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Themes & Topics
Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, Spin-offs & LBO

Background Information

• Corporate Control (Craig Lewis, Vanderbilt University)
• Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) (Craig Lewis, Vanderbilt University)
• Mergers can boost profits (CNNfn, March 31, 1997)

1997

1998

Recent Activity

• Marketwatch.com IPO Balloons 474% (SF Chronicle, January 16, 1999)
  
• Vodafone wins AirTouch (CNNfn, January 15, 1999)

Finance By Example (Archives)

• Olivetti Sells Losing Assets

• Why Are IBM and Sears Selling Prodigy?

• Quaker Oats Sells Snapple at A $1.4 Billion Loss