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Alcatel-Lucent

shares climbed as much as 21% on Aug. 26 on rumors of an unnamed Chinese bidder, with suggestions that either Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. or ZTE Corp.A Chinese bid for the company would face significant hurdles, not least because of fears of job ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Alcatel-Lucent,  Lucent Technologies, Inc.,  NYSE,  Hewlett-Packard,  Cisco Systems, Inc.

Kraft Foods Inc.

After the $23 billion Mars-Wrigley deal is done, what will Kraft do? Acquire to build scale internationally, its chair and CEO Irene Rosenfeld says. On Sept. 7, Kraft Foods Inc. made a surprise bid for Cadbury plc, which was quickly rejected. A ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kraft Foods Inc.,  NYSE,  Wall Street Journal,  Warren Buffett,  Bloomberg News

Blockbuster Inc.

While one analyst told Rudnick there could have been cross-selling opportunities for Blockbuster media content and Circuit City hardware, the target lost $167.7 million on $11.7 billion in sales for the year ended Feb. 29 compared with a profit of $ ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Circuit City,  Blockbuster Inc.,  Netflix,  Securities and Exchange Commission,  Goldman Sachs

Airlines and bankruptcy

March 26: ATA Airlines will liquidate: The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Indiana on Wednesday, March 25, confirmed ATA Airlines Inc.'s plan to liquidate. The proposal includes selling assets to Southwest Airlines Co. for $7.5 million. -- ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  10 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc.,  US Airways Group,  ATA Airlines,  Air Canada,  Alitalia

Steakhouses: Buyouts and bankruptcy

Landry's completed its go-shop period with no other offers, it said Aug. 1, and planned to proceed with its then-$1.3 billion buyout. Four lenders are contributing to the deal for the Houston-based company, whose restaurants include the Rainforest Cafe ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  9 Sep 2009

Confectioners: Cadbury, Hershey, more

Meanwhile, is Cadbury itself on Kraft Foods Inc.'s shopping list? Speculation has abounded for months, and Citigroup Inc. in late September downgraded the confectioner on the possibility it could fall victim to a takeover. Meanwhile, Hershey Co. was ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  8 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kraft Foods Inc.,  Wall Street Journal,  Dr Pepper Snapple Group,  Citigroup,  Nelson Peltz

PE and VC fundraising

PE fundraising ends April strong: As April closed, private equity firms were hard at work padding their already robust fundraising numbers, adding more than $6.4 billion to their capital under management. Secondary funds continue to be a favorite of ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  31 Aug 2009
Related Topics: TPG, N.V.,  Google Inc.,  George White,  Carlyle Group,  Akamai Technologies, Inc.

BofA-Merrill Lynch

2008: MERRILL'S STAR BANKERS, CALL HIGHLIGHTS AND WIDER IMPLICATIONS Sept. 15: BofA buyout can't quite save Temasek's investment in Merrill: At first glance, it looked as if the shotgun marriage of Merrill Lynch & Co. with Bank of America Corp. had ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  25 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Merrill Lynch,  Bank of America,  George Young,  John A. Thain,  Wall Street Journal

Bottlers: Pepsi, Coke and more

International sales have been a bright spot for PepsiCo, which in response to slowing North American sales announced recently it would cut 3,300 jobs and shutter up to six plants in an effort to trim $1.2 billion from its balance sheet. - Suzanne ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  5 Aug 2009
Related Topics: PepsiCo, Inc.,  Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.,  Indra Nooyi,  Barack Obama,  Wal-Mart

Tribune

Suit aside, the deal still looked on track to close by year's end, as investors were promised. Orol noted Nov. 30: ...

From CAROLYN MURPHY, The Deal: Blogs,  7 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sam Zell,  New York Daily News,  Rupert Murdoch,  Milwaukee Brewers,  Dallas Mavericks

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