Calling Some Nifty Plays
Tags: CONGLOMERATE corporations; CONSOLIDATION & merger of corporations; CORPORATE reorganizations; CORPORATIONS -- Growth; BUYOUTS; SALE of business enterprises; EXECUTIVES; SUPER Bowl (Football game); TARGET companies
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- Calling Some Nifty Plays. Sloan, Allan // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);2/7/2005, Vol. 145 Issue 6, p6
Notes a connection between Super Bowl week, prime season for professional football, and corporate takeovers. Reference to Gillette's selling out to Procter & Gamble and AT&T's plan to sell itself to SBC; Information on the deals; Suggestion that these companies' executive ranks are filled with...
- Scoring Big in the Takeover Bowl. Sloan, Allan // Newsweek;2/7/2005, Vol. 145 Issue 6, p42
Notes a connection between Super Bowl week, prime season for professional football, and corporate takeovers. Reference to Gillette's selling out to Procter & Gamble and AT&T's plan to sell itself to SBC; Information on the deals; Suggestion that these companies' executive ranks are filled with...
- Merger Mania and Its Discontents. Brock, James // Multinational Monitor;Jul/Aug2005, Vol. 26 Issue 7/8, p10
Discusses the implications of corporate consolidation and merger for the U.S. economy as of 2005. Value of corporate mergers from 1980 to 2003; Background of mergers and consolidations in various industries; Amount spent for processing paper ownership shares due to mergers; Failure of the...
- M & A. // Investment Dealers' Digest;4/4/2005, Vol. 71 Issue 13, p21
The article presents data related to funds raised from merger and acquisition activity as of March 28, 2005.
- Building up is back in fashion. Allen, Jodie T. // U.S. News & World Report;8/16/2004, Vol. 137 Issue 5, p40
Offers a look at the increase of conglomerate corporations as of August 2004. Acquisitions of the Ramjac Corporation; Increase of mergers and stock offerings; Claim that mergers and acquisitions can address corporate problems such as stagnation and innovation; Rise of chief executive officer...
- First Charter: If We Make Deal, We'll Be the Buyer. Kulikowski, Laurie; Boraks, David // American Banker;12/6/2004, Vol. 169 Issue 232, p23
Discusses how First Charter Corp. is considering bank acquisitions in other markets according to company president and CEO Lawrence Kimbrough. Consideration of how First Charter currently has 54 branches in North Carolina and a small mortgage operation in Virginia; Reasons why First Charter is...
- Company news. // American City & County;Apr2004, Vol. 119 Issue 4, p18
Presents news briefs on consolidation and merger of corporations in the U.S., as of April 1, 2004. Engineering Design and Inspection Services by Springfield, Illinois-based Crawford, Murphy & Tilly; Tesseract Technologies by Dayton, Ohio-based Woolpert; Trkla, Pettigrew, Allen & Payne by San...
- dealflow. // Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealermaker's Journal;Sep2004, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p39
Lists key merger and acquisition deals announced in July 2004. Acquirer; Target company; Price of acquisition.
- The Impact of Mergers on Management Theory. Fery, John B.; Loomba, N. Paul; Marks Jr., Leonard; Odell, I. Gordon; Vance, Stanley // Academy of Management Journal;Jun69, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p153
In an attempt at bridging the sometimes seemingly unbridgable chasm between management theory and management practice, the recent annual meeting of the Western Division, Academy of Management scheduled a dialogue on one of today's most vital subjects. The following are portions of the luncheon...
