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  • July 2008

    • InBev Boosts Bid for Bud, Making Buyout Likely

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 11, 08 10:55 AM CDT

      InBev Boosts Bid for Bud, Making Buyout Likely

      InBev has increased its bid for Anheuser-Busch to $70 a share, the Wall Street Journal reports. Although willing to replace the Budweiser-brewer’s board in a hostile takeover, the $5-per-share boost—bringing the total deal to $50 billion—is a signal that InBev would prefer to keep things friendly. Anheuser will probably accept the new offer, sources told the Journal . More »

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      mergers and acquisitions  • beer  • buyout  • Anheuser-Busch  • Budweiser  • InBev  • brewery

  • May 2008

    • American Axle Deal Restarts GM Plants

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 19, 08 7:52 AM CDT

      American Axle Deal Restarts GM Plants

      General Motors is poised to resume production at dozens of idled plants as workers at American Axle & Manufacturing, a key GM supplier, have reached a tentative deal in their 11-week-old strike. The UAW strike had all but stopped the production of GM's highly profitable SUVs, pickups, and vans, reports the Wall Street Journal, sinking the automaker's first-quarter earnings and undermining its liquidity. More »

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      auto industry  • General Motors  • United Auto Workers  • buyout  • UAW strike

    • Microsoft, Yahoo in Talks for Partial Buyout

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 18, 08 4:05 PM CDT

      Microsoft, Yahoo in Talks for Partial Buyout

      Microsoft is back at Yahoo's bargaining table, this time seeking a partial acquisition of the Internet portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Buyout talks fizzled earlier this month, but billionaire Carl Icahn's push for a proxy war has left Yahoo honchos feeling shareholder pressure to cut a deal, though today they warned one may not happen. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • acquisitions  • Carl Icahn  • buyout

  • April 2008

    • Ballmer to Yahoo: That's Our Final Offer

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 23, 08 2:48 PM CDT

      Ballmer to Yahoo: That's Our Final Offer

      Microsoft won't raise its $44.6 billion takeover bid for Yahoo despite the Internet firm's strong first-quarter earnings, Bloomberg reports. "We are prepared to go forward without a merger," said CEO Steve Ballmer, who has threatened a proxy shareholder revolt to push the deal through, possibly at a lower price, if Yahoo didn’t agree to the original bid by Saturday. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • acquisitions  • Jerry Yang  • buyout  • Steve Ballmer  • search advertising  • display advertising

    • In Q1, Yahoo Beats Estimates

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Apr 22, 08 4:09 PM CDT

      In Q1, Yahoo Beats Estimates

      Yahoo posted an increase in net income and reported sales that beat estimates in the first quarter, the company reported today. The jump in profit to $542.2 million translates to 37 cents per share, up from 10 cents a share a year ago—a number reflecting a onetime $401 million gain related to the Alibaba deal, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • shareholders  • buyout  • profit growth  • Alibaba

  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • FCC to Give Stalled Tribune Sale a Push

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 29, 07 8:26 AM CST

      FCC to Give Stalled Tribune Sale a Push

      Sam Zell’s $8.2-billion bid to take the Tribune Company private got a boost yesterday from  FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, who green-lighted a two-year exemption on rules barring ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market. Zell needs waivers for five markets in which the Tribune has dual ownership, reports the Los Angeles Times . The FCC could act as soon as tomorrow, and the deal could close by year’s end. More »

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      Chicago Cubs  • FCC  • buyout  • Tribune Company  • Sam Zell  • Kevin Martin

    • Oracle Sees No BEA in Its Future

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Nov 15, 07 7:03 AM CST

      Oracle Sees No BEA in Its Future

      Oracle’s $25-billion, three-year shopping spree won’t include rival BEA Systems, at least not at the $17 a share it offered last month, reports the San Jose Mercury News . BEA spurned the nearly $6.7-billion bid, demanding $21 a share. “If their goal was to stay independent, I think they're doing a good job,” CEO Larry Ellison said. More »

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      buyout  • Oracle  • BEA Systems  • business tech

    • US Equity Firms Face Local Competition

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Nov 14, 07 2:59 PM CST

      US Equity Firms Face Local Competition

      Increasing wealth worldwide will breed competitors for US private equity funds accustomed to being the only players in the lucrative buyout market, the Financial Times reports. “It is not preordained that the US will dominate private equity globally,” said the founder of one such firm, adding that governments could play a role in bankrolling private equity funds in Asia. More »

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      buyout  • private equity firms  • buyout firms

  • October 2007
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