2012 Hellenic Summit Games Though the firewall is a misnomer the EUR 650 bln facility that will run concurrent to the existing EFSF of EUR 350 bln and continue post 2013 when EFSF expires has given the Euro breathing space…
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European Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Fiscal Compact, the Greek Default Deal and the new firewall
Tagged with: "European Sovereign Debt Crisis", Acquisitions, European Council, European Court of Justice, European Union, Getty Images, Greece, Italy, Spain
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
Amazon gets behind the technology
After all, Amazon will have to do a lot of value buying to keep the spirit of competition with the iPad! Amazon has acquired New York-based startup Touchco, according to Nick Bilton at the New York Times. Touchco specializes in touch-screen…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, Amazon, Apple, Books, DealBook, Deals, iPad, M&A, Media, Mergers, O\'nomics, Retail Lifestyle, Technology
Posted in O'nomics, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Posted in O'nomics, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Citibank out of Private Equity , Real Estate
Private Equity is a specialised business, in that the players concerned are unlikely to turn up to defend their investments and even trading actions to a Senate Banking Committee, even as Volcker deigns to equate risk limits umbrella to the…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, Banks, Citibank, Corporate Finance, DealBook, Finance, M&A, Mergers, PE, Private Equity, Too big to fail, Volcker
Posted in Private Equity
Posted in Private Equity
Dairy Milk in my Oreo, Irene
Warren Buffet invested Kraft was finally able to up the offer beyond 840p without issuing additional equity and convince Cadbury to sign the dotted line, with the deal announcement after Tuesday afternoon’s deadline expires in London. The Nabisco acquisition is…
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Making Chocolate Kisses for Eggheads
It gets wierd(er). I am flummoxed. Let me bite into a little late night chocolate. Searing hot. One would have thought, esp the fat cat bankers and the Bens, that Cadbury’s needed a richer valuation. As the story unfolds however,…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, Cadbury, Emerging Markets, KKR, Kraft, M&A, Mergers, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle
Posted in Global, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Global, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle, US
Is it Novartis? Is it Kraft? Just the cheese.
It’s not even about Cadbury’s anymore And I am not wondering about the title, just who is the bigger offender in this new twist Nestle: $NSRGY Kraft: $KFT …
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, Advantage O'nomics, Cash, Confectionary, DealBook, Europe, Kraft, Lifestyle Economy, M&A, Mergers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nestle, Novartis, Private Equity, Valuations, Zurich
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
HSBC making the right noises? | Advantage zyaada
After ANZ bought RBS Asia assets for $550 m (A$ 600 m now ) minus India China and Malaysia and Stanchart failed to make the grade, HSBC got into the act as usual. With both the birds wounded in pursuing…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, ANZ, Financial Markets, HSBC, Private Banking, Private Equity, RBI, SCB, SCB India, Stock Markets, Wealth
Posted in Financial Markets
Posted in Financial Markets
It's NBC Universal
[picapp align="left" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7234592" src="9/3/8/8/COMCAST_BUYS_NBC_d4ad.JPG?adImageId=8008008&imageId=7234592" width="500" height="342" /] [picapp align="right" wrap="false" link="term=Comcast&iid=7172769" src="4/2/7/8/General_Electric_And_e942.jpg?adImageId=8008197&imageId=7172769" width="380" height="253" /] The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, AOL Warner, Comcast, Convergence, GE, Mergers, NBC, TWX
Posted in Retail Lifestyle, US
Posted in Retail Lifestyle, US
After AOL Warner, the new megalith?
Can conventional media survive yet? The proposed $30-billion transaction is the fruition of a longtime ambition by Comcast’s 50-year-old chief executive, Brian Roberts, to recast his family-controlled Philadelphia company into a leading producer of movies and television shows and a…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, Convergence, GE, Global Media, Media, Mergers, NBC, Retail Lifestyle
Posted in Amitonomics, ETC, Film making, Media and Entertainment, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US
Posted in Amitonomics, ETC, Film making, Media and Entertainment, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US
The epic saga: In which Vivendi gets out of the way
GE has finally got itself a new doorstop with Vivendi agreeing to sell out 20% in NBC Universal for $5.8 billion (MarketWatch story) Now one only needs to wait for Comcast to get in and bid for NBC and then…
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Tagged with: Acquisitions, GE, Media, Mergers, NBC
Posted in Financial Markets, GDOW, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US
Posted in Financial Markets, GDOW, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized, US
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