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< 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 > Ratan Tata Builds Indian Behemoth Into Global Player As Indian companies increasingly look for purchases overseas, they have an unlikely pioneer and champion: Ratan Tata....
read more The Deal Diary Oh, to have the Rolodex of UBS Investment Bank president Ken Moelis. A long friendship with Harrah's Entertainment Inc. director and Hilton Hotels Corp. co-chairman and CEO Stephen Bollenbach appears to have....
read more Global Contest For Steel Supremacy The steel industry is consolidating. Some people believe the process is winding up. In fact, it is just beginning. The potential bid by....
read more Miner M&A at Crossroads Burgeoning metal prices in the first half of 2006 brought mining companies to the land of plenty, and with it a conspicuous desire to get hitched. The recent dip in metals prices may have cooled the ardor for deal-making, for reasons unique to the mining industry....
read more Global Steel is Coming Together The recent contest for control of Arcelor, won by Mittal Steel, will lead to the combination of the world's two largest steel companies and, as such, represents a watershed event....
read more Look For Pick-Up In Distressed M&A In the Next Economic Downturn Daily, it seems, we read reports of investment banks staffing up their restructuring groups in anticipation of that elusive next downturn. But, while the need for restructuring....
read more Turnaround Professionals Watch Vulnerable Industries With the economy refusing to break down, professionals who make a living by fixing troubled companies have been as frustrated as the Maytag repairman....
read more Severstal picks boutique for Arcelor merger agreement Industries A New York-based consultancy is at the centre of the controversial €26bn ($33bn) merger agreement between Severstal, the Russian steelmaker, and Paris-listed Arcelor.....
read more Finally, Face to Face on a Steel Merger The public face-off between Mittal Steel and Arcelor, rival steel giants, may soften a bit as a result of a meeting on Tuesday evening in Brussels in which they were expected to discuss a potential merger...
read more Arcelor Indicates Some Willingness to Talk With Mittal The European steel giant Arcelor formally rejected a 25.8 billion euro ($33 billion) hostile takeover bid by Mittal Steel on Monday. But for the first time, Arcelor said it might be willing to negotiate a deal...
read more 'Steel man's dream' remains Mittal hope Lakshmi Mittal is sure he's going to win - and he is not planning to share. Mittal, the chief executive of Mittal Steel, on Friday derided the corporate governance standards of Arcelor - the company he has been trying to buy...
read more Bowing to Pressure, Arcelor Plans to Talk With Mittal Steel Facing increasing pressure from angry shareholders, the steel company Arcelor said Wednesday that it would talk to Mittal Steel, which has made a hostile bid for the company....
read more Steel Executive Sees Prize Beyond Setbacks Lakshmi Mittal is sure he is going to win and he is going to win the whole thing. In an interview on Friday, Mr. Mittal, the chief executive of Mittal Steel, derided...
read more Arcelor to Merge With Severstal In Effort to Repel Mittal Luxembourg steel maker Arcelor SA officially announced a merger with Russian steel maker OAO Severstal acting as a white knight in an attempt to fend off a €23 billion ($29.43 billion) bid...
read more Trouble Ahead: The Challenges Of Post-Default Second-Lien Loans While the timing of the next credit downturn is anybody's guess, one thing is certain: The increased prevalence of second-lien debt will...
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