Very often a client has identified 7 to 10 potential companies that they wish to reach out to for prospective acquisitions. Usually they are competitors or companies that a vendor has identified as possibly being up for sale. I tell my clients that they are much better off having an independent...
The newest old company, Time Inc., was very busy in June. The venerable publisher of magazines, including household names such as Time, Fortune, People, and Sports Illustrated, was spun off from Time Warner, separating the aging print-centric parent from its progeny’s profitable entertainment...
Although there are still some distressed sales in the marketplace, these transactions are becoming fewer and fewer. It appears that the market has bottomed out and we are now seeing a different attitude from prospective acquisition candidates. The majority no longer have a dire need to sell....