June 30, 2008 - By now, youve seen the numbers that marked the carnage that was the first half in M&A. Crazy stuff, such as private equity volume off by 85% in the US, and not much less than that around the world. Or total M&A being down 35% in the first six months of the year versus the same timeframe last year.
May 27, 2008 - When people say that out of tragedy something good always comes, you just know theyre thinking about the Test & Measurement industry.
April 29, 2008 - One deal does not make a trend, of course, but Mondays announcement that Mars and Berkshire Hathaway were teaming up to buy gum-maker Wrigley had to tickle the taste buds of a comatose buyout crowd desperate for signs of life.
March 19, 2008 - Well, weve learned in the past few days, in gory detail, precisely why some of us have been so very worried about the stranglehold within the credit markets. It was never just about a run-of-the-mill slowdown in the economy, or a meaningless debate about whether we were or were not officially in a recession.
April 15, 2008 - If reports are true that the board of Yahoo! wants another $12 billion or so from Microsoft to consider a deal, maybe you have to wonder exactly how bad the M&A market really is.