tag:www.thedeal.com,2007-08-28:/dealscape//29 2009-12-01T17:26:36Z Movable Type Pro 4.23-en tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32068 2009-12-01T21:30:25Z 2009-12-01T17:26:36Z Neil Buchalter Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. has added some sugar to its offer for Diedrich Coffee Inc., the maker of single-serve coffee packets, sweetening it to $32.50 per share and topping a competing offer from... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/peets_raises_offer_for_diedric.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32067 2009-12-01T20:30:11Z 2009-12-01T17:18:13Z Neil Buchalter Private equity firm Platinum Equity LLC has emerged as the stalking-horse bidder willing to keep Irwin Jacobs' boatmaker Genmar Holdings Inc. from capsizing. According to papers filed with the U.S.... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/platinum_equity_is_genmar_stal.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32076 2009-12-01T19:50:13Z 2009-12-01T21:27:43Z Bill McConnell http://www.thedeal.com Hats off to Norm Armstrong Jr., who moved up a notch in the Washington antitrust hierarchy. We all know that the shorter the title, the more important the job, and Armstrong just lost the word... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/ftcs_norm_armstrong_leaves_act.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32066 2009-12-01T19:30:06Z 2009-12-01T17:11:29Z Neil Buchalter Troubled insurer American International Group Inc. said Tuesday it closed two transactions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to reduce its debt by $25 billion and prepare two units for... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/aig_strikes_deal_with_new_york.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32065 2009-12-01T18:30:59Z 2009-12-01T17:10:28Z Neil Buchalter France's state-owned nuclear reactor maker, Areva SA, is in exclusive talks to sell its transmission and distribution operations to French companies Schneider Electric SA and Alstom SA after... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/schneider_alstom_close_in_on_a_1.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32071 2009-12-01T18:19:18Z 2009-12-01T20:26:53Z Olaf de Senerpont Domis http://techconfidential.com/money-out/blog/ Cisco extends its $3.4 billion offer for Tandberg until Thursday. http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/cisco_inches_closer_to_tandber.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32058 2009-12-01T17:58:56Z 2009-12-01T21:40:32Z George White A look at the news moving deal-related stocks including General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE), Vivendi SA, NBC Universal, Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG). http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/ge_cmcsa_aig.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32060 2009-12-01T17:36:55Z 2009-12-01T18:00:41Z Maria Woehr http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape The latest roundup of layoff and hiring reports and rumors in the finance industry. http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/finance_layoffs_and_hirings_canopy_cown_and_more.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32064 2009-12-01T17:30:39Z 2009-12-01T17:07:50Z Neil Buchalter Shares in Vivendi SA climbed more than 3% on Tuesday as investors welcomed reports that the French conglomerate had struck a $5.8 billion deal to sell its 20% stake in NBC Universal Inc. to General... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/schneider_alstom_close_in_on_a.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32057 2009-12-01T15:00:40Z 2009-11-30T22:49:12Z Neil Buchalter Two private equity-owned companies set tentative price ranges for their initial public offerings that would yield hefty unrealized gains for their owners. KAR Auction Services Inc., a used-car... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/kar_auction_cobalt_set_price_r.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32059 2009-12-01T13:39:19Z 2009-12-01T14:11:54Z Maria Woehr http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape Here are some must reads to kick off your Tuesday. http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/roll_call_107.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32036 2009-12-01T10:59:00Z 2009-11-30T22:34:49Z Mary Kathleen Flynn http://techconfidential.com/behind-the-money David Carr's article "The Fall and Rise of Media" paints a refreshingly optimistic view of the future of media. Not surprisingly, it's a view shared by Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson and other... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/media_falling_rising_getting_b.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32056 2009-12-01T10:30:57Z 2009-11-30T22:48:26Z Neil Buchalter You're on your own. The Dubai government delivered that message Monday to the state-owned conglomerate Dubai World, which is reeling under nearly $60 billion in debt. On Nov. 25 the group... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/12/government_wont_guarantee_duba.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32055 2009-12-01T03:30:51Z 2009-11-30T22:46:26Z Neil Buchalter Despite Donald Trump having bowed out of a bidding war for the right to own bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the real estate mogul's former co-plan sponsor, Beal Bank, has vowed to continue... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/11/beal_seeks_to_reprise_trump_en.php tag:www.thedeal.com,2009:/dealscape//29.32054 2009-11-30T22:43:43Z 2009-11-30T22:44:24Z Neil Buchalter Though Nellie Kroes is leaving as the head of the European Commission's competition authority, lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic agree that she left an impression on the complex U.S.-European... http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/11/kroes_guarded_ec_independence.php