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Do Mergers Add Value After All? The perception that mergers and acquisitions destroy shareholder value may be out of date. |
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K2 Slays the Competition Sporting goods manufacturer reports soaring sales, profits, and margins. |
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Web Services: Merchant Acquirers: The Internet Holdouts Although merchant acquirers have moved some services online, few merchants use those services, and the industry seems little interested in pushing the channel. |
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August 20, 2012
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The Acquirers When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, private equity firms are in high-stakes competition with public companies to identify takeover targets. During some M&A waves, public companies dominate while in other periods private equity firms win out. |
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IPOs Getting Rare Selling to a larger company is now the way to go. Know how to guide your company to a great sale. |
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Blyth Burns the Candle at Both Ends This candle and knick-knack company's underlying business does not appear as bad as the quarter's results, but the decision to pour its free cash flow into acquisitions is not bearing fruit. Shareholders have the right to expect a stronger performance. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction? Research tells us that the short-term value in an acquisition accrues primarily to shareholders of acquired companies. On the other hand, short-term value is more often destroyed than created for shareholders of acquiring organizations. |
Registered Rep.
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Waning M&A for RIAs Blame it on fiscal cliff nervousness, volatile stock markets, or the uncertainties that accompany a tepid economic recovery, but the world of mergers and acquisitions in the registered investment advisor channel is having a lackluster 2012. |
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The Cash Trap Cash may be a comfort in an uncertain economy, but it can also be a drag on shareholder value. Today, firms with bulging cash coffers risk being penalized rather than praised. |
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An Acquisition Arbitrage in Apparel Aren't the share prices of acquirers supposed to drop? |
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How to Spot a Serial Acquirer Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out. |
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January 1, 2008
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Lessons from Adversity The split personality of 2007 dealmaking, with its dramatic highs and lows, could teach a few things about M&A in the year ahead. |
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August 1, 2006
Wu Chen |
View from China In the rush to gain a foothold in a market of 1.3 billion people, multinationals are pursuing mergers and acquisitions in China more religiously than ever. But the social tension that simmers beneath the rich/poor divide in China is now spilling over into foreign acquisitions. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Return of the Big Mergers After a long drought, M&A is back. Is that a good thing for shareholders? While it's not as exciting, maybe giving back profits to shareholders -- in dividends and buybacks -- is a better option. |
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September 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Secrets of the M&A Masters The hard-won lessons of frequent acquirers can cut through the clutter of acquisition statistics and theory and serve as practical deal-making guidelines. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
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Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less. |
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Kris Frieswick |
Fool's Gold These deals might indeed make their synergy numbers. Then again, they might not. A recent McKinsey & Co. study finds that 70 percent of mergers fall short when it comes to achieving their targets for revenue synergies, while 40 percent lead to cost-synergy disappointments |
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New Wave of Internet Acquisitions May Be Ahead Flush with cash but hurting for new technology, large Internet companies may find that the price is right. |
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Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right. |
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NISO Releases Recommended Practice on Exchanging Serial Content National Information Standards Organization suggests the best way to manage digital serial content packaging elements to help content providers and content recipients track what was delivered and received. |
Registered Rep.
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Jerry Gleeson |
Consultant: Profit Growth Poses New Challenges for Asset Managers Cutting costs can be quick and easy, but it isn't a guarantee that asset managers can grow profitability, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group. |
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On the Inside, Looking Out As CFOs gear up for growth, they are seeking targets that can help their companies innovate. |
U.S. Banker
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Noted and Noteworthy A widely held belief in banking circles is that, with so many financial institutions chasing so little business, the industry is poised for a major consolidation, but so far the ranks have thinned only slightly. |
The Motley Fool
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Aswath Damodaran |
Creating a Breakup Strategy Companies that were built up through years of acquisitions are now being disbanded with equal fanfare. As investors, what value should we attach to breaking up a company, and why should we care? |
