Archive for the 'Urge to merge' Category
Printing money at Temple-Inland…
Monday, September 26th, 2011Taking a deep dive into Motorola Mobility’s merger proxy…
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Motorola Mobility’s well-timed agreement…
Monday, August 15th, 2011We were going to write about something else this morning, but the big news that Google (GOOG) agreed to buy Motorola Mobility (MMI) in a $12.5 billion deal prompted us to change our plans. The WSJ live-blogged the conference call and there’s plenty of other breathless coverage pointing out that this is Google’s biggest deal [...]
Petrohawk execs have reason not to fly away…
Friday, July 22nd, 2011Last week, Petrohawk Energy Corp. (HK) announced that the company would be sold to BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) in a $12.1 billion cash deal. Since that news broke on July 14, shareholder Astor BK Realty Trust filed suit to enjoin the sale, alleging – according to a Bloomberg article - that “The board’s acceptance of BHP’s [...]
