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Morgan Stanley's Rosenthal on integrating Smith Barney

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:40:00 GMT

Jim Rosenthal, managing director and head of technology & operations for Morgan Stanley spoke at The Deal Economy 2010 Conference. Rosenthal says that the Smith Barney integration is proceeding as planned.

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Citi's Leon Kalvaria at The Deal Economy 2010

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:28:00 GMT

Leon Kalvaria, Vice Chairman of the Institutional Clients Group, Citi

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Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen on Glass-Steagall

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that one of the great myths of The Great Recession is that the abolition of Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis. Cohen says the origin of the financial crisis was actually unregulated mortgage bankers and brokers. See the video below or download it at iTunes

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Linklater's Schmidt on aggressive antitrust merger reviews

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:44:00 GMT

Candidate Barrack Obama talked plenty during last year's presidential campaign about the need for more aggressive antitrust merger reviews. Have the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice delivered? We put the question to Jeffrey Schmidt, a partner in the New York office of Linklaters and a former director of the Federal Trade Commission's bureau of competition under President George W. Bush. Schmidt, who will be discussing the antitrust environment at The Deal Economy 2010 conference Nov. 18 and 19, says while there haven't been many high-profile challenges, you can be sure the agencies are scrutinizing proposed acquisitions more closely than they have in years.See the video below or download it at iTunes. - Suzanne Stevens

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Foursquare's Crowley on funding and building the 'next Twitter'

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:46:00 GMT

Foursquare Labs Inc., a New York mobile social networking startup whose $1.35 million first-round financing in September was the most competitive in recent memory, may be the next big hit on the Internet, say many tech entrepreneurs and investors. But beyond buzz, what is Foursquare, how does it plan to make money, and why did it choose O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Union Square Ventures from among the many investors clamoring to back it? To find out, The Deal asked Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley, the former co-founder of Dodgeball, which Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) bought and subsequently deadpooled, for a behind-the-scenes tour. Watch the video below or download it on iTunes. - Mary Kathleen Flynn Special thanks to Dennis Crowley, Naveen Selvadurai, Harry Heymann and Nathan Folkman from Foursquare and to the folks at The Scratcher. Credits for The Deal's video go to: Tom Groppe (executive producer), Maria Woehr (producer), Mary Kathleen Flynn (reporter), Vipal Monga (director, camera crew, editor), George White (audio crew), Neil Buchalter (photo editor) and Brennen Wysong (copy editor).

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Financial services tech firms attract investors

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:35:01 GMT

Banks have spent nearly two years downsizing through workforce reductions and other cost-cutting measures. Now many are turning to technology to further drive efficiency and to help maintain service levels. That in turn is attracting a variety of investors to financial services technology, or fintech, firms with the tools to address those needs. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co., says Xerox Corp's (NYSE:XRX) acquisition of Affiliated Computer Systems Inc. (NYSE:ACS) and Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) of Perot Services Corp. (NYSE:PER) qualify as examples with both targets offering some fintech services. But Bistrong says middle market firms and private equity investors are also driving fintech transactions. See the video below or download it at iTunes.- Suzanne Stevens

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Hilco's Cory Lipoff on the retail reorg challenge

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:07:01 GMT

Fewer retailers are filing for bankruptcy than in the first half of 2009. That's what Cory Lipoff, a vice president with the strategic advisory and reorganization firm Hilco Merchant Resources told us in this interview. For those retailers already in bankruptcy, however, the ability to reorganize is more difficult today than it has been in the past. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Lipoff says the inventories of many retailers are so highly leveraged that there's little if any money available for a reorganization. - Suzanne Stevens

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Hilco's Cory Lipoff on retail bankruptcies

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:13:00 GMT

After a rash of high-profile retail bankruptcies in the first half of 2009, the number of filings has slowed. "It's been quiet," says Cory Lipoff, executive vice president with the strategic advisory and reorganization firm Hilco Merchant Resources. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Lipoff says many retailers have cut staff and inventory, and closed stores, and are just trying to hang on until Christmas.

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Berkery Noyes' Joe Berkery on inflated seller pricing

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:01:00 GMT

The lack of credit available to buyers remains a big deterrent to M&A. But the inflated price expectations of many sellers is as big obstacle, says Joseph Berkery, founder of the investment bank Berkery Noyes. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Berkery says "Prices are back to normal." The problem is that seller opinions of what their businesses are worth haven't adjusted to reflect that. - Suzanne Stevens

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Wheego's McQuarry on the future of cars

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:28:01 GMT

Electric cars may be the future of the automotive industry, so we took a spin in one from Wheego Electric Cars Inc. along with Wheego CEO Mike McQuarry. The startup, which is seeking $2.5 million in venture capital, has produced a two-seater city car called the Whip, which can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour and travel up to 50 miles on an eight-hour charge. While it is not as sleek as the better known, faster alternative, the Tesla Roadster (base price: $109,000), the Wheego at $19,500 before a $7,500 government incentive costs a pittance in comparison. See the video below or download it at iTunes.

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Berkery Noyes' Joe Berkery on M&A's rebound

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:57:01 GMT

Joseph Berkery has lived through his share M&A cycles. The difference between the present downturn and similar slowdowns, according to the founder of investment bank Berkery Noyes, is this one is "deeper and shorter." In this edition of Inside the Deal, Berkery says the rebounding stock market will dip again, but not precipitously, and not enough to stall an M&A market that is showing signs of life. - Suzanne Stevens

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NextGen's Carla Zilka on emerging market strategies

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:59:04 GMT

Investing in an emerging marketing is almost always daunting. It's even more so in an economy as volatile as the present one. Still, Carla Zilka, founder of the global restructuring firm NexGen Advisors LLC, says for strategic and financial investors with the capital to do so, now is a good time to pull the trigger. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Zilka says establishing a presence in an emerging market doesn't have to be capital intensive, but executives do have to be prepared to make a long-term commitment. - Suzanne Stevens

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Decade of The Deal: Arthur Andersen's spectacular fall

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:10:00 GMT

In this installment of Decade of the Deal -- our series commemorating The Deal's 10th anniversary -- Gerald Urich recalls the mood at Hershey as it became apparent its longtime auditor, Arthur Andersen, may not survive.

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O'Melveny & Meyers' Epstein on broker non-votes

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:04:00 GMT

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted on July 1 to eliminate broker discretionary voting in uncontested board elections. Under the new rule, which goes into effect in January, brokers will no longer be able to cast votes for shareholders who don't return voting material unless instructed to do so. The change is part of an SEC initiative to make board elections more transparent. The agency is also considering new rules that would make it easier and less expensive for shareholders to add board nominees to a company's proxy voting materials. (See this video for details on proxy access.) As for eliminating the broker non-vote, O'Melveny & Meyers partner Steve Epstein says considering brokers hold up to 80% of shares in U.S. corporations, the change could have a dramatic effect on companies that require a majority vote for board nominees.

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Butzel Long's Fisher on hedge funds in bankruptcy

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:17:01 GMT

Hedge funds got plenty of attention - much of it negative - for rejecting the government-backed debt-reduction plan designed to prevent Chrysler LLC's Chapter 11 filing in April. But that high-profile case is just one example of the increasingly important role hedge fund creditors are playing in bankruptcy cases. Hedge funds are trying to "protect positions they acquired in a much healthier credit environment," says Eric Fisher, a partner with Butzel Long. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Fisher says hedge funds are sometimes taking an active role, angling for control of the bankrupt business, and other times they want nothing more than to trade out of their positions. - Suzanne Stevens

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Behind the Money: RRE's Jim Robinson

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:39:00 GMT

In the second episode of The Deal's new Behind the Money series on IPOs shot on location at the NYSE Euronext, we spoke with James D. Robinson IV, the co-founder of New York's RRE Ventures LLC, a backer of Nexsan.

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Bracewell and Giuliani's Jeff Whittle

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:36:04 GMT

Jeff Whittle, a partner with Bracewell and Giuliani talks with The Deal's Suzanne Stevens about business method patents.

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Meredith Corp's John Zieser on PE frenemies

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:12:02 GMT

Two years ago John Zieser rarely heard from private equity or venture capital firms interested in partnering on deals. Now, Zieser, who leads corporate development for the media company Meredith Corp, (NYSE:MDP) says he's having those conversations almost daily on both the traditional and new media side. And those discussion have resulted in deals. Recently Meredith - with holdings in digital, broadcast and print media, including Better Homes and Gardens, Fitness and More magazines - took at 20% stake in Real Girls Media Network alongside PE investors with an exclusive option to acquire the remaining 80%. It also aligned with the PE media fund Veronis Suhler Stevenson on early stage digital marketing and media investments. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Zieser says not only are PE and VC firms seeking strategic partners, they're structuring deals differently. "They are coming to us or other strategic partners and trying to do much more creative deals, which will not be around cost synergies or turnaround. They'll be more strategically structured." - Suzanne Stevens

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Calacanis, Karp on mistakes

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:00:05 GMT

The 10th and final episode of The Deal's Behind the Money online video series on Startup 2009 isn't exactly a "gag reel," but the folks interviewed at the competition do own up to some bloopers when they answer our question, "What's the biggest mistake you ever made as an entrepreneur?" Jason Calacanis regrets he didn't sell Silicon Alley Reporter at the peak of the dot-com bubble. Daniel Klaus wishes he understood it was OK to make mistakes back when he was 18 and founding his first record label, Passion Music Group, the catalog of which was bought by BMG Music in 1998. David Pakman, now a partner at venerated venture capital firm Venrock, negotiated a deal with AOL when he was co-founder of Myplay that was not only too expensive but also resulted in Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) rescinding its $200 million offer for the music startup, which was later bought by Bertelsmann AG for only $30 million. David Karp, the 22-year-old founder of multimedia microblogging service Tumblr Inc., got distracted by all the attention focused on the hot startup before he hired a president and other help. You can watch the video, below, or download it on iTunes. Also below are links to the other nine episodes in The Deal's Behind the Money Startup 2009 series.

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Daniel Klaus knows how to read signals

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:45:01 GMT

When David Pakman, the former CEO of eMusic who recently became a partner at Venrock, told The Deal he believes the best entrepreneurs are those who know how to read signals accurately and make changes accordingly, the first person we thought of was Daniel Klaus, the co-founder of Original Signal Recordings/Music Nation Inc. and our guest in this episode of The Deal's Behind the Money online video show. Klaus describes how the online video contest company he founded three years ago evolved into an independent record label that distributes Ingrid Michaelson and The Sounds, among others. Echoing Pakman's thoughts, Klaus says the secret was paying attention to which parts of the business were generating revenue and which weren't. The company's backers seem to like the change of plans. Original Signal recently raised a Series B (amount undisclosed) from Greylock Partners and Point Judith Capital, both of which led the company's $5.5 million Series A in January 2007. The label also signed a distribution and promotion agreement with Universal Motown Records, a division of Universal Music Group. (The Deal Pipeline subscribers can learn more here.) The videos with Klaus and Pakman were taped at Silicon Alley Insider's recent Startup 2009 competition. Watch the Klaus video below, or download it on iTunes. And be sure to watch the whole series (links provided below). - Mary Kathleen Flynn

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