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CFO January 1, 2004 Roy Harris	The Start of Something Big? A blockbuster fourth quarter gives even pessimists hope that M&A activity has finally turned the corner.
Entrepreneur September 2003 C.J. Prince	Got Leverage? If you're ready to sell, you've got the upper hand. Large buyout firms will be looking to entrepreneurs.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 David Henry	Have Dealmakers Wised Up? Acquiring companies seem to be taking a closer look -- and paying less.
CFO January 1, 2002 Harris & Caplan	The Perils of Impairment Investors will be getting a better look at corporate balance sheets, thanks to new accounting rules (FAS 141 & 142) covering goodwill and how to reflect its impairment. How will this affect business metrics, and how will investors react?
Insurance & Technology June 22, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Deloitte: Insurance M&A Likely to Increase in Late 2009 New report identifies five situations in which mergers are likely to increase, a strategic objectives checklist for insurance M&A and a four-phase approach to planning and executing M&A.
BusinessWeek January 10, 2005	Here Comes The Year Of The Deal Fallout from a new M&A boom could turn out to be a major unanticipated policy issue in 2005. Rapid consolidation could increase pricing power in many industries. It's the right time for the U.S. government's trustbusters to stay alert.
CFO September 1, 2009 Alix Stuart	Undue Diligence New accounting rules for mergers take a bite out of deal activity.
Managed Care June 2004	Mergers Remain Hot Topic In Managed Care Health plans increasingly find themselves in a position where they need to grow or else, according to A.M. Best, the rating company.
BusinessWeek December 4, 2006 Emily Thornton	What's Behind The Buyout Binge With stocks cheap and private equity firms flush, this boom may be a record-breaker.
Inc. October 1, 2002 Kenneth Klee	Mergers and Accusations Yes, most mergers are misguided. But savvy investors shouldn't overlook those few companies that get them right.
Knowledge@Wharton	Bank of America and FleetBoston: Dud Deal? It was the third largest bank merger in history, promising to create a mega-bank that would span the country. But though bank executives promise economies of scale and cross-selling opportunities, investors have not been impressed.
CFO Roy Harris	A Lesson Before Buying University executive-education programs tackle one of the business world's toughest jobs: teaching M&A...
U.S. Banker February 2011 Rob Garver	An M&A Resurgence? Not So Fast A flurry of bank merger activity at the end of 2010 raised hopes for more deals, but accounting rules requiring that acquired loans be marked to market could scare off many potential buyers.
CFO March 1, 2005 Don Durfee	A Question of Value Over 20 years, technology and technique have greatly improved the ability to price targets accurately for a merger.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan	Cautious Optimism: Returns to Bank M&A A gradual improvement in asset quality industry wide, along with unprecedented pressure from regulators, is helping to revive the bank M&A market after three lean years -- although prices might never return to their lofty highs of past cycles.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Scary Movie It's going to be a while before there's any real improvement in Movie Gallery's financial health. Investors, beware.
CFO September 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan	Secrets of the M&A Masters The hard-won lessons of frequent acquirers can cut through the clutter of acquisition statistics and theory and serve as practical deal-making guidelines.
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CFO March 1, 2003 Roy Harris	Close to Divest Many companies are poised to shed failed acquisitions, but few want to talk about it.
Fast Company January 2002 George Anders	7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business...
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CFO January 1, 2009 S.L. Mintz	Goodwill Hunting For companies mulling write-offs, economic turmoil is a terrible thing to waste.
CFO October 1, 2009 Russ Banham	Down but Not Out M&A activity has plunged in 2009, but recent deals suggest it may be poised for a comeback.
CFO September 1, 2008 David M. Katz	Fair-Value Revolution Historical cost accounting is fading as Corporate America marches into a new era.
U.S. Banker April 2005 Michael Sisk	Regulations Add Wrinkle to M&A Caveat Emptor is the name of the game more than ever, lest buyers get saddled with the legal troubles of their new firm.
Knowledge@Wharton	The Deal Drought: IPOs and M&As are Down But Not Out The rate of financial deals has plummeted since the collapse of the economic boom. IPOs, mergers and venture funding have all seemingly evaporated, and with them thousands of financial industry jobs. But experts hint that you can still find deals going on, if you look in the right places.
CFO December 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick	Is Fair Value Flawed? Some say FASB's reform proposals for merger-and-acquisition expense-reporting could stifle corporate management planning.
Bank Systems & Technology January 14, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Managing M&As Technology is playing an increasingly important role in the revived M&A market in financial services.
CFO July 1, 2005 Roy Harris	Soft in the Middle While blockbuster mergers and acquisitions abound, the next tier of deals shrinks a bit. That could be a good thing.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009	Considering M&A in 2009? For banks that are considering a possible sale or merger, 2009 could be a good time to put plans and balance sheets in order.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 David Henry	M&A Deals: Show Me Aware that many mergers haven't paid off in the past, investors don't have the enthusiasm they once did.
Knowledge@Wharton	Is It Time to Get Rid of EBITDA? The latest target of corporate reformers may not be a company or even an individual. Instead it is a concept, EBITDA, that may have been indirectly responsible for at least some of the corporate carcasses now littering the landscape.
CFO May 1, 2004 Joseph McCafferty	Where Are All the Europeans? Conditions seem ripe for a transatlantic M&A invasion. There are good reasons it isn't happening.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2004 Rich Duprey	How to Spot a Serial Acquirer Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Tom Taulli	Wall Street's Shopping Spree M&A is back, and it's not leaving anytime soon. How can an investor capitalize on this?
Financial Advisor February 2006 Alan Lavine	Alive And Well The ongoing merger boom keeps feeding the risk arbitrageurs' bottom line. Financial advisors have a number of options if they want to invest clients' cash in mutual funds that could benefit from merger deals.
CFO March 1, 2005	Paradigm Shifts The 20 events that most altered the practice of corporate finance since CFO magazine first began reporting on it in 1985.
Food Processing August 2010	Food Business Mergers & Acquisitions Fall 30.4% In 2009 The 2009 total of merger and acquisition activity in the food & beverage industry included 263 deals (not all of them yet closed) and is the second annual decline; the 2008 figure broke a trend of three consecutive years of M&A growth.
CFO January 1, 2008 Avital Louria Hahn	Lessons from Adversity The split personality of 2007 dealmaking, with its dramatic highs and lows, could teach a few things about M&A in the year ahead.
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CFO May 1, 2003 Tim Reason	Off the Street Stricter rules and wary investors are prompting more companies to exit the public markets.
CIO January 1, 2001 Ian Springsteel	Money Talk - Financial Glossary Fluency in CFO-speak can help your company---and your career.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America.
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