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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: Business Operations, Michael Mattis, Internet, Finance, Investment, Corporate Law, Biotechnology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Podcasts, Genentech Inc., Roche Holding AG

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Oil and Corporate Responsibility

Oil companies like to boast that their record-breaking profits are largely invested in infrastructure, exploration for new sources of "Texas tea," and in exploring "green alternatives." But, according to an AP story, the bulk of oil companies' earnings have gone not into exploration, but to stock buybacks...

Tags: Investment, Exploration, Stock, Corporate Responsibility, Stock Buyback, Shareholder, Oil Company, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Mattis

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Carl Icahn, Comedian

When you think Carl Icahn, the word-associations that spring to mind probably include "shareholder activist," "corporate raider," "operator," "shark" and perhaps "@%&!-stirrer." But "stand-up comic?" Probably not. In this YouTube video, however, the Scourge of the Stock Price shows his lighter side, getting the big yucks from...

Tags: Michael Mattis, Financial Accounting, Finance, Investment, Carl Icahn, Shareholder

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Of Trust and Trustiness

Two of our Insight bloggers, BNET1's Jon Haeber and Sales Machine's Geoffrey James have recently written about trust, each from a different angle. In "Three Reasons Why Trust Matters Online," Haeber noted that people are more and more skeptical online than they've ever been, that search engines...

Tags: Sales, Sales Force Management, Investment, Sales Strategy, Advisor, Sales Manager, Finance, Michael Mattis

Blog posts 2008-03-04

Yahoo's Brain Drain Continues

At Yahoo, it's another day, another re-org. Tim Cadogan, Yahoo's S.V.P. of Global Advertising Marketplaces, has resigned, the latest hemorrhage in the ongoing brain drain from the progenitor of search advertising. The smart, affable Brit had successfully spearheaded the company's "Panama" effort, which wholly...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Cadogan, Right Media Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Michael Mattis, Finance, Investment

Blog posts 2008-02-29

Yahoo's Bottomless Bureaucratic Maw; or, a Story of Management Meltdown

Yesterday my former boss's boss at Yahoo was sacked. His sacking – the first in a series of lay-offs that will see at least 1,000 others fall to the axe – even appeared in a "so it begins" post on Valleywag. My first reaction as a recent former Yahoo was...

Tags: Marketing, Online Communications, Finance, Investment, Corporate Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail, Yahoo! Inc., Michael Mattis

Blog posts 2008-02-13

The Urge to Merger

Any merger can be a bit of a sticky wicket. One like the proposed Microsoft-Yahoo merger can be downright labyrinthine. There are so many roadblocks to overcome. Today, for example, Google, Yahoo's chief competitor in the online ad space, stepped in and actually offered to help...

Tags: Michael Mattis, Finance, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Merger

Blog posts 2008-02-04

You Tell Us: What Will Become of the Microsoft-Yahoo Merger?

Microsoft today offered more than $44 billion to acquire Yahoo, Inc. Will it work? Will it be nixed by the Feds? Or will "Microhoo" become Google 2.0 and crush its erstwhile competitors. It seems it's all pretty much up in the air right now. Vote in this poll and tell...

Tags: Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Finance, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Michael Mattis

Blog posts 2008-02-01

Additional Resources

WEEK FROM 3 TO 9 JULY

Europe Information07-03-2006Monday 3 JulyEuropean ParliamentPlenary SessionAgenda:Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society - Debate on report by Diana WALLIS (ALDE, UK)Joint debate- Consolidation in financial services - Report by Joseph MUSCAT (PES, MT)- Oral question to the Commission - mergers and takeovers of European stock exchanges- Cabotage and international tramp...

Articles 2006-07-03

iHollywood Forum Announces 10th Mobile Entertainment Summit™ on April 4, 2006 in Las Vegas; 10th Annual Summit to Spotlight Business Models and Trends in Mobile Entertainment, Content and Technologies

LOS ANGELES -- iHollywood Forum, Inc. today announced the speaker line-up for its 10th Mobile Entertainment Summit (www.ihollywoodforum.com), focusing on the wireless technologies and content transforming the U.S., European and Asian mobile entertainment marketplaces. Mobile Entertainment Summit takes place on Tuesday, April 4, at The Beach, 365...

Articles 2006-03-07

Conservative Approach

common refrain among investors seeking financial advice is, 'buy low, sell high.' And for individual stocks over the short term, that approach might work, said Michael Matty, chief investment officer at St. Germain Investment Management in Springfield. However, he added, it also reflects a stunted outlook - and relies...

Articles 2004-02-01

Madison & Vine: Leshem opens shop with Pepsi

Byline: T.L. STANLEY TV producer Matti Leshem, who headed Diplomatic Productions with Michael Davies, the producer of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,'' has gone solo, and is starting a TV production company that will focus on developing programming that makes brands an integral part of a...

Articles 2003-10-06

Madison & Vine: Leshem opens shop with Pepsi.(News)(Matti Leshem launches Protagonist)

Byline: T.L. STANLEY TV producer Matti Leshem, who headed Diplomatic Productions with Michael Davies, the producer of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,'' has gone solo, and is starting a TV production company that will focus on developing programming that...

Articles 2003-10-06

Aztech enters semiconductor design joint venture; the new joint venture company, Azfin Semiconductors Pte Ltd., will undertake the design and supply of custom-made chipsets for multimedia

SINGAPORE--BUSINESS WIRE--May 23, 1995--Aztech Systems (SESDAQ:AZTECH) together with Fincitec Components OY "Fincitec" are proud to announce the signing of a joint venture agreement between the two parties to form a semiconductor company -- Azfin Semiconductors Pte Ltd., "Azfin." The new company will undertake the design and supply of custom-...

Articles 1995-05-23