Articles Written by:    MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG     

Cheers, Mate: An Update on InBev’s Bud Desires

Brazilian brewing giant InBev is considering a takeover of Anheuser-Busch Inc., say two people familiar with the brewers planning. These people stress that no decision has been made and that an unfriendly approach would be fraught with complication, ...

From MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street Journal,  23 May 2008
Related Topics: InBev

Microsoft Inches Closer to Yahoo Promised Land

Microsofts bid for Yahoo has gotten a boost from an unexpected source: the stock market. The software makers shares have rallied in recent days, helping Microsoft recover some, though not all, of the original value of its cash and stock offer. That ...

From MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street Journal,  18 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Steve Ballmer

Exit for Citigroup’s Top Tech Banker, Chris Varelas

WSJ’s take on deals and deal makers Christopher Varelas, co-global head of technology media and telecommunications investment banking at Citigroup, plans to leave the bank for a private-equity firm, people familiar with the matter said. He is ...

From MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street Journal,  28 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Citigroup,  Hewlett-Packard,  IBM,  Flextronics International Ltd.

Yahoo’s Deteriorating Defenses Against the Microsoft Bid

WSJ’s take on deals and deal makers Like a coiled python eyeing its quarry, Microsoft appears content to wait for Yahoo to exhaust its defenses before moving in for the kill. To understand Microsoft’s sanguine approach, look no further than Google’s ...

From MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street Journal,  27 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.

Analyzing Wachovia’s Clear Channel Case

MAC is back. At least, that is what Wachovia would have us believe. Last week, the Charlotte, N.C., bank filed a lawsuit asking a court in North Carolina to free it from its $500 million obligation to help finance Providence Equity Partner’s ...

From MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, Wall Street Journal,  26 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

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