invested enterprises FIEs. SINCE the late 1990s there has been a significant increase in the number of corporate acquisitions and mergers in Vietnam...
Tags: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, M&A, merger
Research articles 2003-07-21
More mergers of medium companies predicted.
Brazil, Mar 14, 2002 The acquisitions and mergers in the Brazilian economy this year will be concentrated in the area of medium-sized companies, those with a turnover of more than R$50mil, according to Anbid Associacao Nacional de Bancos de Investimentos , which predicts...
Tags: Brazil, FINANCE, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., leader, Leadership, M&A, merger, turnover
Research articles 2002-03-18
Acquisitions and brand-swapping return: Smucker, Kraft buying, P&G, Birds Eye selling.(NewsBites)(J. M. Smucker Co. )
Along with spring weather came a return to mergers and acquisitions and other brand-swapping in the food industry. The biggest transaction of the past two months was the still-pending acquisition of International Multifoods Corp., Minneapolis, by Orv Along with spring weather came a return to mergers...
Tags: acquisition, brand, Procter & Gamble Co.
Research articles 2004-05-01
Seagram appoints Neal Cravens vice president, Strategic Planning and Mergers & Acquisitions
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 20, 1995--Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of The Seagram Company Ltd., today announced the appointment of Neal B. Cravens as vice president, Strategic Planning and Mergers & Acquisitions, effective February 1, 1996. Cravens will report to Robert W. Matschullat, vice chairman and...
Tags: M&A, Strategic Planning
Research articles 1995-11-20
Massey Considers Mergers, Acquisitions and Peabody Energy in Pact with TransAlta.
M2 PRESSWIRE-1 December 2006-U.S. Equity News: Massey Considers Mergers, Acquisitions and Peabody Energy in Pact with TransAltaC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01122006 City of Industry, CA - Metals industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. Massey Energy Co. (NYSE:MEE) is considering acquiring...
Tags: Massey Energy Co., TransAlta Corp.
Research articles 2006-12-01
Adobe Appoints John Brennan as Senior VP of Corporate Development; Former HP Executive to Oversee Strategic Planning, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Industry Alliances
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the appointment of John Brennan to the new position of senior vice president of corporate development. Brennan will manage and drive Adobe's strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and industry alliances. He will report to Adobe president and CEO Bruce Chizen.
Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Strategic Planning, M&A, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Research articles 2004-07-13
Personnel Changes at Infineon: Ulrich Pelzer Takes over Investor Relations, Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen Becomes Head of Corporate Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions, and Dominik Asam Moves to Siemens Financial Services
MUNICH, Germany -- Effective October 1, 2005, Ulrich Pelzer (32), previously Senior Analyst for semiconductors and semiconductor equipment at the investment bank Lehman Brothers in London, will assume responsibility for Investor Relations at Infineon Technologies AG. Also from September 1, Dr. Erk Thorsten Heyen (39), until recently head of the...
Tags: CORPORATE STRATEGY, financial service, Infineon Technologies AG, Investor, M&A, semiconductor, Siemens AG
Research articles 2005-07-25
CDC Software Names Key Senior Management Additions for Mergers & Acquisitions and Worldwide Channels; Former Executives from SSA Global Joining CDC Software as Senior Vice Presidents
ATLANTA -- CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) and a provider of enterprise software applications and services, announced today that it has further strengthened its senior management team with the addition of Sam Anidjar, senior vice president, mergers and acquisitions and Fred Dilkes, senior vice...
Tags: M&A
Research articles 2006-08-18
Merger mania creates many uncertainties.(analysis on acquisitions and mergers)
SBC will spend some $16 billion to buy AT & T, Sprint spends $35 billion for Nextel and, after a thrilling drama, Verizon won MCI for a mere $8.5 billion. What a world. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Assuming...
Tags: acquisition, analysis, MCI Inc., merger, network, Verizon Communications Inc.
Research articles 2005-07-01
Frenzied start heralds a strong year for mergers.
Jan 27, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) There are early indications that calendar 2003 could be a strong year in Australia for acquisitions and mergers. In the two months to late January 2003, deals worth $A22 billion have been indicated or...
Tags: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Research articles 2003-01-27
Big banks: The age of mergers and takeovers
Big, publicly traded companies have been likened to sharks, which have to keep swimming to start sinking. Competing in areas where margins are thin but needing to show shareholders they are moving forward, they are logical candidates for acquisitions and mergers. In the banking sector, which has had its share...
Tags: Chittenden Corp.
Research articles 2005-03-01
Free for all in Seoul. (acquisitions and mergers in the South Korean banking industry)
The performance of the banking industry in South Korea improved following the country's entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the government's implementation of deregulation policies. Commercial banks earned $547 million in the first half of 1996 after the central bank lowered reserved requirements and allowed limited...
Tags: Kookmin Bank
Research articles 1996-12-01
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