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Life Goes On

June 30, 2008 - By now, you’ve 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.

Measured Success

May 27, 2008 - When people say that “out of tragedy something good always comes,” you just know they’re thinking about the Test & Measurement industry.

Women Are From Venus, M&A Is From Mars

April 29, 2008 - One deal does not make a trend, of course, but Monday’s 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.

Bear News Wreaks More Havoc on Market

March 19, 2008 - Well, we’ve 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.

I Hate You ... Call Me

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.