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• Beijing’s Buying Spree

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 637
  From the Times of India : With Chinese companies trying to gobble up western firms and brands (like Hummer) by taking advantage of the global financial crisis, there are many who wonder if China will some day dominate the western corporate world. This fear of Chinese companies driving world stock prices in ...
  8 hours ago

• Hershey lines up $7bn from US banks to challenge Kraft bid for Cadbury

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  JP Morgan and Bank of America to help bankroll $17bn offer American banks JP Morgan and Bank of America are ready to lend Hershey more than $7bn (£4bn) to help it bankroll a bid for Cadbury that would challenge an offer for the UK chocolate maker from Kraft Foods. City sources say Hershey is ready to offer ...
  11 hours ago

• Aspen Insurance has urge to merge, sets sights on Ariel

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 651
  Filed under: International markets , Deals , Industry , Competitive strategy Two big reinsurers in Bermuda could be getting ready to tie the knot. Aspen Insurance Holdings ( AHL ) is said to be close to buying Ariel, which would be a multi-billion dollar merger. According to Reinsurance magazine, the ...
  16 hours ago

• Deal Protection — One Size Does Not Fit All

  
  The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation — Authority: 544
  Editor’s Note: This post is based on a Kirkland & Ellis LLP client memorandum by David Fox and Daniel E. Wolf . Mr. Fox and Mr. Wolf are both partners at Kirkland & Ellis LLP specializing in corporate and mergers and acquisitions law. As noticeable as it is for its size, the recent Berkshire ...
  18 hours ago

• Canadian companies on buying spree in US

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Toronto, Nov 28 (IANS) Canadian companies are on a buying spree abroad, according to an official report.Thanks to the robust Canadian dollar which increased their buying power, the country’s companies have made record acquisitions in the third quarter of the years, Statistics Canada said in its report Friday.The ...
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• Business Briefing | Companies: Potential Buyers Have Expressed Interest in Saab

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  A spokeswoman for the Saab unit of General Motors said several potential buyers had expressed interest in the company after a specialty carmaker pulled out of a deal to acquire it.
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• Government planning to discuss M&A clauses with Competition Commission of India (CCI)

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 452
  After a lull, the contentious provisions regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s) of the amended Competition Act is back on the discussion table of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The Ministry is planning to hold a meeting with the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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• Radar Closes Transaction to Create US Coal Mining Company

  
  MINING.com News — Authority: 181
  (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Further to a press release dated September 23, 2009, Radar Acquisitions Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RAC) ("Radar") is pleased to announce that Radar has closed the transaction (the "Transaction") to create a US coal mining company ("RAC
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• Pym Up A Ladder

  
  Pickle Me This — Authority: 129
  As Ive written already, Im having a terrible time finding Barbara Pym novels, and it seems I just have to wait for her fans to die because theres no other way theyre going to let her go. I sort of fancied just walking into any old used bookshop and buying up her library for a dollar or two, but alas, no dice. This is ...
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• Lenovo to Buy Back Mobile Phone Business

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  The computer maker is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.
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• Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day for 11/27: F, S/IPCS...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  Ford (NYSE: F) has agreed on intellectually property rights with Geely Holding Group on the companys bid for Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo, according to reports. The move would clear one more hurdle that faced the Chinese companys attempt to spread into the international auto market as Geely is looking to move its ...
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• Joost Dead As It Sells Out To Adconion | So, Where Did The Venice Project Go Wrong?

  
  Web TV Wire — Authority: 422
  The most recent article about Joost here on WebTVWire stated that the company was “heading ever closer to death.” And that death now seems to have come after Joost.com, the trademark, and some technology assets have been acquired by an online ad network. The Mighty Joost As Joost reaches this unfortunate ...
  2 days ago

• You Sank My Battleship!

  
  National Heritage Museum — Authority: 118
  The phrase above is familiar to anyone who played the game Battleship as a child.  But, did you know that the Battleship game dates back to the World War I era?  Recently, the National Heritage Museum was given “Salvo: The Game of Wits,” an early precursor to the now-familiar Battleship game with its plastic ...
  2 days ago

• Breakingviews.com: Hershey Could Finance Purchase of Cadbury, but Shouldn’t

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
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• Windstream Quietly Keeps Growing – Acquires Iowa Telecom in latest move

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 435
  Earlier this year we noted how companies like Verizon are very clearly turning away from rural America, creating a new niche for smaller “rural super telcos” to thrive . The merger of CenturyTel and Embarq creates one such company, but Windstream Communications is also picking up speed in this sector as well. ...
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• Surf industry giant buys O.C. online retailer

  
  Jan Norman on Small Business — Authority: 520
  Billabong USA in Irvine has acquired Swell.com , a San Clemente online retailer, according to Gold Coast , in order to boost its online sales. Billabong USA is a division of the Australian creator of clothing for the surf, skateboard and snowboard markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, although ...
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• Joost Sells Its Name and Most of Its Assets - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com

  
  Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check — Authority: 441
  I hope the buyers read the fine print, given eBay’s experience with Skype… Joost , the struggling video Web site, said on Tuesday that it was selling most of the company to the Adconion Media Group , an online advertising and marketing company, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition ends a long sales ...
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• ‘String of pearls’

  
  Summit Notebook — Authority: 425
    ”String of pearls” c ould have different meanings. It is how MphasiS Chief Executive Ganesh Ayyar refers to the Indian IT services provider’s strategy of going for small to mid-size acquisitions. The bigger ones can become a “noose around your neck”, Ayyar said. The company, 61 percent owned by ...
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• Ericsson Buys Another Part of Nortel

  
  DealBook — Authority: 760
  Ericcson and Kapsch CarrierCom will buy the GSM business of bankrupt Nortel Networks of Canada for $103 million in cash, the giant Swedish maker of telecommunications equipment said Wednesday.
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• France Telecom, Sunrise Merge Swiss Mobile Phone Business

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  France Telecom on Wednesday said it had agreed to buy a 75 percent stake in Switzerland’s No. 2 mobile operator for 1.5 billion euros in order to better challenge Swisscom, the state-owned market leader.
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