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How to Navigate Markets Through the Euro-Zone Turmoil

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Europe, Banks, Debt, Spain, Euro, China, Portfolio, Dividend, Drachma, Investment, Portugal, Greece, Fsa, Wealth Management, French, Greek Exit, Election, Stocks, M&A, Buying Opportunities, Fund Managers, Allocation, Inflation, Emerging Market, Yield, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

As the euro zone crisis intensifies and global markets reflect investor concerns, we ask ourselves, is a Greek exit from the euro on its way? Preparations have already begun to protect shareholder interest.

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Facebook, Instagram and the Disciplines of Mergers and Acquisitions

Robert Teitelman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Social Media, Mergers and Acquisitions, M&A, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Instagram Deal, Facebook Instagram, Facebook Buys Instagram, Technology News
Robert Teitelman

Facebook is famously paying a cool billion dollars for the two-year-old app-based photo service. Instagram has 13 employees, 30 million users and no revenues. But Mark Zuckerberg decided the social media giant absolutely had to have the startup.

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Olympus Report To Be Released Next Week, Opening Way For Possible Criminal Complaints

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Hideo Yamada, Olympus Corp, Criminal Charges, M&A, Kyodo, Olympus Crimiinal, Criminal Complaints, Sesc, Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, Video, Business News

TOKYO - An expert panel appointed by Japan's Olympus Corp to look into an accounting scandal at the disgraced firm will release its findings on Tu...

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Is Spousal Support Finally Getting A Serious Update?

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Divorce, Alimony, Alimony Reform, Florida, Ma, New Jersey, Family Court, Divorce News
Elizabeth Benedict

Instead of allowing people to end a failed relationship, the antiquated laws in Massachusetts, Florida, and New Jersey states force them to become permanent adversaries, returning to divorce court whenever circumstances change. They endure a lifetime of legal fees and divorce that never ends.

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Hiring By The Auto Industry Might Drive U.S. Recovery: Survey

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Kpmg, Consumer Confidence, Japan Earthquake, Unemployment Rate, U.S. Debt Crisis, M&A, Jobs, U.S. Recession, Economic Recovery, Chysler, General Motors Co, Good News, Auto Industry, Business News

(Clare Baldwin) - The auto industry could lead an economic recovery in the United States, according to a recent survey by audit, tax and advisory ...

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Proper Names or M is for Margie, Mary Ann...Mother?

Gabrielle Burton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Momma, Mom, Ma, Gabrielle Burton, Proper Names, Mother, Mama, Mother's Day, Mother's Day 2011, Healthy Living News
Gabrielle Burton

I'm lucky enough to have one of life's great blessings: I like and respect my grown kids, and the feelings are mutual. Still, we're not on a first-name basis. I want my children to call me Mother or any of its sweet variations.

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M&A: Increasing Your Company's Sales Price With New Products

Larry MacDonald | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing, Inc., Crowdsourcing, New Products, Stock Market, Innovation, Marketing Research, Business, Edison Innovations, M&A, Business News
Larry MacDonald

In anticipation of selling a company, it may be advantageous to identify new market needs and have a number of attractive opportunities in the development pipeline to sweeten the deal.

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100,000+ Protest Across America, 3,000 in Denver

Nancy Cronk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Reproductive Rights, Collective Bargaining, Signs, Workers, Solidarity, Colorado, Denver, Labor Unions, Protesters, Crowd, Wisconsin, Protest, Rally, Teachers, Pro-Choice, Union, Washington, Dennis Kucinich, Chicago, Oregon, Illinois, Boston, Madison, New York, Indiana, Ma, New Mexico, Ca, Albany, Oakland, Denver News
Nancy Cronk

Rallies were held at state capitols in all fifty states on Saturday, bringing out hundreds of thousands of Americans to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin.

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Say Goodbye to 1999

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Print Journalism, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, M&A, 3G Capital, Twitter, Financial TImes, Mergermarket, Scoops, Deal Reporter, Internet Rumors, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

The waning dominance of the mainstream press has created a paradoxical situation: Scoops may be more important than ever and, at the same time, ever harder to define.

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Junk history

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., M&A, Business News
Yvette Kantrow

What is it about the 1980s that makes the decade so irresistible to journalists covering Wall Street? Despite everything that the financial world has ...

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Here's Why Yahoo And AOL Should Immediately Merge

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Aol, Online, Yahoo, M&A, Mergers, Technology News
Henry Blodget

Yahoo and AOL are both in a business that benefits greatly from scale. They're both basically media companies. By combining, they would achieve greater scale and reduce duplication.

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Coming Wave of Gov 2.0 Mergers

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: gov20la, Finance, Gov 2.0, Silberberg Innovations, M+A, Ipo, Gov 2.0 Mergers, Technology, Alan W. Silberberg, Deals, Government, Business, Govdelivery, Govloop, Government Strategy, Gov 2.0 Consultant, Business News
Alan W. Silberberg

The Coming Wave of Gov 2.0 Mergers, Takeovers and Buyouts is almost upon us. This will mark the second major part of the Government 2.0 revolution.

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Franchise Player

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Felix Rohatyn, Nik Deogun, Dennis Berman, Subprime Mortgage, Jeffrey McCracken, Steve Lipin, M&A, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

As Rupert Murdoch transforms the WSJ from a business must-have into a general interest read, will the paper continue its thorough coverage of mergers and acquisitions news?

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Ann Curry Mixes Up Wheaton Colleges In Commencement Address

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ann Curry Blunder, Ann Curry at Wheaton, Ann Curry Wheaton Speech, Wheaton College, Ann Curry Graduation Speech, Ann Curry Wheaton Commencement Address, Curry Wheaton, Wheaton College Norton, Ann Curry Wrong Wheaton College, Ann Curry, Ma, Ann Curry Wheaton, Ann Curry Wheaton Commencement, Ann Curry Wheaton Graduation, Ann Curry and Wheaton, Ann, College News

In her address to Wheaton College's Class of 2010, "Today" Show anchor Ann Curry mistakenly confused the Wheaton she was at, in Massachusetts, with a ...

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Smoke, Fire

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Fidelity National, M&A, Deal, Blackstone, Bankers, Buyout, Steve Schwarzman, Reuters, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Deal rumor reporting recently hit a new high -- or is it low? -- a few weeks back when the Wall Street Journal put out a story on what it called "The Big One."

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Obama Poll Watch -- February, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, John F Kennedy, Obama Polls, Special Election, President Obama, Monthly Polls, Kennedy, Obamapollwatch, Trendline, Reform, Poll, Obama, Disapproval, Charts, Approval Ratings, 2010, Ma, Polling, Data, Johnson, Opinion Polls, Jfk, Health Care, Obama Approval, Obama Poll Watch, Graph, Trend, Daily Polls, Chart, February, Democrat, Massachusetts, Undecided, Approval Rating, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Realclearpolitics, Obama Poll Numbers, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Gallup, Poll of Polls, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Sotu, Health Care Reform, State of the Union, Graphs, Lbj, Lyndon Johnson, Healthcare Reform, Senate, Healthcare, Pollster, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The president's approval and disapproval numbers are within kissing distance. When will Obama turn this around? Will he turn this around?

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Obama Poll Watch -- January, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.03.2010

Read More: Polls, Obama Polls, Populism, Special Election, President Obama, Monthly Polls, Obamapollwatch, Trendline, Reform, Poll, Obama, Plouffe, Disapproval, Charts, Bush, Richard Milhouse Nixon, Approval Ratings, 2010, Ma, Polling, Richard Nixon, Data, Tricky Dick, Johnson, Opinion Polls, Health Care, Obama Approval, Obama Poll Watch, January, Graph, Trend, Daily Polls, Chart, Richard M Nixon, Democrat, Massachusetts, Undecided, Approval Rating, Democrats, Volcker, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Realclearpolitics, Obama Poll Numbers, Opinion Poll, Chris Weigant, Gallup, Poll of Polls, Sotu, Health Care Reform, State of the Union, Graphs, George W Bush, Lbj, Watergate, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon, Healthcare Reform, Senate, Healthcare, Pollster, Politics News
Chris Weigant

After taking a look at Obama's numbers for the month, we continue our march backwards through history, this month serving up a comparison between Obama and Richard Nixon's term-and-a-half.

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Martha and Scott: A Gender Blender in the New Internet Order

Rosalyn Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010, Ma, Brown, Cosmo, Coakley, Obama, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Senate Race, Senate, Gender Politics, Style, Sarah Palin, Fashion, Style News
Rosalyn Hoffman

The huge growth of social networking is fueled by a desire to connect. But Coakley missed the point online and in person -- she failed to realize that voters want to reach out and touch someone.

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Bruce Wasserstein 1947-2009

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lazard, The Deal, Bruce Wasserstein, M&A, Media, Business, New York Magazine, Deals, Business News
Robert Teitelman

The Bruce we knew was an enthusiast of the media and for journalism. It's been said often enough, but Bruce came up with the idea for a national newspaper to cover deals.

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Erasing the Doughnut Hole for All Seniors -- A Senate Revolt Against Big Pharma Brewing!

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Donut Hole, Chuck Schumer, Congress, New York, Senate Finance Committee, Delaware, Senator, Ny, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, 2009, John Kerry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Senate, Montana, Ma, Chuck Grassley, Baucus Committe, Doughnut Hole, Iowa, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Ben Nelson, Florida, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Massachusets, Fl, De, Ia, Politics News
Gail McGowan Mellor

An amendment offered by Senator Ben Nelson [D-FL] would reportedly lower the health care reform bill's cost by an additional $86 billion without reducing services.

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Irresistible Glam

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Gekko, Cadbury Plc, Skype, Disney, Kraft Foods Inc., Ebay, Wall Street, Oliver Stone, Marvel, M&A, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

Our obsession with deal leaks and scoops subsided along with the boom that fueled it, resulting in a column that trained its occasionally gimlet eye on everything from basic business reporting to Analystgate.

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Boston's Big Choice

Joe Trippi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston, Ma, Yoon, Massachusetts, Politics News
Joe Trippi

Boston Mayor Tom Menino, an establishment, machine politician of 16 years is facing the first real challenge of his career.

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The Woman Who Cried Wolf

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ma, Anti-Semitism, Jews, Palm Beach, Jewish, Madness Under the Royal Palms, Leamer, Media News
Laurence Leamer

When you write a controversial book that exposes an island of privilege as it has never been exposed before, you can't expect a love fest. But the response to my book has gone far beyond that.

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The Tipping Point? Merger Deals Could Be Ray Of Hope

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finance, Economy, M&A, Blackstone, Apria, Mergers, Mergers and Acquisitions, Business News

Market observers are desperately trying to call a bottom in the stock market, but something more dynamic is happening in the M&A market. The events o...

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PNC Financial buying National City for $5.58B

AP | STEPHEN BERNARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pnc, National City, Banks, Economy, Finance, Personal Finance, M&A, Business News

NEW YORK — PNC Financial Services Group Inc. said Friday it is acquiring National City Corp. for $5.58 billion, the first bank to use fresh inve...

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