Strategy
Law Firm Kirkland Builds Leading M&A Practice On Big Hires, Deals
The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software ...
Column: Twilight for the Middle Class in America?
It's evening in America. That is the worrying news from the latest Heartland Monitor Poll, conducted quarterly and sponsored by the insurer Allstate and National Journal. The researchers made a ...
Firms Still Reluctant To Make Acquisitions: E&Y Executives Survey
Companies around the world are still reluctant to go on the acquisition trail even though they are becoming more confident about the global economy, a survey found Monday. In its half-yearly ...
Breaking Convention
Did the father sit in candlelight and silence? Or did Jean rant and sob? Did he blame himself or his son …after all he had done for him? We shall never know how Monsieur Poquelin greeted abject ...PartnerRe Announces More Internal Restructuring; 140 Positions Cut
On Wednesday, PartnerRe Ltd. announced the restructuring of its business support operations into a single integrated worldwide support platform. The reinsurer said the new organizational structure ...
IMF Issues Stern Advice for World’s Major Economies
The International Monetary Fund had stern advice for the euro zone and other major economies on Tuesday in its periodic update on the health of the world economy. The following are the highlights ...
M&A Leaks Fall As Regulators Get Tough, Deals Drop
Increased vigilance among regulators and a subdued market for takeovers have deterred investment bankers from leaking information about deals, according to an international study published on ...Slowdown in Global Warming No Argument for Policy Change: Wynn
A recent slowdown in the rise of the Earth's surface temperatures has led some commentators to question whether scientists have exaggerated the global warming problem. Scientific advances have ...