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Deals: Citi Never Sleeps
In our M&A Roundup for the week ended Dec. 7, the troubled bank's complex purchase of a Spanish company, and associated sell-offs, dominate the action. Kuwait is a big buyer, as it gets half of Dow's polyethylene business for $7.50 billion. December 8, 2008
Private Equity: Get a Grip
The hollow bullishness of buy-out firms' bosses. December 2, 2008
Stockholm Syndrome
Bad banks were a big part of Sweden’s 1990s rescue package. December 2, 2008
Deals: The Long Road to a Trillion
In our M&A Roundup for the week ended Nov. 30, no single transaction tops $1 billion, but at last the total for 2008 dealmaking tops $1 trillion. December 1, 2008
Can Buybacks Reduce Corporate Tax Writeoffs?
HLTH's Corporation's repurchase program may constitute a change of ownership, and as a result shrink future tax benefits. December 1, 2008
Insurance Mergers: Many Buys, Scarce Financing
The only place to raise capital to make hay out of the bargains that AIG and other insurers are dishing up is the stock market, an M&A expert says. November 25, 2008
A Dreaded Real Estate Tax Rears Its Ugly Head
CBS loses its argument with New York and is taxed on its "transfer" of real estate to Viacom. November 25, 2008
Deals: To Canada and Beyond
In our M&A Roundup for the week ended Nov. 23, four of the ten largest North American deals involve Canadian natural-resource companies — in a slow period that shows signs of picking up today. November 24, 2008
Why Gannett's Tax Appeal Was Shot Down
Gannett met the definition of a unitary business, so now it will be paying taxes in Maine for the sell-off of its $2.7 billion Midwest cable business. November 21, 2008
Does It Matter Which Company Is the "Acquirer"?
Yes, for accounting purposes. But as illustrated in the CenturyTel – Embarq deal, the designation may be management's choice. November 18, 2008