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CFO
July 15, 2011
Marielle Segarra |
A Feel for the Deal Companies with a long history of M&A may want to think twice before acquiring again; a new report finds that on average, serial acquirers create less value during deals than infrequent acquirers.   |
Inc.
October 1, 2002
Kenneth Klee |
Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 20, 2012
Kim Girard |
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. |
InternetNews
January 6, 2011 |
Microsoft Loses Two Acquisition Execs Microsoft bids farewell to two leaders of its mergers and acquisitions division, including the executive who was enmeshed in the company's effort to purchase Yahoo in 2008. |
InternetNews
February 17, 2010 |
Tech Sector's M&A Climate Improving: Study Search, security and cloud computing are three of the most attractive markets for mergers and acquisitions in 2010 according to the latest study by PricewaterhouseCoopers. |
BusinessWeek
November 11, 2009
Jessica Silver-Greenberg |
M&A Goes Hostile Unfriendly bids are rising, and defenses are weaker. |
CFO
February 1, 2005
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 |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010 |
Cadbury Gets More Hostile Cadbury's chairman Roger Carr talks about fighting off a bid from Kraft that he considers unacceptable. |
CFO
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. |
CFO
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. |
Food Processing
August 2010 |
Food Business Mergers & Acquisitions Fall 30.4% In 2009 The 2009 total of merger and acquisition activity in the food & beverage industry included 263 deals (not all of them yet closed) and is the second annual decline; the 2008 figure broke a trend of three consecutive years of M&A growth. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2011
Cliff D'Arcy |
4 Big Takeovers That Went Very Wrong Mergers often enhance shareholder value, but these proved to be real stinkers. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 5, 2004
Jim Heskett |
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. |
CFO
June 1, 2004
Lori Calabro |
Letting Down Your Guard With takeover defenses being increasingly dismantled, will a rise in hostile acquisitions be the result? |
Chemistry World
October 25, 2013
Emily James |
AstraZeneca to close environmental lab and cut 71 jobs The 71 employees at the Brixham Environmental Laboratory in Devon, UK. will lose their jobs in March 2014, as the laboratory's environmental operations are not a core part of the company's strategy to develop innovative new medicines. |
Chemistry World
September 8, 2010
Andrew Turley |
Vince Cable: science cuts are coming Taxpayers should only back research that makes money or is academically exceptional, UK business secretary Vince Cable said today in his first speech on science. |
Search Engine Watch
February 27, 2008
Greg Jarboe |
Stop Press 2: Hitwise Data Shows Google News UK Unbiased Google News UK is free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its users. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2011
Matt Koppenheffer |
5 Companies Ready to Make Acquisitions Could corporate deal-making help drive the market in the second half of the year? |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 26, 2004
Jim Heskett |
Summing Up: M&A Value Destruction: Who's to Blame? Reader responses to an article on the "flawed process" of mergers and acquisitions. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Undue Diligence New accounting rules for mergers take a bite out of deal activity. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
When Acquisitions Go Awry Steer clear of companies engaging in obviously silly or reckless deals. |
The Motley Fool
September 30, 2009
Daniel Harrison |
How Can Investors Be Missing This Kind of Value? As investors bid up the beaten-down names, it's time to look at the consistent hitters again. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Shareholder Rights and Corporate Performance Corporate boards have long adopted techniques to stave off hostile takeovers. Shareholders' organizations have generally decried such techniques. So far, the research indicates the shareholders' groups have it right... |
BusinessWeek
March 22, 2004
David Fairlamb |
Europe: Deals Are Back In Season The strong euro and healthy profits have CEOs in a mood to go shopping |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2009
Sarah Houlton |
New department takes responsibility for UK science The UK government reshuffle has reunited the departments responsible for business and science. |
BusinessWeek
February 23, 2004
David Fairlamb |
Bargain-Sniffing In The States European banks are once again shopping aggressively for American acquisitions. |
InternetNews
June 22, 2005
Paul Shread |
Ameritrade Nabs TD Ameritrade acquired TD Waterhouse and is rumored to have interest in E*Trade... Ford and Morgan Stanley reported disappointing earnings... The Nasdaq was up a point... Datawatch soared... etc. |
Chemistry World
December 13, 2013
Maria Burke |
UK overtakes US on research quality metric The UK has overtaken the US and now ranks first in one indicator of research quality, according to a new report commissioned by the UK's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. |
Chemistry World
May 25, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Cost-cutting will stifle UK innovation The UK government's cost-cutting policies are in danger of stifling innovation, according to a report from The Work Foundation. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2010
Mike Brown |
Capping scientific migrants A new UK immigration cap could bias against researchers looking to come to the UK. |
Chemistry World
May 24, 2011
Andrew Turley |
Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Russ Banham |
Down but Not Out M&A activity has plunged in 2009, but recent deals suggest it may be poised for a comeback. |
Chemistry World
September 18, 2012
Laura Howes |
Battery boost for electric cars The UK government, in collaboration with industry, is to create a new UK energy storage R&D center to accelerate the development of batteries for vehicles. |
InternetNews
January 5, 2006
Tim Gray |
Online Media M&A Market Made Big Jump in 2005 The number of mergers and acquisitions surged across the media and information industries in 2005, according to the Jordan Edmiston Group, an investment bank specializing in midsize transactions in the media and information industries. |
Fast Company
October 2004
Jennifer Reingold |
CEO See-Ya! Anniversary Special! How are five bosses faring a year after we said they should get the boot? |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Clouds on the horizon for UK science The UK needs to up its game to keep up with the rest of the continent when it comes to science, Europe's research chief has said. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2009
Mike Pienciak |
Cadbury Finally Asking for a Deal? Is Cadbury now considering accepting Kraft's bid? |
Chemistry World
June 2009
Lord Drayson |
World-leading research In the current climate - not just the downturn, but the reality of intense global competition - UK research chemists must join forces with business and government to exploit our abundant talent and potential. |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2010
Anna Lewcock |
UK faces scientific exodus The UK faces a 'significant' risk of researchers abandoning its shores and long-term damage to the science base if proposed funding cuts go ahead |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Ashoka Mody & Shoko Negishi |
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions in East Asia: Trends and Implications Mergers and acquisitions across national borders have increased in East Asia since the onset of the financial crisis. What has caused this new wave of mergers and acquisitions and what advantages might they offer to the region's financially distressed economies? |
Chemistry World
September 2007
Ian Pearson |
Comment: Global Science Matters The UK's new science minister says that an international perspective is vital for scientific growth. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2007
Brian Lawler |
The Perfect Pharma Acquisition The pharmaceutical industry has been busy consolidating in the past year. With so much buying and selling going on, here is speculation on what would constitute the perfect pharma acquisition. |
Chemistry World
September 2009 |
Education and wealth It seems that the UK government is interested in answering the question: what return does the UK get for the money it puts into academic research in chemistry? |
InternetNews
March 9, 2009
Alex Goldman |
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. |
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Where the Sellers At? RIAs are Holding Out for Better Deals Schwab executives predicted a decline mergers & acquisitions between RIAs in 2009, as potential sellers hold out for a stronger market and a better deal. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
What the Best Companies Are Doing Right Now Companies that aim to survive and thrive in the coming recovery aren't wasting any time on apocalyptic hype. They're putting cash to work -- and building future shareholder value for years to come. |
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2012
Jerry Gleeson |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Is Electronics Boutique's Strategy Sound? The video game software and hardware retailer shows revenue growth, but profits don't follow the same trend. Are the acquisitions worth it? Investors, take note. |
Chemistry World
January 18, 2012
Patrick Walter |
Shell shutters UK R&D site The research currently carried out at the facility will be transferred to overseas sites. The announcement has fueled concerns in the UK research community that the country's opportunity to become a high-tech economy is slipping away. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
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. |
