Don&#39;t Stop Dealmaking
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It has been a long and tortured courtship. For years, health-care giant Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ ) has held on-again, off-again acquisition talks with medical-device maker Guidant (GDT ). Now Wall Street sources say the companies are talking again.
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Don't mind the mergers. Watch the valuation.
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Energy industry executives are looking for deals across the power and oil and gas sectors, but with valuations and asset prices running at high levels, many have narrowed their deal criteria to exclude large link-ups.
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Itâs amazing how long it can take investors to see that the wheels are coming off a prized investment vehicle. Denial, after all, is a powerful thing.
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Investors: Don't make this costly blunder.
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Experts see the bid rejection as a negotiating strategy to elicit a higher offer and not as an attempt to resist a deal at all costs.
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Don't let company earnings deceive you.
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Even though its appeal is ongoing, the software giant hopes to make a deal.
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This potential turnaround is still trying to turn.
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One of the great things about working in a newsroom is that you're surrounded by lots of smart people who love to tell you what they know. Just try to stop them.
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Bargains or busts? Let's work together to find out.
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U.S. News & World Report - You know the &quot;five-second rule,&quot; the one that says you can eat food dropped on the ground for five seconds and it&#39;s still good. Well, maybe, there&#39;s a five-day rule for presidential candidates. Maybe Fred Thompson can still drop right back out of the presidential race--no harm, no foul. Today&#39;s job numbers were that bad for Republicans and that good for Democrats. I mean, if you&#39;re a political junkie who likes to bet a few sawbucks now and then, it might be time to snag a few &quot;Democratic Party Candidate to Win 2008 Presidential Election&quot; contracts over at the TradeSports online betting site.  ...
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Is it the greatest arbitrage opportunity of the century? There currently appears to be more than twenty pending transactions with deal spreads greater than ten percent. The spreads are due to a variety of factors which sometimes seem to bear no relation to the actual terms of the merger agreement and its actual requirements [...].
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Business & money: As increasing numbers of complainants seek redress in the courts, Tony Levene looks at how a successful action can be only the start.
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Setting ground rules for competition is one thing, but seeking to determine outcomes is another. In European antitrust, there is more a doctrine of âreining inâ powerful companies than in the United States.
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Don't take certain investments for granted.
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This contract manufacturer is flexing its muscles.