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Investment Banking surviving on smaller deals

Image by Getty Images via @daylife According to BarCap’s Matt Ponsonby even as IB revenues for Banks depend most on M&A revenues esp Advisory  fees, the quantum of deals has been going down and data till now  suggests that those depending on

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Posted in Banking, Dealbook, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Mergers etc

A busy day from dealmaking newsvine | An Advantage dealbook Tweetpost

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Private Equity, Retail Lifestyle, Social Media

Circular 698, Brazilian IPOs and new post Treaty shopping concerns | Advantage zyaada

China tripped up another foreign investor, taxing Vodafone’s offshore sale of its Jiangsu assets in China with the new 2009 circular, Circular 698. India is also hoping to add CFC regulations, taxing passive international income of those considered domestic in

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Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, China, Emerging Markets, India, Private Equity

Britain’s biggest slides the longest | Advantage ‘zyaada’

more from the gulf of mexico: anadarko’s operational ownership and $1.6b from the Spill Trust Fund of the government would amount to $5 Bn but Anadarko want’s 65% owner BP to pay up all of it. Federal Law needs to

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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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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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Posted in Private Equity

We believe it too | The Big Picture

In the world of social engagement, Murdoch’s boys may not be able to sirke much gold, if their antics continue. Though they may find it easy to complain about the internet broadband user’s continuing apathy to the paywall, journalistic standards

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Posted in Financial Markets, Media and Entertainment

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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Posted in Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized

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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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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Posted in Financial Markets